A tip on writing plot summaries from Sam McCarver
Published:
September 9, 2005 The plot summary
Writing your plot summary in a sentence or two is important for fixing the story in your mind and preparing you to describe the story orally or in a query letter to an agent or editor. As you start thinking about the basics of your story in your mind, you may come up with something like the "Before" quotation below. But it needs more complication for a plot.
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