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  1. Tcr

    Writing Summaries

    Okay, so, scenario… you've written up something you want to post (...because who doesn't want to post an incredible work of art taking people to all realms and realities?) you stare at the monitor in front of you, blank, sterile white, laughing incessantly (no, that last bit only happens to me?) as you try to think of a summary... Obviously, this isn't the same for everyone. There are probably some who write up a summary in ten seconds that sound like a summer blockbuster, sure to bring in millions of dollars… and others on the opposite spectrum, who struggle endlessly trying to get something that sounds, to them, remotely interesting (as a writer, I think I might be a little overly critical of my summaries… Regardless of what I think or how they sound…) So, how do you all go about writing your summaries? How do you “sell” your work of art? What techniques do you use and recommend to improve a summary? What do you avoid? What grabs you as a reader? What turns you off? (Why choose A over B, essentially?)...
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  2. JayDee

    Writing Summaries

    One thing, whenever I see “Lol, I suck at summaries just read” or similar I don’t. Because if you can’t even put that effort in to write something then it doesn’t bode well for the story. And now I must fly off mysteriously.
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  3. GeorgeGlass

    Writing Summaries

    I suppose a corollary of what y’all have been saying about hooking the target audience is that different types of stories call for different types of summaries. The summary for a funny story ought to be at least a little bit funny itself, whereas the summary for a mystery ought to be mysterious.
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  4. Tcr

    Writing Summaries

    Hi, stranger :) Sounds so logical now, but never thought of it that way. Admittedly, I'm strange when it comes to books; I usually read the flyleaf after I've skimmed over the first chapter(s) (from which I make a judgement call...), so the summaries, in my case, are more an afterthought. Which is probably reflected in how my writing is… You... Hate... Writing... Summaries? <holds fingers in shape of cross...> Blasphemy! I agree. The two important/interesting elements work and would certainly blend in with what BW said. The set target audience would, consequently, be determined by those; for example, a SciFi romance would likely have the romantic elements outright listed, allowing the intended audience to know. Not only that, but, because of the main themes and elements being presented, you have, hopefully, a hook in the summary that draw people in (...which is exactly what a summary should do and what BW said already...). Obviously, something called Attack of the Killer Lizard Blob People From Planet 672 is not likely to have "Killer Lizard Blob People attack! Bob milks his cows. Joan walks the dog. It's an interesting day." (Although, I'm kind of interested, in a strange way, at why Bob and Joan are doing mundane things as Lizard people are attacking...)
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  5. If anyone is thinking Leonardo DiCaprio, Kate Winslet & Billy Zane, I could totally recommend the perfect movie for you.
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