10 Articles to help you perfect that synopsis

Novels, Preparing to Submit
[caption id="attachment_2277" align="alignleft" width="640"] How I feel about writing a synopsis (From https://pixabay.com/en/stress-man-hand-flame-burn-fire-864141/)[/caption]Writing a synopsis for your novel is a daunting task. You have to summarize an entire novel in two-four pages. Shorter novels (200 pages or less) shouldn't have a synopsis longer than two pages. A synopsis for a longer novel can go all the way up to four pages. Still, that's one page of synopsis for every hundred pages--or even less if your novel is more than four hundred pages long. I've been hammering away at the synopsis for my own novel, Moonshadow's Guardian, for about a week now and while I'm proud of what it looks like now this has been an incredibly painful process. And, like any part of writing I struggle with, I've done a…
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Karina Fabian on Surviving the Submission Process

Guest Post, Novels, Preparing to Submit
Today I'd like to welcome Karina Fabian, author of several ebooks across different genres. I've interviewed her here before and today she's joining us with a guest post to discuss the submission process and celebrate her latest novel, Live and Let Fly, to be released on April 20th. I hope you enjoy. I’d like to thank Dianna for hosting me on the Live and Let Fly book tour. I’m especially excited about this one because it was a long time coming, and when she asked me to write about the submission process, I’m not sure she knew what she was getting into! Live and Let Fly features a snarky dragon detective, Vern, and his partner, the magic-slinging nun, Sister Grace. I’ve told many of their adventures in short stories and…
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Guest Post: The Submission Game–Overcoming Rejection

Guest Post, Novels, Preparing to Submit
By Stephanie Campbell The submission game is one of the toughest things that writers have to face. You pour your life into your book—hours and hours of time spent to tweak the words into submission. You find a literary agent or a publisher and you send the manuscript in, waiting with bated breath. You feel like you are going mad, waiting for the reply. Then you get it. It goes something like this: Dear Writer, Thank you so much for taking your time to submit to publisher XYZ. While we appreciate your submission, it is not a good fit for us at this time. Best of luck to you and your writing endeavors. Sincerely, Editor X Heartbreak. Instant shattering. No, I am not just writing that to be poetic. I…
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Breaking Down Big Goals

Editing: The Hard Part, Novels, Preparing to Submit, Workshops, Writing, Writing: The Process
This year I think most of us have big goals and high hopes. Like me, you might be planning to finish rewriting and to submit your first novella. Or you might be planning to write two first drafts and edit the first book. Or you might be planning to write a lot of short stories and send those out. You might even have books with publication dates that you're just itching to sell. On a personal front, you might be planning to quit smoking, eat healthier, learn more. You might have decided that this year you want to work on more non-writing creative projects. You might want to spend this year focusing on finishing high school and getting into university. Whatever your goals are, it's time to take a look…
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