Writing a Synopsis… Or, Not: Write@YA Episode 17

Update: 2019-05-24

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Synopses are the worst.

This is publishing’s worst-kept secret. Who are we kidding, it’s not even that much of a secret to begin with. Almost nobody likes writing them (you know who you are….), but they’re an important tool for agents and editors to get a sense of the big picture of a book very quickly.

They’re a powerful part of pitch packages.

So, I guess, we should probably talk about how to write them. And we also talk a bit about how to write something that isn’t a synopsis. You know, if you really want to buck the system. You do you.

SHOW NOTES

Susan Dennard on Pub(lishing) Crawl
REBEL SEOUL by Axie Oh
THE WALLED CITY by Ryan Graudin

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Writing a Synopsis… Or, Not: Write@YA Episode 17

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Writing a Synopsis… Or, Not: Write@YA Episode 17