
Seaweed Farm. Photo taken in Xiapu, Fujian (2016.12)
Finishing editing my second English novel In Between felt like a deep breath, and getting the submission package ready is a deeper breath.
Personally and frankly, initiating the synopsis was a hard birth. After doing some research and reading some examples with different genres, the thoughts kept fermenting for days and sometimes fighting annoyingly. There were times it felt like your period is wrong. I had to walk and walk, meditating and cleansing, then abandoning my usual way of thinking, like practicing the sense of direction. I forced myself to be practical for this once. As a result, I became practical and “cold” in doing other things too. Thus time and space, light or night, didn’t matter that much to me. My brain can think like a spider web, but only can move one spider across the star at a time.
Here, after the synopsis is finally done, I proudly represent this comparative table, to purely indulge myself. Wahoo, autumn is embracing. I’m relieved. It is always rewarding when you have seriously learned something new and valuable. 🙂
From Experience |
|
Technical Writing |
Creative Writing |
Synopsis |
In Between |
neutral |
natural |
factual |
imaginative |
cold-blooded |
passionate |
heartless |
heartfelt |
colorless |
in colors |
tight |
flexible |
skeleton |
plentiful |
framed |
free |
inexpressive |
expressive |
formal |
informal |
challenging | enjoyable |