a hundred million castaways looking for a home

[truepenny]

The tasks I set myself yesterday to do today got preempted by a new task: write synopsis of The Emperor of the Elflands so my agent can present it to my editor like half a dead vole.

Or, you know, not.

That task has not been finished, because I hate writing synopses--hate it, precious, hate it we does--so my other tasks also languish. Although I did get the assassination attempt finished.

Comments

[michaeldthomas.livejournal.com]

I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that you're not a big fan of the "elevator pitch" either.

[truepenny.livejournal.com]

Not so much, no.

[girlpunksamurai.livejournal.com]

I wrote a synopsis once; it read like a bad TV ad voice over >.>

[stillnotbored.livejournal.com]

Crap, you just made me laugh so hard with the half-dead vole line. *g*

That is about the way I feel about synopsis. Ravaged by cats and left to die on the doorstep is too good for them.

[leahbobet.livejournal.com]

[papersky.livejournal.com]

Sympathy. I hate that lots too.

[orrin.livejournal.com]

I am so glad to see that other people hate writing synopses as much as I do. When people want to know what a story is about, I usually just mutter under my breath and say something about monsters.

[oracne.livejournal.com]

I have learned that all synopses are better with pirates. So perhaps you should include pirates.

[zaratyst.livejournal.com]

...so my agent can present it to my editor like half a dead vole.

Awesome analogy! I'm going to think of that when submitting manuscripts. I got this for YOU! *wet thud*