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Another way to present your comic story is in a synopsis. A synopsis normally contains more detailes information than a one-two paragraph plot summary. A synopsis might be a page or two. The information in the synopsis might not be essential to the plot, but it provides more information for the editor and makes the writing the story easier.

A synopsis also allows the writer to introduce some important lines of dialogue, which may be used later in the scripting. Subplots, conflicts, and other such story elements are often explained in a synopsis but left out in a plot.

In the Halloween horror story, a synopsis might detail how the boy escapes the werewolf by hiding in a shower stall in a bathroom display. It might tell that when Dracula is led to a display of mirrors, his shock allows the boy to escape to the automotive department. There Frankenstein has hooked himself up to a battery charger (a moment of comic relief) The synopsis could include dialoque elements like : the guard in the store might comment as he sets up the boy mannequin, "Check out the terror on his face. they sure make mannequins lifelike these days."

Story titles should be catchy and related to the story. Sometimes an editor may suggest a story title after reading the idea. Sometimes a title will pop into the writer's head as soon as the story idea is born. Sometimes writers think of a catchy title first, which sparks a story.

Plays on words or familiar phrases make good titles. "Monster Sale" or "Halloween Trick" might make good titles for the story we've just examined.