The Synopsis: A Powerful Tool

A synopsis distills the key messages, themes, and direction of a story.  Have you ever tried to condense the plot of a novel into one page?  How about one or two sentences?  It's hard.  Really hard.  The first time I tried to write a one page synopsis for Moonlight and Oranges, my novel manuscript, I almost went crazy.  Cut, revise, rewrite, condense.  Delete reference to non-vital scene.  Include…

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Hunger Games: A Review

I just finished Suzanne Collin's first book in the Hunger Games Trilogy.  It was a compelling, fast-paced read in an intriguing world with chilling rules and political complications that captivate the reader. I found our main character, sixteen-year-old Katniss, to be a strong-willed, tough and likeable character.  She is not without her weaknesses.  Soon after the story opens, her love for her little sister, Prim,  forces…

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