So I hope...

[kellifer]

If I was doing something constantly in my story summaries that was annoying... someone would tell me, right? (I am asking here... honestly). I've just reformatted slightly the way I do them because I saw someone else's way I liked.

Is it me or does the following just make you want to throw heavy objects about -

-> You can see the pairing if you squint - Argh! Either it's gen or it's ship or it's that weird murky land of pre-ship, but it shouldn't be "gen" with an appeal to shippers to read it too because they might be able to read between the lines... We have to do that enough with the actual shows.

-> Secks - Who started this?? I keep seeing it! Whoever it is, I want to staple things to your head.

-> I suck at summaries, please read - You might as well write "I like ponies, please read" or "Whip, whip, snokity whee!" There was a little while there where I didn't see this as much but there seems to have been a resurgence. Also - the any summary will spoil the story thing. What? Unless your story is one of those six-line things floating around, I don't think it will.

I'm just saddened that I am finding myself filtering out communities more often. I *like* reading new stories by new people. Help me out here people!

Bah... I think I'm just cranky. Maybe I need a nap.

Comments

[annerbhp.livejournal.com]

You are not alone in cranky land. I suck at writing summaries too, but I still give enough of a damn to give it a try!

I might have to be quiet about the first though...I find ship/pre-ship/gen to be annoying things. I understand why that person wrote that...scared to loose either side, because gen'ers often won't read anything with even the teensiest hint of ship (and feel ambushed when they aren't warned) and because shippers can be snippy bitches if there isn't anything overt enough to be called out and out ship. I feel stupid every time I have to label a fic team *and* ship, just to advertise the fact that there are more than two characters involved in the story and that yes, there is also a thread of ship. Sigh. I think this is why I don't even bother to label anything on my website. Read at your own risk. (Though I imagine most people know me as a SJer anyway so no big surprise. I won't get into the 'MG she had the gall to write another pairing' BS) But this probably just makes me sound like an uptight, egocentric writer. Oh well. :) All that said, I do see your point. Saying 'ship if you squint' is probably, just like the rest, a sign of a youngun quite concerned with getting as many hits on that story as possible. Hopefully they will grow out of it. :P

But now you have made me self-conscious about my own summaries. Lol.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Oh noes... don't be self-conscious!!

Honestly, it's just the way it's done. I'm in the don't-have-to-warn-about-every-little-thing camp. I don't necessarily believe in having every single pairing or vague hint of UST spelled out or anything like that, but being so wishy-washy about it just gets me.