Advice for Novel synopsis!!
I’m considering applying for a novel competition, which requires you to provide a synopsis in addition to the novel. I would really appreciate any advice and feedback you have for the synopsis. What would you change? Does it make enough sense? Does it make you interested in the novel enough you would want to read it?
Synopsis :
Mizuki is a bank employee who spends her days buried in overtime, living a colorless routine. Her life oscillates only between work and home, time flowing in a uniform blur until even the changing seasons begin to feel distant and indistinct. One Friday evening, on her way home, she finds herself pausing in front of a small flower shop called Adabana.
There she meets Kaede, the shop’s owner, who quietly arranges flowers with a gentle, unassuming grace. Something in Kaede’s colors and calm manner stirs a faint tremor in Mizuki’s heart. Before long, Mizuki begins to frequent the shop. Surrounded by seasonal blooms, the conversations she shares with Kaede become a small, quiet refuge.
One day, the two unexpectedly meet again at a café and make a promise to visit a field of nemophila together. Amid the vast blue carpet of flowers, Kaede begins to speak of her past—of a longing she once carried through her university years, and the solitude it left behind.
Flowers, they come to realize, are mirrors that reflect both hope and sorrow. The tragic myth of hyacinth, the language of sunflowers, the fragile transformation of butterfly pea blossoms from blue to violet-red—within their shared world of flowers, Mizuki slowly regains color in her life, while Kaede gradually recovers the courage to trust again.
As the seasons shift, Mizuki and Kaede draw steadily closer in an inevitable way. Each fleeting moment accumulates gently, becoming something tender they begin to share.
Yet within Mizuki, a small cloud of doubt never disappears. Surrounded by the casual mentions of ordinary marriage by her coworker and unspoken social, she begins to question whether there is any place in the world for the two of them.
Mizuki finds out that Kaede once dated a man and could have chosen a heterosexual future, causing Mizuki to fear that she is depriving Kaede of another possible life she might have had.
Unable to bear the thought of destroying Kaede’s future happiness, Mizuki withdraws without explanation. In response, Kaede finally reveals her emotions. Kaede emphatically tells Mizuki that Mizuki isn’t scared of society, but the decision to allow herself to be happy.
Choosing to cultivate their happiness with their own hands, the two embark on a quiet yet resolute story of renewal.