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RokofAges75:
What makes a good summary to you?

As a reader, do you prefer detailed summaries that give you a good idea what the story's going to be about, or vague summaries that leave you wanting to know?  What kind of summary makes you actually click on a story to give it a try?

As a writer, what kind of summaries do you usually write?

Purpura Lipstick:
I like summaries that leave me wondering what is going to happen, intriguing me.  I think I write those kind too.

Rose:
I prefer something simple, intriguing. The summaries that are turn offs are the ones with way too much detail. You know what ones I mean, the ones with like two paragraphs and is almost like a short story in itself. Short, simple and too the point. Vagueness is also sometimes way better cause then it can get me curious.

mare:
I agree pretty much with both Lore and Rose. I am turned off by the long summaries. If the summary is more than a paragraph I bypass the story completely because I already know for me the person is too wordy lol

The things that draw me in are the simple ones that don't totally give away what the story is about but gives enough detail to let me know it's the kind of thing I would want to read.

That's what I try to do when I write a summary, but it's easier said than done. lol

mare:
She had a dream. He had a secret. They had a deal. In exchange for her silence, he’d make her dream come true. But at what cost?

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Good summary Julie.

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