A synopsis is a short summary that gives the main points of a book, movie, article, or event. It helps someone quickly understand what something is about without reading or seeing the whole thing.
From Late Latin 'synopsis', from Greek 'synopsis' meaning 'general view', from 'syn-' (together) and 'opsis' (view). It literally means seeing things 'all together' at once.
A good synopsis doesn’t just shrink a story; it chooses what to leave out, which is a powerful kind of editing. Learning to write synopses trains you to see the skeleton of ideas beneath all the details.
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