Kuroshitsuji Writing Guide:

Chapter 6:

Description/Summary writing:

Writing a description or summary is important because it is what is used to advertise your story. If you write a bad one, people will not be tempted to click on your story. If you a write a good one your reads and votes will increase.

A story description on wattpad is like a blurb on the back of books. It tells you a little about the story that will hopefully make you want to read it. There are different ways to write summaries that you can see on this website, but there are some clear rules that should be abided by.

Rules for writing summaries:

1.) Actually have a summary- some Kuroshitsuji stories on here have no summaries and strangely enough, they do not have many views.

2.) Do not write 'sorry I suck at making summaries' - you are not contractually obligated to write that. It creates a bad impression of your writing abilities. If you try hard enough you will not have that problem.

3.) Do not list everything that happens in the story- you need to leave an air of mystery to intrigue the reader. If you tell them everything that is going to happen, people might not bother to read the story.

4.) Spelling - if you cannot even spell properly in the summary, it does not bode well for the rest of the story and your views.

5.) List pairings- if you do this it ensures that you will not get comments from people complaining about the pairing because they thought it was going to be another pairing.

6.) Setting- if it is an AU (Alternate Universe) you had better say so. From personal experience, it eliminates comments from people complaining that they thought it was canon. If it's a modern one, make sure to specify as well.

7.) Do not write it all in capitals or capitalise every word. Alternatively do not use all lower case.

8.) Grammar- actually use properly structured sentences with full stops/periods and capital letters at the start of sentences.

Examples:

Bad summaries:

I don't own Kuroshitsuji. Read the story.

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High school Black Butler. Ceil is a new kid at school. Sebastain is a jock.

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its mah first story!!! read it fuckers

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I Don't Own Kuroshitsuji Please Read Sebastian Is One Hell Of A Sexy Beast

Good summaries:

Present day AU. Ciel is the leader of a gang at his private school and Sebastian is the leader of a gang at his secondary school. Both start a relationship without knowing the other's secret life until one day, their secrets are revealed. Sebastian x Ciel

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Present day AU. Ciel Phantomhive, a boy with traumatic childhood and a dangerous habit is made to attend school by his aunt. On his first day a bored teenager called Sebastian Michaelis discovers his secret and is determined to have fun with it. Sebastian x Ciel

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AU. 5 years prior to the start of Kuroshitsuji, Ciel and Sebastian met under a cherry blossom tree and made a certain bet that Ciel is unaware of and is set to lose until tables are turned. Sebastian x Ciel

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Present Day AU. One day Ciel never turns up at the office and Sebastian finds out it's because he is in a coma in hospital after being attacked. It's up to Sebastian to solve the case and to resolve his feelings for Ciel before he slips away. Sebaciel

Things to remember:

Some people will not read the summary properly anyway and miss key points:

The advantage of having it all in the summary is that you can point that out because it's not your fault that they did not read it properly.

It really is what will draw people to read your story so make it just as good, if not better than your story.

It does not need to be very long. It just needs to set the scene and give the hook for readers.

You do not need to tell everyone it's your first story. It is better if you do not because it might influence a reader from reading your story.

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A/N: The bad summaries are ones that I made up based up on ones that I have seen. The good ones are from my own stories.