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

[stargazercmc.livejournal.com]

I still don't have a ton of experience with fic just yet (6 stories and counting) but I use this one-line summary technique as well. I don't do it unless there's a single line that sums it all up. But part of my writing style is based in that -- it's usually one line that sticks in my head that gets me going and the rest falls in place around it.

I suppose it could be annoying if an outside person didn't get the same sense of things being summed up in that thought. I'm definitely going to be self-conscious about it in the future now (which may not be a bad thing).

[surreallis.livejournal.com]

Eh, I'm fine with the one line from the story. I actually think that all those people who say, "I suck at summaries" should just use a line from the fic. If it's a really horrible line, well, then you know to stay far, far away. :P