#a3c5e6
Name Colour
𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
|
Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Nov 1, 2016 13:34:59 GMT -5
As you can probably guess from the title, NaNoWriMo has now started and I plan on entering the story I've been working on for some time now. However, I do have a few questions.
First of all, what exactly qualifies as a short synopsis? I kind of have one written out already to use as a sort of reference guide, but it's 1,096 words and is told from beginning to end. Would that be okay, or...? Examples/templates would be helpful too if anyone can provide any.
Also, for the novel excerpt, I was planning on including the first chapter of my novel, which is 2,288 words. Would that still be okay?
|
|
|
Post by greene on Nov 1, 2016 14:40:03 GMT -5
heyo ! this is the first year i've legit participated in NaNoWriMo tbh, but as far as the synopsis goes, i think it's more like a "what would the back of the book look like?" so something short and sweet to get people interested.
anyway here's mine. i think it's ~120 words or so.
and i think the excerpt is the same way, maybe a little longer. a quick but captivating scene would be better than an entire chapter (and what would be the point of reading the first chapter in the novel if it's already the entire excerpt itself?). just something to garner some interest.
|
|
#a3c5e6
Name Colour
𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
|
Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Nov 1, 2016 14:53:59 GMT -5
heyo ! this is the first year i've legit participated in NaNoWriMo tbh, but as far as the synopsis goes, i think it's more like a "what would the back of the book look like?" so something short and sweet to get people interested. anyway here's mine. i think it's ~120 words or so. and i think the excerpt is the same way, maybe a little longer. a quick but captivating scene would be better than an entire chapter (and what would be the point of reading the first chapter in the novel if it's already the entire excerpt itself?). just something to garner some interest. Thanks, but if it's asking for something like that, then I'm pretty sure that would be more like a blurb rather than a synopsis if that's the case, which are two different things. That said, the story sounds interesting based on the description. ^^
|
|
|
Post by greene on Nov 1, 2016 14:56:46 GMT -5
thank you, i appreciate it. <3
that's true, i just consider that 1000+ words is definitely pretty long and everything i've seen so far is usually between 4-9 sentences. but there's no limit really (at least i don't think there is), so a longer one shouldn't be a problem.
|
|
#a3c5e6
Name Colour
𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
|
Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Nov 1, 2016 15:16:31 GMT -5
thank you, i appreciate it. <3 that's true, i just consider that 1000+ words is definitely pretty long and everything i've seen so far is usually between 4-9 sentences. but there's no limit really (at least i don't think there is), so a longer one shouldn't be a problem. You're welcome. And again, thanks.
|
|
#a3c5e6
Name Colour
𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵
Warrior Fanatic
All hail me, the flower-flushing queen of Prague
|
Post by 𝓣𝓲𝓷𝓾𝓿𝓲𝓮𝓵 on Nov 1, 2016 15:39:00 GMT -5
UPDATE: I managed to edit the synopsis a bit, so now it's 962 words.
|
|
sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾
rood yelling meanie
be cunning and full of tricks
|
Post by sɪʟᴠᴇʀᴏᴡʟ ☾ on Nov 1, 2016 15:40:19 GMT -5
•♕• i did nanowrimo like.... 3 years ago? my synopsis was literally "a book about deer who go on an adventure" so i dont think there is that strict rules. i lost all the files of the story a long time ago. but i dont really care, because my limit was like, 11000 words instead of 50,000 and i had to fill the last ~3000 or so with a random html document because i ran out of ideas. i didnt do very good but i was 13 so what could i expect •♔•
|
|