I spent some time working on my Golden Heart entry today. It was the first time in a long time I’ve looked at my synopsis. Upon reading through it, I had two thoughts:
— This is good. I may be more ready to submit this baby than I thought.
— The synopsis is quite possibly better than the manuscript itself.
How does that happen? Well, the story is the first one I completed, written back in 1998-99 and rewritten sometime in ’03 or so. The synopsis was written later than that, when I entered a contest — I’ve forgotten which one.
The bigger question may be, “How do I fix it?” I’m open to suggestions.
Perhaps it’s just that I’ve been reading and re-reading the manuscript for a week or more now, trying to cut it from 71,000 words to 60,000, whereas I read the synopsis for the first time tonight.
I sure hope so.
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