An observation about the synopsis.
I have had the idea for this story for at least 7 or 8 years. I can not remember the exact moment I came up with it, but it came in a spark of creativity that I’ve carefully stoked, but never executed, over the years.
Imagine my surprise, then, when I sat down today to write my synopsis. This idea which I’ve had for the better part of a decade, which I have shared with numerous friends and colleagues—I couldn’t write it down. I struggled for words, I couldn’t articulate ideas, and even now, I feel it is clunky.
All this time and not only did I fail to try to write this story, but clearly I didn’t even try to write the idea itself down.
Lesson: No matter how absurd the idea is, write it down as soon as you have it. If you can not find the words, do your best, you can always revise it and it is going to change over time or as you work on it anyways.
