summaries

[sixbeforelunch]

So here's a question I've often wondered about. What makes for a good fic summary? Is there anything that can get you to click when you might otherwise not have been inclined to?

Conversely, what types of summaries do you like least? Are there summaries that will make you skip a work even if it's tagged with all of your favorite ships and tropes?

Comments

[coyoteclaw11]

sdfghj I actually don't mind works with a bunch of tags if those tags give me a good idea of what the fic's going to be about.... within reason ofc. Less acceptable when they tag like every single character who breathes in the fic and there's little to no trope/setting/etc. tags.