Stella Blue Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 The idea of a good story summary, as we all know, is to get a reader interested in the story through a short paragraph or sentence that gives clues as to what the story is about. However, because it’s entertaining to poke fun at the things we love, this thread is the opposite: where you write a technically true but misguided summary that makes a story sound less appealing than it is. Examples: Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s/Sorcerer’s Stone An 11-year-old has conspiracy theories about one of his teachers and gets into a fight with a grown man over a rock. The Lord of the Rings Frodo Baggins goes to great lengths to discard litter on a mountain. So.... Write a bad summary of your own fic, or a published novel, if you'd rather not mock your own writing , and post it here! 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
just.a.willow.tree Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Oh I love these! There are so many good ones on Twitter. ? I'll do one of my own and one published one! you again Quote Two dumb humans repeat the same mistakes over and over for five hundred years. Alice in Wonderland Quote A girl gets high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slide Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Oh, too much fun! Ignite: Quote A privileged teenager sulks his way through a crisis; is inevitably acclaimed hero of the hour anyway. And for published fare, Captain Corelli's Mandolin: Quote A small island community is more worried by internal drama than its Nazi occupation. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
down-in-flames Posted July 4, 2018 Share Posted July 4, 2018 Oh my goodness I love this so much. ? Complicated: Quote Girl spends entire story attempting to keep her varying relationship status with the same boy a secret from everyone else. Is not very good at it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Blue Posted July 7, 2018 Author Share Posted July 7, 2018 Omg I'm loving all of these ^ When I made the original post I didn't take the opportunity to make fun of myself so I'm posting again just for that Icarus: Quote Lily tells a few lies, becomes a terrible houseguest, and then turns 25 twice. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
batsam Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 WIGOWY Quote Girl in love gets cheated on, makes a lifestyle out of it. 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Rumpelstiltskin Posted July 7, 2018 Share Posted July 7, 2018 This is a hilarious thread. I love this thread with all my heart. For We, Lawbreaking Citizens Quote Two men fall in love and are fluffy and gay while they try to escape a drug-pushing regime. They like poetry. For Gerald's Game by Stephen King Quote A married couple go on vacation to reignite their love life. The hubby kicks the bucket after handcuffing his wife to the bed in a perfect sexy-time-gone-wrong scenario. She has to figure out how to escape before a stray neighborhood dog eats her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sunshine_locks Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 (edited) on miracle: Quote girl gets a letter into hogwarts. wizarding world gets her into dumb stuff while all she wants is to explore. thinks about noping out of there multiple times. on wrong place, wrong time: Quote boy is pulled into weird time turner thing. knows too many memes and is exasperated the whole way. he might never go back home, but he's strangely indifferent to it. on little red: Quote girl gets too arrogant. thinks apathy is the new Cool, probably. Edited July 16, 2018 by sunshine_locks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Levana Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 I mean all my story summaries are already bad anyway, but I'll make them worse for Two Months Quote Girl accidentally reveals that magic is real to another girl, but that other girl is like super cute. Happy gayness ensues. For The Exaggerated True Story of Cordelia Kendall Quote A girl who is totally not a self-insert is the fourth friend in the Fred-George-Lee friendship For Then Time Stood Still Quote George is saaaad. Ron is a pretty rad brother. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RoxiMalfoy Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 (edited) OMGosh, I love this topic so much, haha!!! ? Here is mine for Love, Not War [M] lol!!! Quote Draco Malfoy is forced to accept help from his blood-traitorous enemies as he sorts through his unresolved daddy issues. Meanwhile, a know-it-all from America moves in too, and tries to act like she "understands his feelings" or whatever, in an attempt to get closer to him... Yep. I'm sure nothing can do wrong here at all! I think that pretty much sums it all up, I'd say. ? Edited July 29, 2018 by RoxiMalfoy 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felpata_Lupin Posted July 28, 2018 Share Posted July 28, 2018 Have to jump on the bandwagon... All the truth about Jimmy Portman Quote American child transferred to UK discovers his father is a wanted criminal who kidnapped him; he gets quite grumpy over that. 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
down-in-flames Posted August 3, 2018 Share Posted August 3, 2018 I don't even have the good summary written for Complex yet, but I have the bad one: Quote Adult relationships are somehow even harder than teenage ones, and no one understands how work-life balance works. Oh, and a bunch of people are murdered for having bad grades. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stella Blue Posted August 7, 2018 Author Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 7/28/2018 at 11:56 AM, Levana said: I mean all my story summaries are already bad anyway, but I'll make them worse for Two Months Girl accidentally reveals that magic is real to another girl, but that other girl is like super cute. Happy gayness ensues. Omg, I NEED to read this. Even the bad summary has me totally sold on it XD 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TidalDragon Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 Here's one (1) for Evolution Quote Secretly bookish popular guy and openly bookish popular girl realize they don't actually hate each other and become the power couple that defends their school from a super-villain's plot for world domination. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Ausra Posted August 14, 2018 Share Posted August 14, 2018 (edited) This thread is AWESOME. Here's mine: The Princess Bride: (Which is very, very different from the movie, just so you're warned) Spoiler Girl meets boy. Girl proves to be flake when boy leaves to get a life. Girl then grows up. There's also a ton of guys who don't know when to let something go. Author spectates, a LOT. The Hunger Games trilogy: Spoiler Meet Katniss Everdeen, also known as GMO Bird. The list of things she cares about is short, and overthrowing the corrupt government killing teenagers for fun isn't one of them. The Grass Is Greener On the Other Side (Or So They Say) (M) by me Spoiler An uppity ward decides to play god (Or is it Merlin?) while Fem!Harry angsts over her general existence. Also, Voldemort and Barty Jr. are somewhere, but it doesn't seem to be much of a priority, for some reason. Edited August 14, 2018 by Lady Ausra 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
something wicked Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 Damn I thought I posted in here months ago! Here's one for Yaxley: Quote World's most stubborn boy hates world's most stubborn girl. Death-horses make an appearance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
belgian quaffle Posted December 15, 2018 Share Posted December 15, 2018 For Home: Quote girl finds love and family over a year of brunch, tacos, and statistics 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crimson quill Posted December 16, 2018 Share Posted December 16, 2018 Warpaint Spoiler Rich and popular girl and socially anxious boy try to better themselves by learning from each other. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grandchild Posted December 17, 2018 Share Posted December 17, 2018 i saw this thread and screamed because honestly tmt was made for a bad summary Quote Queen bee makes horrifying decisions whilst dealing with the development of her seer powers all while somebody systematically eliminates her family tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TidalDragon Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 (edited) For No Accounting for Taste Small-town girl meets city boy at university. Best Roommate Ever pushes these classmates, turned friends, turned awkward, turned lovers through three years of books, work, photos, and mayhem (as defined by two introverted nerds). Edited February 1, 2019 by TidalDragon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jo Raskoph Posted February 1, 2019 Share Posted February 1, 2019 For Season of Love Quote Girl is strangely unmoved by Christmas but gets really excited about a random day a few days later. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RonsGirlTuesday Posted December 10, 2019 Share Posted December 10, 2019 This thread is hysterical. Why did it die?? For Ignatius: Quote Catholic guilt. 'Nuff said. For Irrational: Quote Dating at work is an objectively terrible idea, but this girl is thirsty for Buddy Holly lookalikes. And for some real literature: For Gone Girl: Quote These people are toxic, yo. Seriously, just don't ever get married. For Goblet of Fire: Quote Teenager is forced to participate in a potentially lethal competition, and for some reason nobody calls social services. A dance is involved for sexual tension. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mydearfoxy Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 Quote Frodo Baggins goes to great lengths to discard litter on a mountain. i am just discovering this thread and @Stella Blue YOU HAVE KILLED ME for Beyond Repair Quote sister with terrible interpersonal skills reach the most predictable ending ever. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
down-in-flames Posted December 23, 2019 Share Posted December 23, 2019 for 9.9 out of 10, highly recommend: Spoiler two idiots being too competitive for their own good is somehow the thing that finally makes them fall for each other for and all the pieces fall (aka the unpublished novel, so this won't be as funny to anyone else as it is to me): Spoiler how many strange places can two people hook up before they do it on an actual bed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grumpy cat Posted December 25, 2019 Share Posted December 25, 2019 for physical fatality: Quote aggressive(ish) sex with entirely too many references to fire for reckless/the drastoria series: Quote girl deals with ptsd in possibly inappropriate ways for intoxicating/the dominique weasley series: Quote questionable life choices and bad decisions™ for the art of being nonchalant: Quote emotionally stunted girl uses her best friend, sex and quidditch to not deal with anything 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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