Jennifer McKenzie
Romance--Boy meets girl. Romantic Suspense--Boy meets girl with dead bodies.
Sunday, June 11, 2006
Romance Divas Contest
I turned in a synopsis for "Cold Vengeance" and "Rough Seas". Whew! They are going to be slaughtered. The contest entries have to be in by June 14th and judging begins on the 15th. I'm trying to be positive. No, really, I am!
Which brings me to a topic I'd like to discuss. There are TONS of synopsis help, query letter help, outline help etc. There are some that only require you to "fill in the blanks". I find them all confusing and difficult. The only book that ever helped me so far is Stephen King's "On Writing". He doesn't give a form or "10 ways to nail an agent". It's from his own personal experience. My synopis's (synopsi?) are both raw and need work. They're not as bad as the one that ended up at Harlequin last November, but I know they suck. *Sigh*. Why do they ask for it? Ok, to save them the trouble of reading 75K to find out that the writer goes all over the place and has no clue. I know.
I guess I have a hard time with writers being judged by two pages. Or even one page. Rejection because of a query letter bites the big one.
Here's my question. Do you use a "process" that you learned from an article? Do you have trouble sounding like an adult rather than a four year old telling a story? (an' then this happen. An' then this happen) That's probably just me.
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