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The Plot[edit]

It's not clear to me why we write synopses of TV dramas and films. Is there a discussion somewhere? I can think of at least three reasons

the reader may not recognise the title and want to know if she has watched it before
the reader may want to know in advance whether it is a subject that she enjoys
the reader may be doing research on the genre and would find a synopsis useful as comparison with other material

Each of them would want synopses of different lengths so it's a balancing act and I hope I have found a happy median.

PS I altered my original version and replace family-names of characters by forenames but I see, for example in a synopsis for Spooks [1] that the author has used forenames (Adam, Harry). Is there a style guide on this?

HaydonBerrow (talk) 12:35, 17 September 2022 (UTC)[reply]