Try and fit the 5 W's of your in one sentence, under 32 words. As complicated as a story can be, it'll have those 5 points defined at least. From there just adjust as needed.I think that's sound advice but I don't know if that would really work with my story since I hadn't conceived of it in that manner. Not to say that it's completely original or that it doesn't have influences, but they're not necessarily...obvious. Like, I don't think too many people have read The Night Battles by Carlo Ginzburg.