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Question of the day part 7
mare:
--- Quote from: RokofAges75 on September 09, 2012, 05:56:41 PM ---To me, the point of a banner isn't to tell readers what to picture in their heads while they read. If I wanted that, I would make a banner for every chapter, like a children's picture book LOL. A banner serves the same purpose as a book cover - a visual that's meant to catch readers' eyes and attract them to clicking on my story or at least reading the summary instead of scrolling past it. Also, I have fun making them. I don't always include a picture of a girl, even if I have a female main character. I just try to make the banner something that's going to represent the story.
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I was talking more along the lines of using the female lol
I do find banners less annoyiong lately but I think it's because my computer isn't freezing on the site anymore because I use my Ipod to go on AC now.
I will never be able to fully comprehend why people spend more time and energy worrying about what their banners look like before the first sentence of their story is even written though. LOL This is where I will always be different from everyone else in fanfic land.
Sakabelle:
I usually make the banner after the first few chapters are written. There's one banner I have sitting in my folder that has no story attached to it yet, and to be honest it probably never will. But I saw the picture and wanted to make a graphic with it. It was probably more about be wanting to play with the photo than anything else.
I will say that I hate making banners for one-shots. I have some stories with banners on them that are like 1,000 words long. The story took probably an hour to write and the banner took two hours to make. Stupid and a complete waste of time. I am cool with banners for multi-chapter stories but for one-shots they seem completely pointless and a waste of effort for something so short.
mare:
I give you all credit for making these banners. I don't have the patience to do it lol
RokofAges75:
I enjoy making banners, but usually don't take the time to make them for one-shots. The only one I did recently was for Hybrid because, c'mon, killer monkeys from outer space deserve a graphic LOL.
FrickingKaos:
Half of my stories don't have banners. I am on the fence about them. I like them because sometimes I will click on a story if the banner catches my eye....but I read stuff without one as well. As long as the author's picture isn't on it, they're good ;)
To me they add something to the story....like Julie said, similar to a book cover. I have no idea how to make them, all of the ones I have were made by someone else.
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