s it possible to write a synopsis without engaging in scurrilous lies?
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s it possible to write a synopsis without engaging in scurrilous lies?
October 21st, 2007 at 9:07 am
I keep hoping so, but I haven’t been able to yet. If nothing else there’s always the lie of omission.
October 21st, 2007 at 2:04 pm
Well, in condensing things for a synopsis, you can sometimes unintentionally give a different impression of the book than what is really there, but outright lying? I wouldn’t call it that.
Or did I misunderstand the question?
October 21st, 2007 at 9:11 pm
Is this a trick question?
I don’t know that the lies must be scurrilous, but yes - it’s pretty near impossible to give an accurate summary of the book in 3-5 pages.
October 21st, 2007 at 10:07 pm
No.
October 23rd, 2007 at 10:51 pm
I vote no. I’m pretty sure synopsis and lies are synonyms.
October 24th, 2007 at 9:03 pm
Definitely not. To write a good synopsis, you must, at best, commit several lies of omission.
October 25th, 2007 at 4:20 am
The votes for deception are inspiring. Onward to lies! Yay!
October 25th, 2007 at 7:38 am
Not only the synopsis, but the query as well, to succeed, must deceive. Not Shakespeare, I conceed.
October 25th, 2007 at 7:45 am
Ooh–the query, too? I haven’t even gotten that far. Boo!
October 25th, 2007 at 7:54 pm
No. Lies are truths, thinly veiled.
October 26th, 2007 at 3:02 am
Fiction writers must employ fiction at all times. So, yes. =)
October 28th, 2007 at 8:42 am
Heh. I think the answer I’m getting is that my synopsis can lie however I wish it to, no matter what.