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Creating a story summary is often the last step for writers when they are publishing their story. Because of this it can sometimes be given little thought, but the summary is one of the most important parts of your fanfiction brief. It is usually the deciding factor when a reader is searching for their next fic. DreamFlower wrote a wonderful post on how to create good summaries. Their examples are exclusively Lord of The Rings because it was a fandom specific post, but the content can apply to any fandom. I recommend taking a look. READ IT HERE .  The absolute worst thing you can do as a writer is to sell yourself short by not even trying. Do your best to write a compelling, short, dynamic, amusing or thought provoking summary. This can sound impossible, but it really isn't. Thousands of fangirls and fanboys do it all the time. :) The best way to learn is to observe. Go through your archived bookmarks and read the summaries that made you click on those stories. If you'...

If you have ever read fanfiction then you know how important tags are for knowing what to expect when you click a link to start reading. I am going to assume that if you are looking for information on creating tags then you are familiar with the bare basics of taggings. On the off chance you are complete tag virgin, I'll give a brief summary of basic tagging. You want to give the fandom and category along with any ratings or warnings before going into the universe and character tags. The fandom is the cannon name of the show/book/movie/etc. that you are writing about (Doctor Who, Sherlock, Supernatural, Chronicles of Narnia, etc). If there are multiple sources of your cannon then use the one that best reflects what you've written. So, if you are writing a Sherlock story based on the BBC show characterization of Sherlock then you'll use "Sherlock (BBC)" in the tags. The more specific you can get, the better.   The category will indicate how your characters rela...