Want to share your synopsis?

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My NaNo project for this year is me trying my hand at writing mystery/thriller.

My story is about these three girls -- Cori, Jenna, and April -- who used to be best friends as kids. One night, they accidentally witnessed a murder when they were in the cemetery (where they weren't supposed to be, because it was the middle of the night), and after they promised each other that they'd never say anything about it. The majority of the novel takes place when they're seniors in high school and have all grown apart, but they've still kept the secret -- and then the younger sister of the first murder turns up dead in the same place, with the same injuries. So now Cori, Jenna, and April are all forced back together because they share this secret, and because they start getting threatened that if they say anything they'll be next -- because, of course, it turns out the murderer actually knows they were there the night of the first one.

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RexManningDay @writererin

Those both sound like interesting stories and I'd totally read them.


This is my synopsis from nanowrimo:

"Surrounded by wildly beautiful sugar cane fields and the lush countryside of the old south, the general manager of a famous, preserved plantation is just settling in at her new job. History and hospitality are heart-felt passions she shares with her long-time friends and owners of the main house and the entire tourist destination known as Cane House.



Suddenly, the entire landscape changes and after a terrible personal tragedy with a local murder too close on the heals of an already monumental loss, her life becomes infinitely more complicated. Her thoughts about the owners' son make her question her own judgement. She is constantly suspicious of his motives and future plans.



Mystery, loyalty, passion and persuasion, all set in the steamy south lands and swamps. Can she stand her ground against the son? Will the killer strike again? Will the legacy of the plantation be able withstand the gales of a late October hurricane? There are ghost stories that endure and frightening legends whispered about the old place. The halls of the plantation house often echo with the eerie steps of the unseen. Come, step inside and enjoy the tour." 

[kangaroo11]

I dont have an official synopsis yet, but my story is based on the Hundred Years War and Joan of Arc. It's not in the right order though. And my MC doesn't die on that pyre like poor Joan.

[anastasia517]

I am impressed by everybody trying mystery writing. I enjoy reading them but have a terrible time trying to write them. I have to develop it more in the story I started last year since I didn't get to the point where it becomes a big deal yet but I already was struggling!



As for me, I'm working on the same world I have worked on since 2010. I've done something relating to it every NaNo since 2011 and one Camp in there. It is a complicated mess that keeps growing and growing that I'm doing with my sister and I love it. Our cast is big and the fantasy world requires a lot of world building, so we have worked on a lot of backstory up to now.

The basic premise is that there is magic in our world. The group you start out looking at in the series is a nine-person group with elemental magic. There are your 4 traditional elements (Fire, Air, Water, Earth) and the blended magic between each one you can only do if you have both elements (Lightning, Storm, Tsunami, Magma). Together, the 8 form the outer ring of the elemental circle. In the middle is Perception, the element of the mind. The Group of Nine had been created more than three hundred and fifty years ago and at any given time were considered to be the best in the world at the elements they had mastered. "The Nine", as it is often shortened to, are the focus of the series. My sister and I have split them down the middle (with a planned death it was easy, since we each get 5).

What I am currently doing is the antagonist's backstory, starting about 15 years before the main series begins. Part I fairly happy, hopeful, and with naivete. Part II has some black magic, murder, and betrayal. I'm in Part III now (~225k in) and I legitimately feel bad for the antagonist, who is much more of a real person than I thought. There are so many places that one different decision could have changed things that I think overall it's a pretty good story.

Of course, the part I'm writing now feels like crap. But when I re-read it I legitimately enjoyed it, which isn't bad for something written almost entirely in NaNo months!