: Re: Synopsis for a memoir: Which tense/perspective to use? The general rule is that a synopsis should be written in present tense, third person, regardless of the tense/perspective of the manuscript.

@Frith254

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For fiction it is present tense, because that's the way we summarize stories naturally. You say:

The story is about a kind of dwarf who has to destroy a powerful ring.

You do not say:

The story was about a kind of dwarf who had to destroy a powerful ring.

But you have written a memoir, not fiction. There it is natural to tell it in past tense, no matter if it is the whole memoir or only a synopsis. So go for past tense.

For further references read the discussion on absolutewrite.

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