The Art of Writing a Script Synopsis

Posted on | February 18, 2010 | No Comments

Fellow screenwriter/blogger Ashley Scott Meyers has a pretty good post about how to write a synopsis on his SellingYourScreenplay.com site.

He’s got some common-sense advice mixed in with some real-world experience. Here’s a taste:

“…you simply want to intrigue them enough so that they can’t wait to read the entire screenplay. If you have a twist ending you can tell them about the twist without giving it away. Make them want to read the full script.”

Meyers actually wrote a book called, coincidentally enough, Selling Your Screenplay. I haven’t read it, but it seems solid.

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