Writing a synopsis

Now, I have to write a synopsis of my novel for submitting it to a publisher for consideration. Before this, I thought that writing a book was the most difficult task I had to face.

But now I have to cram up a story of more than 73k words, without loosing the essence of it, into fewer words. Of course I cannot put in everything; at the same time I cannot leave out the basic plot.

I went through various sites looking for some sort of guidelines to writing a good summary. The only common and comprehensible points I found

• keep it short and simple.
  How short? Just remember it is a summary of your book. You are not writing another book.
• don’t leave out the major plot points or the ending. So no cliffhangers.

So, I am just gonna try and follow these pointers.

Wish me luck!