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

[crayonbreakygal.livejournal.com]

Napping is good.

Secks? Huh? Spelling error? Please staple things (like a dictionary) to this person's head. I do suck at summaries too, but I'd never put that in the summary, for goodness sake. Damn, don't people look at a TV guide or whatever and see that you can summarize a fic in one or two sentences. Sure, it's difficult. I suck at it too. Actually, I suck more at titles.

[kellifer-fic.livejournal.com]

Hee... if stuck, why not just ask your beta to summarise for you...

I understand it's a skill. I mean, authors don't write the blurbs on their own books... :)