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⌈ Secret Post #6456 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Because writing summaries and writign stories are two different skills. Most published authors aren't writing the blurbs for their novels.

I mean, I don't like the cutesy self-deprecating "oh gosh I don't know!" summaries, but just because a summary isn't top notch doesn't mean the story isn't good.

[(Anonymous)]

"Not top notch" I can live with.

"Writer is willing to put this where everyone with a computer could look at it, but they can't actually say what it's supposed to be about, or provide any information that will help you decide if it's something you want to read" is something else entirely.

I've yet to meet a writer who cannot handle one summary-sentence, but can manage anything else about their story.

[(Anonymous)]

"I've yet to meet a writer who cannot handle one summary-sentence, but can manage anything else about their story."

This. I mean sure, it's possible a person is capable of writing a good story, but can't write summaries AND don't want to put in the effort to try. But I haven't met this author yet.

[(Anonymous)]

I mean it's always possible that a story with a bad summary is actually good, but I don't like the odds and it's not worth checking to be sure.

[(Anonymous)]

There's a lot of room between "bad summary" and "top notch summary", though. I don't expect a work of art for a summary, but it should do the job - explain the basic of the plot and give me an idea of what to expect in the fic. I feel like an author worth their salt will try to accomplish this even if it's just a summary. If a couple sentences is beyond them, then I'm not sure I want to commit to reading an entire fic.

[(Anonymous)]

I sort of wish more published authors were writing the summaries for their novels. There's a boring uniformity and "stupid rhetorical questions" formula to blurbs that really puts me off buying books.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRY/DA
"Stupid rhetorical questions" for fanfic summaries signal to me that the fanfic author is trying too hard

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Writers need to face the reality that they won't write things that everyone will like, because not everyone likes the same things.

For traditionally published books, I don't mind the rhetorical questions in the summaries (I think I'm just used to it), but I tend to have less desire to read a fic if their summaries include statements like, "Will [Character A] be able to overcome their fear of intimacy...Or will they see their life fall apart?"

[(Anonymous)]

Rhetorical questions in fic summaries are a big pet peave of mine.

"[Insert clearly overdramatic scenario to tear the main pairing apart]. Is A and B's love strong enough to overcome all obstacles?"

Yes, yes it is. Because 99% of fandom lacks the guts to actually write a fic where the main couple separates and STAYS separate, and the few that do put a dozen tags in there to announce a sad ending so they won't get dog piled in the comments. I know your fic has a happy end. You know your fic has a happy end. What's the damn point of the rhetorical question here?

[(Anonymous)]

Exactly. None of the stories I've seen where the author is really planning to go for the tragic ending tease a good result this way, and I'm glad they don't, because overall I want to read those stories and not the fake-suspense-but-everything-goes-the-way-you-expect ones.