How to MAKE A GOOD SUMMARY

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How to MAKE A GOOD SUMMARY

*I got my information from the book How to make a good story, by @granolabel*

The first thing people are going to notice is your cover. If you have a stupid, ghetto piece of trash (no offense to anyone, her words not mine), no ones gonna consider your story seriously.

I am going to make a chapter about covers, so I'll just skip this and go straight to the description. So, when you have an absolutely fabulous cover, it's time to write the summary for your absolutely fantabulous story. DO NOT SUMMARIZE THE ENTIRE PLOT. IT RUINS EVERY SINGLE THING.

You want it to be professional-ish. You want people to read it and get a taste of your writing. If they see that you write like you're V. C Andrews, they're gonna know that you are da bomb. Let me give you my summary for a story I've been working on for some time now:

Who am I?

If you were to ask an average girl in Carter's Highschool, she would say, Popular, pretty, and gorgeous. Carter would say, "A Book Worm." She lives out her fantasies in books, never determining reality from fictions. Her reality blurs in the pages of her books, until she meets Carter James, a boy. In her books, the Bad Boys always fall for the good girls, but Carter James isn't a bad boy. He isn't a nerd. He isn't even anybody.

What happens when the bookworm and the nobody get together?

• • • • • • • • | |

See? It told you about Carter, a girl who is a complete and total book worm who lives her days in her books. Then it introduced another character, Carter James, a boy who happens to tear her from her frquent fantasies.

For me, it comes easy to make a description most of the time, but for those of you that struggle, use granolabels tips to help you make better summaries.

#1: Read the back of other books

Read the back of other books of your genre and try to get a feel for how THEY write. Get inspired by the different styles of writing and how they each surmise their book in only a few sentences.

#2: Introduce thein character

Try to introduce the main characters ter to your readers, and let them have a feel of who they are. I did this when I said, 'She lives out her fantasies in books, never determining reality from fictions.' Try to incorporate their personality and NOT their looks. That is not the way you entice readers.

#3: Write in third person

This is exactly what I did. I wrote in third person so I could introduce more than one character. It gives you a chance to be more expressive and descriptive.

#4: Who are you writing for?

Who is it targeted towards? Children? Adults? Teens? My target market is towards teens, due to the mature writing, but not the adultish type writing.

#5: Cliffhangers!

End your summary with a BANG! Make people want to read it, reel them in with few simple sentences or even an ending question that makes people want to explore the innards of your masterpiece.

Well, that was my input on how to make good summaries, come back next time for another awesome How to!

- Absolutely_Positive ♥

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