On Writing #14: Synopsis and Query - The Art of Summary

[sboydtaylor]

The art of the query letter and synopsis is not summarizing your entire book. This is what took me forever to learn. It's about IGNORING VAST SECTIONS OF YOUR BOOK. Boiling things down to the fewest characters possible, the fewest events possible

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[qaexl]

This reminds me of what Venakat Rao wrote about he relationship of narrative and strategy: a master strategist is good at telling a story, and more importantly, eliminating all but the key turning points. Decision makers uses these key points; the nuances come later.

Since reading that, I've been practicing this on Quora. At least for writing. Telling a story has been a different story ...

-Q