[bookshare-discuss] Re: Off listRe: see long synopsis a waste and frustrating
- From: Grandma Cindy <popularplace@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: bookshare-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:34:22 -0700 (PDT)
As I validate and get ideas, I write both sort and
long synopses. Occasionally, however, I have had your
experience, Lissi, and found that the submitter had
already written excellent synopses. I've just
discarded mine in that case.
Sometimes, though, I've found that the submitter
hadn't read the book; the synopsis really had nothing
to do with the book, or not much. In one case the main
character was described as "he" when it was "she." A
different situation arose recently when the synopsis
was taken from a publisher's review and was more
evaluative than summarizing plot. I understand we're
not supposed to include our opinions of the book in
the synopses.
G.Cindy
> Recently I proved there can be too much of a good
> thing. I had become so
> used to writing synopses, I wrote them for a book
> the submittor had already
> taken care of beautifully. I still feel sorry for
> plunking my own synopsis
> in a book where it wasn't needed. It's only fair
> that I fess up to my own
> mistakes in the synopsis department.
>
> Always with love,
>
> Lissi
>
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