Discussion carried over...

[ostarella]

Leia posted this over on the list

http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp130.html

I just read it and thought it was great - especially the last paragraph :D  But it did get me thinking, once more, about story summaries. Mine suck and I definitely need to learn how to write them - does anyone know of a site that helps one craft such a masterpiece?

Comments

[ostarella.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I think for things like slash there should be a warning, just because of the nature of the beast. But that goes along with AU for me, because then people are warned that something is not going to be canon-bound. But I'm getting a little hinky about calling something AU, as well. I mean - Covenant, for instance. Is that AU or just taking canon a step further?

But I guess, if it came to a spoiler versus a flame, I'd take the flame. Frankly, I'd take the flame regardless - one can always delete those, but chasing away readers with needless warnings is almost irreparable. Which is again why I think summaries are more important than warnings.