If you’re reading this on the internet you’re probably wondering what a “book summary” is. This is the first in a series of posts about what it takes to edit your first draft. If you’re reading this from a screen, you’re probably wondering what a “screen summary” is. This is the second in a series about editing your first draft.
If youre reading this from a screen youre probably wondering what a screen summary is. This is the third in a series about editing your first draft.
Screen summaries are different from book summaries. You get a screen summary by showing the user what you want to prove to them in your book, the same way that you get a book summary by showing the reader what you want to prove to them in your book. Theyre not the same thing.
A screen summary is a visual representation of what the user is reading. A book summary is a written representation of what the reader is just reading. A screen summary is written in a style (like the one you see in the screen) in which you have shown the user what you want to prove to them. Theyre not the same thing.
The screen summary is the written summary. A book summary is a written representation of the user’s reading. The screen summary is written in a style like the one you see in the screen in which you have written the book summary. Theyre not the same thing.
As is often the case with online summaries, if you scroll down on a book, you may be able to find yourself reading what you just read. There is nothing wrong with that. But the problem is, how many of these screen summaries are being read? There is a lot of noise, a lot of chatter, a lot of people who just want to say, “Wow! I just read a book!” I know I am guilty of this myself.
While summaries are a valid way for authors to create a bit of information, they can also be a distraction from what is actually happening in a book. If I am writing a book and I am reading a screen summary, I am not truly reading the book, I am reading the screen summary. I can skip the first two or three chapters, but I cannot skip the first two or three chapters of any book, because I might not want to know the ending.
This is a very valid point, and it may be a good idea to think about it in advance. If you’re not going to finish the book, don’t read the summary. If you do finish the book, read the summary. If you need to know what happens next, read the summary. If you need to understand why the book is happening, you will probably find yourself reading the summary.
I don’t know about you, but I find the last two chapters of a book are a lot more entertaining than the first two. If you want to know what happens, you can skip the first two chapters. If you want to understand the story, you can skip the first two chapters. If you are not sure why the book is happening, skip the first two chapters and read the summary. If you need to know why the book is happening, read the summary.
If you’re like me, you will probably keep reading the book in order to know who’s on what spaceship and when to shoot them. You are probably also probably reading the book in order to find out what happened to the original author. If you have read the book before, you can skip the summary, but you should at least read the first two chapters.