Summaries

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Summaries are Super Important. I cannot tell you how many amazing stories I've probably passed up because of a crappy summary or the lack of one at all.

Put a summary. Idc if it's super crappy. Leaving the summary blank will make people skip your story. If you're too lazy to put a summary I'm too lazy to read your story. Simple as that.

Try to refrain from using "read to find out." Or some variation of that. Or anything cliché like that. It's very annoying and makes the book sound less appealing in my opinion.

Putting "this isn't your normal _____ book." Literally makes my mind go "skip." If it's not a regular cliché book than show me that in the summary. If it has a cliché summary and then you put "this isn't a cliché book!" I'm not going to be very inclined to believe you.

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