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Accountability, author's timecard, word count written, feeling lonely out there?
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 15, 2010, 02:14:37 AM ---Next up, polishing the query letter and getting to work on a synopsis for book 2. One that will, I'm sure, bear almost no resemblance to what actually gets written. ... I wonder if that'll be a problem.
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The trick here is not to write the synopsis until after you finish the novel...
Kali:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on September 15, 2010, 02:59:21 AM ---The trick here is not to write the synopsis until after you finish the novel...
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See, that was my thinking too. But a synopsis as an outline works for some people, and Josh, in his very cool "how I got an agent" post, said that his agent was asking for a synopsis for Book 2 to send around to editors along with Book 1's complete manuscript. So now I'm all, "I should write a synopsis."
Kali: Putting Carts Before Horses Since 1967
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Kali on September 15, 2010, 04:10:43 AM ---See, that was my thinking too. But a synopsis as an outline works for some people, and Josh, in his very cool "how I got an agent" post, said that his agent was asking for a synopsis for Book 2 to send around to editors along with Book 1's complete manuscript. So now I'm all, "I should write a synopsis."
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Fair point. My current project is probably the first thing I have done where there is going to be a genuine book 2 as opposed to "this is one story that happens to be too big to bind in one physical volume."
My understanding is, there are editors in the field who expect the next book to be what they got a synopsis of, and editors who do not mind in the slightest if it's a completely different book so long as its good, and both types will tell you clearly if you ask them.
Come to think of it, have I actually remembered to congratulate you on finishing? Congratulations.
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
Through revision of chapters 1-10, fixing everything except one thing in 10 I need to think about a bit more. Overall length has gained about 500 words.
Kali:
A good feeling, when you edit, pare stuff down, fix other things, and find out you came out ahead in word count. Congrats to you, too, for finishing! It was nice to have that feeling that someone else was heading for the wire while I was, even if your wire was set farther away than mine was. :D
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