tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post5319846241100344978..comments2024-03-11T22:54:06.514+00:00Comments on Wordsmithing: So, to summarise...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-67313594417586731412010-01-15T22:03:49.372+00:002010-01-15T22:03:49.372+00:00I go to work - and admittedly to the pub on the wa...I go to work - and admittedly to the pub on the way home - and see what happens? Hi everyone. I feel like the bad host.<br /><br />I'm glad so many of you - Jennifer, lexcade and Donna - struggle, like me, with the synopsis. It isn't just the multitude of things you could say about the book, it's trying to say the things that will appeal to the agent you are sending it to. Especially when even the most cursory of glances at their tastes suggests a slightly different emphasis would appeal more.<br /><br />Jemi <br />I know what you mean over used words can make the work amaturish, or outdated, before it has even been finished.<br /><br />A Mis Wave <br />I hate it too when the words just won't play-nice. They contrive to warp a perfectly clear thought and refused to convey the full extent of meaning you had hoped it would. Word choices are so important and they are subtly, slick little b***ers! (Bleeders!)<br /><br />Jm Diaz<br />I resented being forced away from stock phrases by a reluctant reader who didn't know they were the words "everyone always uses." I was sooo bored by Minnow's - "Yeah! But! What do you mean?" <br />The book itself probably sighed in relief! <br />"Say what you mean and mean what you say!" <br />Now, however, I'm grateful to Minnow Seuss for her timely advice.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15459671422564355990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-14588675180574894412010-01-15T18:04:41.264+00:002010-01-15T18:04:41.264+00:00A cheese monitor is always a good thing to have, a...A cheese monitor is always a good thing to have, and something that [evidently] has eluded many authors.Jm Diazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02542245056831474827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-84878751215832987152010-01-15T15:42:45.774+00:002010-01-15T15:42:45.774+00:00The synopsis gives me the tremors. Before I plot I...The synopsis gives me the tremors. Before I plot I try to come up with a one sentence premise line just to test it out and see how it sounds. (Reading the Tv guide or the NYTimes best seller list helps with writing mine)Jennifer Shirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16970585847385511795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-28900843650139339442010-01-15T13:06:31.733+00:002010-01-15T13:06:31.733+00:00I'm with Jemi, and the fact that I get major m...I'm with Jemi, and the fact that I get major mental blanks for words that just won't reveal themselves to me. I walk away, come back, and the word is suddenly there. So frustrating, why can't it just pop up in my brain in the first place? *grrr*A misinterpreted wavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03567793709692182136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-85342727614662794042010-01-15T07:39:30.644+00:002010-01-15T07:39:30.644+00:00Hmm; all of it. I agonized over every piece.
And...Hmm; all of it. I agonized over every piece.<br /><br />And one day I decided I didn't need to plot out the entire story. I had a start, I knew where it ended. The middle had to take care of itself.<br /><br />Now I'm doing query and synopsis. I'm completely lost! How do you do a synopsis in 250 words? How do you do a more "detailed" synopsis in two pages or less?<br /><br />I can't even attend a big name writer's convention (like PNWA) because at some point I'll be expected to give a "pitch" of my novel - either to an agent, editor, or fellow writer - and I'm just not sure what to say. Even if I write it before hand. I am - daunted, intimadated.<br /><br />The writing/revising was easy compared to the "selling yourself" process.<br /><br />.......dholedolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-56906535140384874152010-01-15T06:52:41.693+00:002010-01-15T06:52:41.693+00:00synopsis. been "working" on it for abou...synopsis. been "working" on it for about 2 months. gotten nowhere.lexcadehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18094072290983267178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7673700697394236559.post-84890062064598615672010-01-15T04:03:30.253+00:002010-01-15T04:03:30.253+00:00Revising out those overused words drives me batty....Revising out those overused words drives me batty. I get so mad when I spot them because I think I'm getting better, so how in the world did they pop into my first draft??? Little terrors.Jemi Fraserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02214408467456320167noreply@blogger.com