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The last two blogs were about assembling the raw materials, this one will be about putting it all together. Synopses are always written in t...

The thing of delight and enchantment that is your synopsis should be written after you have finished and polished your novel to the point wh...

If the covering letter seems hellish, it's nothing compared to the particular torture that is the synopsis. I have heard agents say brig...

An outline is both less and more than a synopsis.   A synopsis gives the flavour of the novel, but concentrates on the main characters and e...

The last two blogs were about assembling the raw materials, this one will be about putting it all together. Synopses are always written in ...

The thing of delight and enchantment that is your synopsis should be written after you have finished and polished your novel to the point wh...

If the covering letter seems hellish, it's nothing compared to the particular torture that is the synopsis. I have heard agents say bri...