Tips, Tricks, & Hacks: Writing Fanfiction

Summaries bring in the audience. They hook them. A hook in a research paper is what makes the readers interested, so they keep reading. That's exactly what a fanfic's summary is, but a tad bit longer. If you want an audience or fan base, you need a good summary.
Here are some tips when writing summaries:

-Short descriptions are not mandatory, but it could be beneficial for your hoping-to-be-popular fanfic. Short descriptions can be quotes, questions, or a brief piece of the summary. If you lack a short description, it could mean that you won't draw in as much of an audience as you could with one. The short description is what draws individuals into reading your summary.

-Keep summaries short, sweet, and direct. A study said that you have seven seconds to get someone's attention, so if they read a good chunk of your summary in seven seconds, then you'll have captured their attention. Summaries should not reveal the whole fanfic. They should have an air of mystery to them, so that readers will want to uncover that mystery through reading the chapters.

-Summaries don't have to be a description of the whole general plot and the characters. Short descriptions as well as summaries can be in the form of a quote or question. Quotes seem to pull in more of an audience, so I would suggest that. Just make sure the quote is mysterious and doesn't sell out the whole fanfic.

-There is no better turn off than bad grammar and poor writing. If you're summary is not grammatically correct, there's a big chance people won't flock to your fanfic. If you write that way in your summary, then what will the overall quality of your work be like? Keep this question in mind.

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