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I remember on Pudding's Place there being a thread where CBers put their novel synopsis and I went on a quest to find it. Alas, I couldn't, and after searching through pages and pages of red words, I came to a decision: I shall make a new one!
In order to practice the ever discouraging "back-cover description," however, you shall write the synopsis as if it were on the back cover of an actual book and the CBers were your adoring readers, wondering what wonderful literature is locked up beween those covers! So--commence!
If you don't care for advise or criticism, though, I don't advise that you post here, because advise and criticism is good! (Ach, I sounded just like my English teacher when he insists that we all tear an essay or story to shreds (figuratively) and publicly humiliate the poor writer. :)) So--commence! (Okay, I said that already. Please excuse my rambling, I've been up working on an essay for the said picky English teacher until one in the morning and now cannot write properly.
submitted by PiperC., age 13, Atlantis
(June 9, 2012 - 3:19 pm)
(June 9, 2012 - 3:19 pm)
@Tiffany:
That sounds like a really cool plot! Only one thing...should you maybe not do rings? Reminds moi of Lord of the Rings and even though I haven't read it, it rings a distant bell. I love the names, though. The only problem is that three people with names that start with "S" are a little confusing. But maybe that's just to me...
(June 13, 2012 - 6:20 pm)
True. Maybe I should change Syrra's name to Iris. Yeah, sounds about right. You're right about the rings, though; the only reason I did rings is that the original idea was for a Scratch series, not a book and about five people at the time did something involving necklaces... I still don't want necklaces, though... Maybe just charms or little glass beads or something?
Ahh, well. It needed a plot redo anyway; the original is just - ugh.
(June 13, 2012 - 10:08 pm)
@Tifanny:
Iris sounds really awesomee. Pretty and cool. Yeah, little beads or something would be neat. More symbolic.
(June 15, 2012 - 4:20 pm)
I can't post the NYR thing here- Admins won't like it, I guarantee. But once I get enough prewritten (I have a lot already, but I like to be done before I post) I'll put it on FictionPress. Just search New Year's Revolution (I have a weird phobia about giving out my screen name).
Garthwumpian Flopp says bwpk.
~Quintus!
(June 18, 2012 - 3:29 pm)
@Tiffany:
Or figurines or clay animals or something.
(June 18, 2012 - 3:32 pm)
I'm really bad at writing synopses, and I just made this one right now, so it's really bad. And short. It would obviosly need a lot more work before going on a back cover. As would the story before becoming a book, considering it's only 3 and a little bit chapters long. But here it is anyway.
Have you ever thought that your life
was a bad dream? Like, everything is fine and then suddenly your world as you
know it is blown apart? I haven't. My name is Cassie Stoll and my life is not a
bad dream. Lucky me. It's a nightmare.
Cassie had never expected to be
more than a normal girl. When her father’s disappearance leads her into a
different world, she finds out more about herself then she ever knew before. Cassie
has more now then she could have dreamed about, powers that are unimaginable
beyond belief. Could her newfound powers help her find her father and save her
new home from a looming threat? Or will they prove a hindrance? Cassie must
learn to conquer the power of an army of evil magicians, as well as the evils
of her own mind. Can she do it?
(June 20, 2012 - 1:16 am)
I really like the part in italics. The other part... well, hate me if you must, but it sounds a little cliché. Is there any way you could change it a little bit? Add interesting plot twists?
Garthwumpian Flopp says ayoo! Are you trying to be a wolf?
~Quintus!
(June 20, 2012 - 6:35 pm)
I know, I'm really bad at doing synopses. I'll probably fix that once I have more of the story written. I'm a lot better at actually writing te story then a summary. The part in italics was the begining of the story. I have the basic plot of the story worked out, but I still need to figure out the details. Maybe after I do that it'll be easier to write a synopsis.
(June 21, 2012 - 11:24 pm)
@Sally:
I agree with Quintus; the part in italics makes me want to find out what happens to Cassie and why her life is a nightmare but the second part is a bit of an anticlimax. Sounds like a slightly overused topic.
(June 21, 2012 - 3:47 am)
The Gollum is agreeing. See my note on melodramatic-ness.
(June 24, 2012 - 12:35 pm)