J.A. Pitts

Synopsis building – a lesson in minamalism

Creating a decent synopsis of a full novel is odd.  It’s like shoving a 747 into a breadbox.  I would think it would be fairly easy, since the novel is completely done, but it is proving to be a bit of a bug-a-boo.

At the pace I’m writing and condensing, I’ll have one page of synopsis for every fifty pages of text.  That would bring me in around ten pages.

As far as writing processes go, I’m an adder-inner.  I tend to write thin in places, and go back and flesh out sections.  Reducing what I’ve already written is counter-intuitive.  But, it’s a wonderful learning experience. 

Plowing ahead, hoping to finish tonight, so I can review it tomorrow and send up to New York.

Fun times.

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