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Summaries
Rose:
--- Quote from: mare on July 13, 2010, 10:56:20 PM ---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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Agreed :)
Pengi:
I tend to write wordy summaries that describe the character more than the actual story (see the summary for The Time Watcher for example). I do feel that shorter summaries are more effective/better, though. I get intrigued by summaries that seem random, but obviously have something important to do with the story. Cos then I wanna know WHAT it has to do with the story.
Purpura Lipstick:
--- Quote from: mare on July 13, 2010, 10:56:20 PM ---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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Agreed!
Rose:
--- Quote from: Pengi on July 13, 2010, 11:03:29 PM ---I tend to write wordy summaries that describe the character more than the actual story (see the summary for The Time Watcher for example). I do feel that shorter summaries are more effective/better, though. I get intrigued by summaries that seem random, but obviously have something important to do with the story. Cos then I wanna know WHAT it has to do with the story.
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Yours isn't that bad. Have you seen some of the other summaries that go and basically tell the entire plot? Those ones are the ones that suck lol. Cause then it's like, what's the point. Yours drew me in, because it described Nick, totally had a point, and had me wondering why.
Summaries are hard to do. About as hard as titles. The key is to catch people's interest enough to make them click, and it's not easy lol.
myconfession:
Summaries always tend to piss me off a little. I never know if I'm giving too much away or not giving away enough to intrigue the reader. Sometimes they come really easily for me and sometimes they don't.
Titles are always the easiest for me... I tend to come up with them sometimes before I even come up with the story. I base a lot of my stories around music, so sometimes I'll use a line from a song or the title of the song. Then I develop the story from there.
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