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spn_summergen is off to beta! I rule!
After some rough patches, and a couple of false starts, I really like it. Now I just hope that 1.
luzdeestrellas likes it, and 2. the recipient likes it. I also have to figure out a decent summary. I generally choose a summary that is more thematic than plot-related, and I often choose something that amuses me or is fitting on a
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Also, anything that promises it will be a crossover. Because I'm addicted to them.
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I do, too, but when a name I don't know pops up on a comm, as long as the headers aren't full of typos or hard coded with sparkly fonts or whatever, and it's about characters or a pairing I'll read, a summary can be the thing that tips me one way or the other, and most of us are really bad at them. I don't like the "Jan and Marcia are on a three-hour tour, when their boat capsizes. Will they be rescued?!" types of summaries as much as I like something less... on the nose.
The way you do them, the summary usually evokes the same feeling I'll get after reading the fic (which is pretty great for single-liners), so it gives me a pretty good idea of whether I'll like it or not.
Cool. Thanks. That's what I try for. I am not always successful, but that's the kind of summary I like best, where it's more mood/theme than plot-based.
anything that promises it will be a crossover. Because I'm addicted to them.
Crossovers kick
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I went back and looked at my own fics and recs, to see if there's any thing I can pull out of them, and it turns out, I like one-line summaries, or rather, taglines. I really like taglines.
All of my recs include one line that could function as a tagline for the story. The thing about a tagline, though, is that it has to capture some of the plot and a lot of the feel, but mostly it has to be one line (or possibly a few short lines), and it has to entice an audience. Be memorable, and make people want more.
For my own stories, I always use a single line that sort of functions as a tagline. I think I've been getting better at this, making then snappy and enticing and giving some of the feel of the story, but I'm not sure I hit it very well every time.
And now that I've realizing I'm basically using marketing techniques, I'm a little worried about myself. I had no idea I was that conniving. Or something. Clued in.
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Yes. This. I try for this, but am not always successful. Sometimes I see a rec of one of my stories, or someone has it tagged on delicious, and they'll have a GREAT one line summary and I'm like, "Why didn't I think of that?"
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