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

[yourlibrarian]

> If ever a people deserved tasering, it’s Holmeses.

Truth

> Five billion years in the future, two characters toast the end of the world. One-shot.

Appropriate

> "Look on every exit as an entrance somewhere else." - Tom Stoppard, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
A series of entrances and exits, although not necessarily in that order.

Intriguing!

[espresso_addict]

I recced the 3rd one here; it's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern are Dead, obviously.