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Purpura Lipstick:
I am glad I am not the only one like that.  My friend wanted me to start writing one of my story ideas and maybe a title would come to me... I told her I had to have a title before I could start.  May not be the final title, but had to have one.

mare:
Usually titles come to me right away except for this last one. I struggled with that one a lot! lol

The summaries are the hardest part for me because you have to figure out a way in a few short sentences how to some up an entire story and it's even harder when you have no idea where that story is actually going to go. That's why I tend to keep mine vague. I tend to change my mind while writing lol

julilly:

--- Quote from: Rose on July 13, 2010, 09:27:25 PM ---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.

--- End quote ---

I agree. I think people get confused between summary and synopsis.

A-RokzStalker:
I hate the word summary.

What everyone else refers to as a summary, I refer to as an attention getter. Because to me, a summary is summarizing the story. That's not what you want. You just want to get the readers' attention so that they'll read the story.

While I do think it needs to be short, I do think it needs a little detail about the story. Personally, I generally won't read stories when the description is vague (unless I know the author personally, so yes, I'll be reading yours, Julie, LOL), because when I'm looking for a fic to read, I'm usually trying to find a particular kind of fic. So if I can't see what the general plot is about, then I bypass it because there are a million others I can check out instead.

mare:
^ see, that's true for me too to an extent. I have zero attention span as you all know by now lol so, if the summary is too vague I won't even bother clicking on the link to read further. I always have keywords in my head as to whether or not I want to actually read a story. If those words are present, I know if I want to skip or click.

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