One piece of advice from agents who I've met over the years have said ~ "While it isn't necessary to 'show,' it is important to weave in a bit of character personality for flavour, so it's not dry either." This was explained further by highlighting that if your MC is snarky or eternally optimistic (etc,) then your phrasing choices would do well to echo this in the synopsis. Not "over the top" so, but to season it.
And I was told to share the twists and reveal the ending :P Not in a query blurb, but in a 1-pager -- yes!
One piece of advice from agents who I've met over the years have said ~ "While it isn't necessary to 'show,' it is important to weave in a bit of character personality for flavour, so it's not dry either." This was explained further by highlighting that if your MC is snarky or eternally optimistic (etc,) then your phrasing choices would do well to echo this in the synopsis. Not "over the top" so, but to season it.
And I was told to share the twists and reveal the ending :P Not in a query blurb, but in a 1-pager -- yes!