Thanks for writing this! It helps a lot :)

This was certainly very helpfull. You did a good job with this. :) -favorites-

I have enjoyed reading this essay. I love all sorts of summaries, though I know some people who cannot stand quotes or rhetorical questions. Haha, I feel that these people can be quite fussy. ;)

I definitely agree with the part about not putting up
"i suck at summaries."

I keep on coming across summaries that have those in, and they seriously bug me for some reason.

Oh, and thank you for the tips. I learned a little bit more from them, so thank you for that.

I pretty much have trouble with writing my own summaries, so thanks again for writing this :)

damn, thank you so much. i made loads of errors in my fanfics. :\ so thank you for this oh-so-glorious tip. (:

Nicely put.

I'm not necessarily the type to go into writers block mode I'm just lazy by nature lol. But thanks for the tip. To be honest I can generally write a fair summary but I seem to be having a bitch time writing one at the moment. So will definitely use a few of your pointers :D

ChimDee

How did I NOT read this before? I must have skipped over it when I stalked your profile...

Very nicely written, and I greatly agree with #3!

Hope all is well,
Rebekah

Absolutely awesome tutorial-thingy. I'm off to read the stories mentioned. :D Except yours, I've read yours. XD

Everyone has to read this! Seriously.

-toffeecakesxox.

I loved it. I write for fanfiction, I only read fictionpress. But this was helpful all the same- even though I generally have no problem coming up with summaries, I might occasionally reference back here...post a link for this on a few forums...

It was awesome.

Jade XD

this was actually very helpful and i am definitely going to take a lot of your advice! hopefully this will help in getting my story read more often! thanks for writing this!

this is very helpful indeed... I'll try it for myself sometime..

I've always had trouble writing summaries, so this was very, very helpful, and well-written too! Thank you very much!

I'm shocked that in the list of things you CAN put in your summary (like Under Construction, epilogue/prologue up) you did NOT mention slash! HOW COULD YOU?! That's the most important thing, if you don't warn that you're writing slash, I might end up reading something wrong wrong wrong :D Haha, but awesome guide, my summaries feel inadequate already!

Loved this essay! Very useful information!

very nicely written and a surprisingly interesting read...also very informative.even thought i am not an author and dont have the problem of wracking my brains for a summery,it was great,with all the tips you gave in general!very observant of you.a good peice.thnx for putting it up!