![]() Eventually, 312 bodies are recovered from the lake, each with a note pinned to them which implies they were part of a religious cult known as the Circle of Light. A recovery team, comprised of divers and other survivalists and led by CHRISTOPHER ALLEN and BRADLEY CLARKE, is sent to retrieve the body, but when they do, they discover more. In a lake in northwestern Washington, a body is discovered floating.Here’s where I started (there are 6 chapters in Part I): Next, summarize all the chapters into 1 or 2 sentences that relate to the events of the entire part or Act (if you’re working with parts or Acts, of course) Meanwhile, ALLEN and CLARKE attempt to identify the first body pulled from the water while waiting for help to arrive from Seattle. While marking the body locations for retrieval, two members of the recovery team–STUART TAYLOR a seasoned veteran and ZACHARY MILLER, a rookie–discover something metal on the lakebed. STUART and ZACHARY dive again, this time finding the hatch. While the second dive team is in the water, ZACHARY attempts to go through the numbers in his head and dehumanize the bodies that will be recovered at a later time.A call comes in from Seattle that help is on the way, but it may take longer than anyone would like.ZACHARY reacts poorly and they return to the zodiac. In the water with STUART and ZACHARY, who discover more bodies.As the dive teams head out to the middle of the lake, TALBERT, who was asked to do research on the body recovered the day before, founds out HENRY BACKMON was listed as a missing persons from Iowa some six months ago.He takes ZACHARY to the side and attempts to calm his nerves. The divers suit up and STUART runs through the checklist with them, explaining how the search will take place.Here’s where I started (this is Chapter 2 only): When the first few drafts of the novel are done and you have a bunch of subpart synopses, you can then begin the reduction process.įirst: Reduce all the chapter subparts into 1 or 2 sentences that summarize the entire chapter Really say what happened after you’re done. Don’t just write it and leave it even if your story changes. This is the important piece to writing the synopsis at the end: getting the details correct after the text is written. If I change things (for example, making the character ALLEN talk to ZACHARY), then I’ll adjust what I wrote. Kind of boring, but that’s not for the reader. The divers suit up and STUART runs through the checklist with them, explaining how the search will take place. For example, a subpart of Chapter 2 in my upcoming novel Out of Due Season: The First Transit states simply: The synopses in these cases are made up of nothing more than a simple sentence or two about what I intend to write about. ![]() Side Bar Information – writer’s notes not for readers, for you.Subpart Synopsis – this is also what it says and it breaks down or supports the Chapter Synopsis.Chapter Synopsis – this is what it says (and the first thing I write).Within my outline for any novel or novella, there are three Very Important Columns. After all, if you’re like most writers, the story can get away from you, go its own direction, forge its own paths. This outline is not static, meaning I do not write it once and forget about it. Way back when, I published a post on how I outline material. But I did find a way that helped me write them. I admit that I struggle with the synopsis, blurb, logline and taglines. Then screenwriters have the glorious job of writing the logline for a script or a tagline that condenses all your months or years of hard work into three or four words. There’s the blurb which we just mentioned. Nope, I’m not a fan of them, but writing a novel is not the only place where the synopsis is required. Sure, you can write100,000 words (or much, much more), but can you condense all that into a synopsis for an agent or (worse, in my opinion) the blurb on the back of the book that doesn’t give away any spoilers? It’s the same for every writer, I suppose: the synopsis is a beast that guards the gates of publication, one that rears its ugly head right after finishing a 100,000-word novel.
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