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Headers. When it comes to headers and me, I think there are issues of . . . self-sabotage. Don't get me wrong. I love to talk about me. I love to talk about how great I am. Me me me all the time all day! But when I do talk about how great I think I am, it's usually with a kind of sarcastic self-condemnation of my own arrogance; witness the previous line.
So when it comes to saying, "here, I did this thing; it's good; you should try it," I . . . don't do that. I'll say that I'm very happy with a story or really proud, but I probably won't say I think a story I wrote is good or that you should read it. I probably won't do it even if I know you really well. It's not that I don't think I write good stories (c.f. above, re: me me me!); I just feel like a dick if I talk about it.
What does this have to do with headers? Well, headers are about selling your fic, imo. They're about saying, "You should read me. Here's why!" And I just . . . can't do that very well unless I'm being tongue and cheek about it.
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But anyway, here we go:
Do you have trouble writing summaries of your fic/fanwork? Why?
What's the best summary you've written?
What's the worst?
Have you written a summary that people disagreed with? What was it? Why did they disagree?
What do you look for in a fic/fanwork summary?
What's a fic/fanwork summary that's likely to turn you away? (You don't have to quote one, just state the elements)
Do you have any favorite fic summaries?
For answering with ease!
So when it comes to saying, "here, I did this thing; it's good; you should try it," I . . . don't do that. I'll say that I'm very happy with a story or really proud, but I probably won't say I think a story I wrote is good or that you should read it. I probably won't do it even if I know you really well. It's not that I don't think I write good stories (c.f. above, re: me me me!); I just feel like a dick if I talk about it.
What does this have to do with headers? Well, headers are about selling your fic, imo. They're about saying, "You should read me. Here's why!" And I just . . . can't do that very well unless I'm being tongue and cheek about it.
( Read more... )
But anyway, here we go:
Do you have trouble writing summaries of your fic/fanwork? Why?
What's the best summary you've written?
What's the worst?
Have you written a summary that people disagreed with? What was it? Why did they disagree?
What do you look for in a fic/fanwork summary?
What's a fic/fanwork summary that's likely to turn you away? (You don't have to quote one, just state the elements)
Do you have any favorite fic summaries?
For answering with ease!