Summarise Your Manuscript Into a One Paragraph Pitch

You know your story inside out, which is exactly why you cannot compress it. This takes your rambling summary of plot, characters, and stakes and cuts it down to one tight paragraph that leads with the protagonist, states the conflict, and ends on the stakes, the way a query letter actually needs it.

Read the following description of my story and condense it into a single one paragraph pitch of the kind used in a query letter. {INPUT} = [paste your plot summary, characters, and stakes, however messy].

Keep it under 120 words. Lead with the protagonist and what they want, state the central conflict, and end on the stakes if they fail, without giving away the ending. Cut any subplot or secondary character that does not serve this one paragraph. If the core conflict is not clear from {INPUT}, say so directly rather than inventing one.