Publisher has asked for a 600 word synopsis of my 140,000 novel. I can’t get below ~1,100 words. There are four intersecting narrative arcs; two worlds, with completely different cultures; and a plot that bounces between the exploitation of those differences.
The basic problem is that there is no “critical path” through the narrative that I can strip it down to: everything is connected.
My question is: does anyone have a quality “how to wrangle a synopsis down to a very small number of words when things are complicated”?
Aside: a 600 word blurb is easy. This is not that.
Aside 2: This is not a three act structure story.
Aside 3: LLM you say? Hahaha! Hahahaha!