Write a novel synopsis that opens the agent's door — not the rejection pile.
A synopsis is written in present tense, third person, ending revealed. One page for HarperCollins, four pages for Penguin Random House, 300 characters for online platforms: Extypis reads your entire novel and produces the exact version each destination expects, without you rewriting from scratch.
Structure
Who? What do they want? What stops them? How do they succeed or fail? What changes in the world?
A synopsis that holds answers five questions, in order.
Pre-structured synopsis canvas built on the condensed dramatic arc: initial situation, inciting incident, stakes and obstacles, climax, revealed resolution. Drawn from Christopher Vogler (Hero's Journey) and John Truby (desire → need → revelation, from The Anatomy of Story). You fill in, the skeleton holds.
From the last line of the novel to the synopsis that lands.
Isolate the main arc, write too long, cut ruthlessly, check the five questions, get a second read. Five steps mapped by Extypis, so you don't restart from zero on every submission.
The synopsis is where good novels die.
Not for lack of story. For lack of method to condense it without betraying it.
Three levers to clear the editor's filter.
Generate a faithful first version, decline by destination, ship the spec-DOCX — without reinventing the method on each submission.
The AI reads your novel and proposes a faithful synopsis.
Hero's Journey or free narrative plan, character sheets, key events. The AI draws on your whole project to write a first version in present tense, third person, ending included.
One base, as many synopses as destinations.
1-page agent synopsis, 4-page detailed synopsis, 300-character short pitch for online platforms. All versions live in the same project, stay consistent with each other, update together.
From synopsis to submission package, no patch-up.
DOCX export to each agent's spec. Title page with contact details, pagination, optional dedication. The synopsis ships alongside the cover letter and first chapters, in coherence.
Give your project a real reading address.
Once the text is ready, you don't have to leave Extypis to find your first readers. Publish in one click on the public catalog and give your book a clean, readable, shareable page.
Published directly on Extypis — no fees, no middleman.
Publishing opens a dedicated page for your project: cover, title page, chapters, table of contents. The content is frozen at publication, so your readers always see a stable version while you keep working. You decide when to push a new version.
A reading page for each project
Customizable URL, title page, cover, table of contents and chapter-by-chapter navigation.
A catalog that helps readers find your book
Your project can appear in the public catalog, categories, subcategories and trending page — or stay accessible only through the direct link.
Readers who can actually react
Readers can comment chapter by chapter, mention a specific paragraph, and you get notified for every feedback.
A stable version without breaking your work
The text is frozen at publication time. You keep writing on your side, then decide when to push an update.
Everything Extypis unlocks for you
Hold your story, from outline to final page.
Narrative tools you won't find elsewhere — turn a tangle of ideas into a structure that holds.
AI that suggests, never replaces
The AI permanently sees your whole project — outline, sheets, scenes already written. Every rewrite, every completion, every suggestion, every cover stays consistent with your entire work, and at no extra cost or setup. You approve every word.
Estimates if you only use this feature. Credits are shared across every AI tool.
Daily writing comfort
Everything that makes long-form writing sustainable: shortcuts, templates, anchored notes, versions, goals.
Ship a book, not a file.
From manuscript to finished book: professional exports, academic citations, direct publishing.
Analyse and refine your prose
Style tools that go beyond the spell-checker: readability, poetic meter, repetitions, connectors, passive voice.
Lifetime updates
Every future Extypis innovation included, no extra cost, no paywall.
Backing an indie project
Extypis is an independent, self-funded project — no ads, no venture capital.
Human support
Got a question? You talk directly to the creator, never a chatbot.
Free to begin, even to submit. Serious when you write seriously.
The synthesis work is yours. The subscription gives you a copilot that reads your full novel, derives multiple versions, and checks compliance with the narrative voice editors expect.
Common questions, straight answers.
How long should a synopsis be for a literary agent?
One A4 page, around 700 words in Times 12, double-spaced. Most agents (Curtis Brown, Andrew Wylie, Janklow & Nesbit) and Big Five publishers expect a short, factual synopsis with the ending revealed. Some publishers accept up to 4 pages of detailed breakdown depending on the work's format. Extypis generates both versions from the same project — you pick which to send.
Should I reveal the novel's ending in the synopsis?
Yes, always. It's the absolute golden rule. The synopsis is not a back cover: it's not a tool to seduce the end reader, but a technical document for the acquisition committee. The agent needs to know how the plot resolves to assess the coherence of your arc. Any phrase like « to find out what happens, read the novel » sends the manuscript straight to rejection. Extypis detects these phrases and flags them.
Does Extypis generate a synopsis automatically?
Yes, Extypis's AI reads your full novel then proposes a faithful synopsis. It draws on your chapters, character sheets, key events, conflicts. The result is written in present tense, third person, chronologically ordered, with the resolution revealed. You validate or correct sentence by sentence — the AI proposes, you decide. AI use is never required: you can write the synopsis manually, the canvas and structural checklist remain available.
How to write a synopsis without falling into a flat chronological summary?
Fluidity comes from the dramatic arc, not from style. A synopsis isn't the place to showcase your prose. But it must show tension: the protagonist's desire, what opposes it, what changes in them (Truby's method: desire → need → revelation, from The Anatomy of Story; or Save the Cat for the beat-by-beat structure). If each paragraph answers one of the five markers (situation, inciting incident, obstacles, climax, resolution), the text breathes. Extypis flags passages where tension drops — typically, an event list with no stake attached.
Synopsis for a literary contest vs synopsis for an online platform: what's the difference?
Everything. A synopsis for a literary contest stays close to the standard agent synopsis: 1-2 pages, factual, ending revealed. A pitch for an online platform (Wattpad, Royal Road, Inkitt) is a back cover in disguise: 200-500 characters, hook tone, does NOT reveal the ending (the goal is to seduce readers, not convince a committee). Extypis generates both from the same project, with no use-case confusion.
Can I have multiple synopses (1 page / 4 pages / 300-char pitch) in the same project?
Yes, it's the recommended practice. An Extypis project can hold as many synopsis versions as you want: 1-page version for agents, 4-page version for publishers, short pitch for online platforms, contest version. All derive from your novel, stay consistent with each other, update when you change the manuscript. Export the chosen version directly to DOCX, no detour through Word.
Start with a synopsis canvas and let Extypis's AI generate a first version from your novel.
A synopsis is hours of work, not weeks — provided you have the method and a tool that reads your novel instead of asking you to summarise everything by hand. The synopsis is the first sentence of your work an editor reads. Make it count.