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I was pondering this earlier in the week. People have summaries they like and ones they will scroll past without considering the story at all.

I'm rather open with summaries. I think the only ones I dislike are either when there isn't one or when the words aren't actually a summary, but author's notes. I prefer those for after I've clicked on the story.

I've read in the past people want them to be snappy, but I was considering longer works. Complicated stories. In those cases, I prefer a few paragraphs to introduce the basics of characters and plots. On the other hand, if the story is short, a longer summary doesn't make sense.

What types of summaries do you like? Which ones do you like to write? Does anyone else think writing a summary is easier than coming up with the title of the fanfic, or is it just me?

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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah, I'm not too worried about whether or not I'm "selling" my fics as ultimately I'm writing what I want to read & at least a couple of other people are getting something out of me posting them on AO3.

I have had a little fun with tagging - I basically wrote my only one-shot so far so that I could use the tags Virgin, Horny & Demon all for the same character. ๐Ÿ˜‚ It's stupid but it really tickled me in a way that summary writing doesn't.