Comments on: The Great Plot Synopsis Project http://cemurphy.net/index.php/2008/03/18/the-great-plot-synopsis-project/ cemurphy.net/catedermody.com Sat, 05 Jul 2008 12:35:41 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Sy http://cemurphy.net/index.php/2008/03/18/the-great-plot-synopsis-project/#comment-221 Sy Mon, 12 May 2008 22:03:46 +0000 http://cemurphy.net/index.php/2008/03/18/the-great-plot-synopsis-project/#comment-221 I'm writing a story that I have the beginning of and know the end. In fact I have the big part near the end of the story that I want to happen done (or--close enough). However, I have no idea what to put b/n the start and the end. How could I write a synopsis with that? Right now, I'm just writing whatever pops into my head whenever it does. Alot of times I get stuck. I've recently got out of the Block (didn't write for 3 or 4 wks.) and then got bogged down again. Do you have any suggestions? I’m writing a story that I have the beginning of and know the end. In fact I have the big part near the end of the story that I want to happen done (or–close enough). However, I have no idea what to put b/n the start and the end. How could I write a synopsis with that?

Right now, I’m just writing whatever pops into my head whenever it does. Alot of times I get stuck. I’ve recently got out of the Block (didn’t write for 3 or 4 wks.) and then got bogged down again.

Do you have any suggestions?

]]> By: curiosity http://cemurphy.net/index.php/2008/03/18/the-great-plot-synopsis-project/#comment-160 curiosity Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:58:35 +0000 http://cemurphy.net/index.php/2008/03/18/the-great-plot-synopsis-project/#comment-160 I read yours and a few other authors' contributions to this project on LJ. I appreciate it greatly. This is a largely mysterious area of authoring and I wasn't sure if these powerful relics required blood sacrifice to utilize or merely an incantation and a bit of finger-twiddling. I was desperately afraid the planets and stars had to be in a certain alignment and I'm so horrible at astrology/astronomy that I'd likely have ended up with a recipe book or a chapbook of dirty limericks instead of Ye Olde Mysterious Synopsis. Outlines are similarly mysterious. Are they bulleted in format? Silver or lead? Must the bullets be hand-forged or can they be bought in bulk? Do the plot points need to be shot in the heart or will just clipping a limb do? Such are the things wannabe writers worry about. So thank you. I shall sacrifice a Hershey bar and two Cadbury Creme Eggs to your glory, Muses willing. I read yours and a few other authors’ contributions to this project on LJ. I appreciate it greatly. This is a largely mysterious area of authoring and I wasn’t sure if these powerful relics required blood sacrifice to utilize or merely an incantation and a bit of finger-twiddling.

I was desperately afraid the planets and stars had to be in a certain alignment and I’m so horrible at astrology/astronomy that I’d likely have ended up with a recipe book or a chapbook of dirty limericks instead of Ye Olde Mysterious Synopsis.

Outlines are similarly mysterious. Are they bulleted in format? Silver or lead? Must the bullets be hand-forged or can they be bought in bulk? Do the plot points need to be shot in the heart or will just clipping a limb do?

Such are the things wannabe writers worry about.

So thank you. I shall sacrifice a Hershey bar and two Cadbury Creme Eggs to your glory, Muses willing.

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