How To Write a Great Novel Synopsis for a Literary Agent

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The publishing industry is extremely competitive with everyone seemingly wanting their book to be the next bestseller. So, how exactly do you get a literary agent to stand up and take notice of your book?

Well, firstly. You write a good book! You won’t be getting anywhere without demonstrating to an agent that you know how to write, but assuming that you’ve done that, you need to smash a great synopsis that will leave an agent hooked and wanting to read more.

So, how exactly do you do that?

A synopsis is not a blurb or a sales pitch, so you want to eliminate and flowery language and just tell the agent exactly what is happening in your book. Each agent has their own specification but it usually fits between about 500-800 words and should be kept to one page, if possible.

What you want to avoid is trying to boil down your whole book into 500 words. Instead, take the structure of your book and build it up from there. Bestselling author Harry Bingham will take you through the steps to build up your synopsis.

This is a method that can be applied to any manuscript and should give you the tools you need to write a great synopsis in under an hour.