Sleepy Synopsis
Computer: “And in summary the main character… RB? Randy? Are you sleeping? ALERT! ALERT!!”
RB: “Huh! What?”
Randy: “No, mommy, I don’t want to go to school.”
RB: “Um…Randy, I think we’re busted. Wipe the drool from your chin.”
Computer: “I am disappointed. I constructed this ten page synopsis for your query letter, the least you could do is pay attention.”
Randy: “TEN PAGES! No wonder I went to sleep! That’s longer than the book!”
Computer: “Error: That is incorrect. The book exceeds two hundred pages.”
RB: “I believe what Randy’s trying to say is that the synopsis for a query letter should be shorter not like yours — RIDICULOUSLY too long.”
Randy: “And boring. Use RB’s writing style, otherwise it just sounds like a computer wrote it.”
Computer: “You are trying to insult me aren’t you?”
Randy: “Yep! Is it working?”
RB: “I’ll just write the synopsis. Computer, research more agents interested in young adult fantasy. Randy-“
Randy: “Can I go poke at Demon’s wounds?”
RB: “By all means.”
Randy: “YAY!!!”
RbH
Tagged: Angel vs. Demon, book synopsis, literay agents, query letter, R B Holbrook, writing
