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Story Sensei Synopsis worksheet: Doctor your own novel Kindle Edition

by Camy Tang (Author) Format: Kindle Edition

4.6 16 ratings

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Has your fiction manuscript been rejected by literary agents or traditional publishing houses, and you're not sure why? Do you feel something's "off" with your novel, but you don't know what?

Sometimes the problem isn't the writing—it's the characterization or the overall story structure.

If you think this might be a problem with your manuscript, you don't want to pay for a freelance editor when you could fix those story elements yourself.

The Story Sensei’s Synopsis worksheet was designed as a way for fiction writers to not only write a synopsis, but also doctor their own manuscript by utilizing a large-scale, bird’s eye view of their stories. This different way of looking at your novel can often point out flaws in character arcs, major plot points, and overall story structure.

The exercises in this worksheet will ensure that your story structure has all the vital elements, including:

- character external goal

- internal/spiritual arc

- obstacles

- conflict

- climax

- resolution

This worksheet will guide you through writing your synopsis. Don’t have a completed manuscript? No problem—as long as you’re familiar with the main points of your story, you can still write a synopsis using this worksheet. It may even help you craft your story and fill in missing pieces as you write the synopsis.

Camy uses examples from proposals for her own novels, which garnered her contracts with Christian publishers Zondervan (HarperCollins) and Love Inspired Suspense (Harlequin). There is also a special section on spiritual/internal arcs, since Christian novels tend to have strong spiritual threads in the stories.

Even if your story is not inspirational, the internal arc section will help you outline a strong internal arc for your character or troubleshoot if the internal arc has some weaknesses.

This version of the Synopsis worksheet includes:

- Extra examples

- Tips on trimming synopses

- Exercises on chapter-by-chapter and character synopses

Also in this version is an appendix of extra articles including:

- The 50-word elevator pitch

- Story blurbs, including the ones used in Camy’s original proposal for her Inspirational chick-lit Sushi series, which she submitted to Zondervan

- The basic structure of a proposal

- The example of Camy’s original proposal for her Inspirational romantic suspense Protection for Hire series, which she submitted to Zondervan

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Camy writes Christian contemporary romance and romantic suspense as Camy Tang and Regency romance as USA Today bestselling author Camille Elliot. She lives in San Jose, California, with her engineer husband and rambunctious dog. She is a staff worker for her church youth group and leads one of the Sunday worship teams. Visit her websites at camytang.com/ and camilleelliot.com/ to read free short stories and subscribe to her quarterly newsletter.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00PBY2QU2
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Camy Tang Books (November 16, 2014)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ November 16, 2014
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 1663 KB
Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
Print length ‏ : ‎ 79 pages

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Camy is a USA Today bestselling author who writes Christian Contemporary Romance and Romantic Suspense as Camy Tang and Christian Regency Romantic Suspense under her pen name, Camille Elliot. She grew up in Hawaii but now lives in northern California with her engineer husband and rambunctious dog. She graduated from Stanford University in psychology with a focus on biology, and for nine years she worked as a biologist researcher. Then God guided her path in a completely different direction and now she’s writing full time, using her original psychology degree as she creates the characters in her novels. She was a staff worker for her church youth group for over 20 years and she currently plays on one of the Sunday worship teams. She also loves to knit, spin wool into yarn, and is learning Japanese. Visit her websites at https://www.camytang.com/ and https://www.camilleelliot.com/ to read free short stories and subscribe to her quarterly newsletter.

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Best series for aspiring writers!

Reviewed in the United States on December 9, 2023

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I have read many books and articles about writing novels but this is the first book that caused plot ideas to pop into my head while reading it! This series organized the plot in my head and made it stronger!

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Dr. Paula L. Boire

An excellent guide on synopsis writing

Reviewed in the United States on June 30, 2016

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The material is presented clearly and in small chunks so that writers develop a well-written synopsis with essentials included and guidance on what to omit. Ms Tang is an excellent teacher. The examples are clear and helpful. Love her products.

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Easy to use and helpful!

Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2016

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This was extremely helpful and easy to use. I used it to put together my novel proposal before attending a writer's conference in August. I felt very confident in my proposal after following this guidance.

Reviewed in the United States on June 10, 2015

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This saved my life! Okay, at least my synopsis for a writing contest or two. I appreciate (very much!) the work Camy puts into her worksheets. She does it with simplicity, a bit of humor, and so.much.help!

Reviewed in the United States on December 31, 2014

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Amazing, As are all of Camy's workshops.

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Fiction Writer Must-Have

Reviewed in the United States on February 26, 2015

I'm a freelance editor, and I'm often sent synopses to edit. Definitely not my strong suit, and harder when I don't yet know the story. I always point people to Camy Tang's Story Sensei Synopsis Worksheet. I've probably recommended this 25 times and counting. And when I'm working on my own synopses, I never attempt it without my copy of the worksheet. Camy's a genius at synopses. Every writer should own this.

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MECasigh

Trust in Camy's Worksheets!!!

Reviewed in the United States on March 16, 2016

Writing a synopsis is easy, but writing a compelling one... Not so much! Trust in Camy's worksheets and help your entire process!

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Sprocket

Fresh ideas but poorly written book on writing

Reviewed in the United States on April 6, 2015

The five star shills strike again. This is competent work but seriously poorly written for a book on writing. Camy Tang's forensic analysis is actually helpful but the work falls over at the issue of credibility because most of the content is freely available on the internet - and considerably better written. This book would be worth the entry price if it had been properly edited. So many self-published, self-help books appearing these days on Kindle are simply pot-boiler recipe book stuff - whether it be recipes for cooking, jewellery making, writing, or whatever...and so on and so on. This is one of them.
Please Camy get a decent hard-boiled editor - you are just not up to the job. Be honest with yourself. You have something fresh to say but your work is not finished until it is edited.

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Adele Park

A must

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 24, 2015

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This is going to be really helpful. It is well written and easy to understand a must for any writer who is going the traditional publishing route.

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