[identity profile] khasael.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
I already loved you, bb, but I love you even more for posting this. ♥

*goes back to starting and deleting her fic summary for the zillionth time*

[identity profile] mijeli.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 11:23 am (UTC)(link)
THANK YOU. (Which is why I still believe in "one-sentence excerpt = best summary I'll come up with".)

[identity profile] imera.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 11:30 am (UTC)(link)
This is so true. Fic summary=Mordor

[identity profile] mijeli.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 11:41 am (UTC)(link)
The elegant way out, no? :D

[identity profile] mab.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 02:06 pm (UTC)(link)
Totally!!!

It took me hours to come up with a fic summary yesterday. So painful!

[identity profile] sesheta-66.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 02:09 pm (UTC)(link)
*hates writing summaries*

OMG, I wanted to cry recently when, after deleting the header to do a proper word count, I accidentally saved the document. AND ERASED MY TITLE & SUMMARY!!! *weeps at the memory*

[identity profile] secretlypadfoot.livejournal.com 2012-04-24 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
I think there should be another that says one does not simply title a fic. Because THAT is where 97% of the time I hit a wall.
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[identity profile] undrsomestairs.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
Basically.

AND TITLES. I NEED A TITLE. D:

[identity profile] undrsomestairs.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 06:08 am (UTC)(link)
Should've scrolled down before I commented apparently because YES THIS.

[identity profile] khasael.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 06:15 pm (UTC)(link)
THIS TOO. OMG.

Comment from a beta once that made me feel the best about my personal and constant failure on this front was something along the lines of "I have been sitting here, trying to come up with a title for this fic for longer than it took me to EDIT THE DAMNED STORY". Sometimes, they elude other people, too! I AM NOT ALONE. *clings to everyone else who has the title/summary problem*
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[identity profile] thisgirl-is.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 07:53 pm (UTC)(link)
YOU TELL IT, BOROMIR.

xxx
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[identity profile] thisgirl-is.livejournal.com 2012-04-25 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeez, right? I have a document full of things that struck me as potentially good titles, but they are NEVER right. Do: