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Finally

Finally done. Submitted. Finished.

Woohoo! Congratulations everyone, whether you’re still working or have finished. Great job and good luck!
SS2022 R1 Story: The Black Sheep

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I've never done this. Can anyone offer advice on the Brief Synopsis? Is it supposed to sum entire story or introduce it?

Example:
Three Little Pigs:

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. The hard working pig eludes a big bad wolf because of his diligence. 

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Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. A wolf threatens to blow down each of there houses and eat them. 
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Done. And. Dusted.

That glorious email from Submittable has arrived, so I can now relax.

Which means I'll now start spotting errors and flaws aplenty....
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SSC22 R2 G28 - Seven Friends
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Originally posted by Jules123 Jules123 wrote:

I've never done this. Can anyone offer advice on the Brief Synopsis? Is it supposed to sum entire story or introduce it?

Example:
Three Little Pigs:

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. The hard working pig eludes a big bad wolf because of his diligence. 

OR

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. A wolf threatens to blow down each of there houses and eat them. 

Up to you but I usually use it as a teaser. I'll admit I tend to go with a "X is the case. But Y might change that" (though I'm not this time). So, for Three Little Pigs, I might say something like, "Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. When a wolf comes along, those work ethics are unexpectedly put to the test"
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Your second example is a better one. Think of it like a logline for a movie. You don't want to give away your whole story, but you want to give some idea to the reader what they're getting into. It's your half a minute elevator pitch for your story!

(I'm not sure how I'm messing this up, but this is in response to the ques. above! I am not very familiar with using this forum).

Best of luck to all!

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Originally posted by Draiglas Draiglas wrote:

Originally posted by Jules123 Jules123 wrote:

I've never done this. Can anyone offer advice on the Brief Synopsis? Is it supposed to sum entire story or introduce it?

Example:
Three Little Pigs:

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. The hard working pig eludes a big bad wolf because of his diligence. 

OR

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. A wolf threatens to blow down each of there houses and eat them. 

Up to you but I usually use it as a teaser. I'll admit I tend to go with a "X is the case. But Y might change that" (though I'm not this time). So, for Three Little Pigs, I might say something like, "Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. When a wolf comes along, those work ethics are unexpectedly put to the test"

I remember the mysterious logline judge once saying the synopsis should act as a teaser, and include the main character, their goal, and the impediment to that goal. So @Draiglas's example looks spot on.

Don't stress too much though. I think the synopsis is more to help the judges identify stories - it shouldn't affect your score. :)
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Welp, I'm out - continuing my unfortunate streak of not submitting (or not entering). Unfortunately all creativity seems to have left the building since last summer. Truly bummed but more so that I really needed the time back this weekend that I spent coming up with 700 crap words that were in no way a ghost story. Sigh - taking a break from writing entirely...again. Good luck, all.
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Originally posted by Jules123 Jules123 wrote:

I've never done this. Can anyone offer advice on the Brief Synopsis? Is it supposed to sum entire story or introduce it?

Example:
Three Little Pigs:

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. The hard working pig eludes a big bad wolf because of his diligence. 

OR

Three little pigs with different work ethics build homes. A wolf threatens to blow down each of there houses and eat them. 

I would use the second one - I really liked the intrigue and, as someone who's toddler wants to hear this story every single day - I was still intrigued enough to want to know more!

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I can't believe it but I've gone from 5,500 words to 2,493 and I still love my story!

Thanks so much to all of the amazing betas - you all picked up on the same few issues and they were super easy to fix. I'm really grateful. 

Good luck to everyone and I hope you celebrate making it to the end of this challenge, no matter how you feel about your story xx


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