What I’ve learned of summary writing this past week is that most of us are, well, doing it wrong. I realized I have to
make more mention of the film’s habits rather than the characters. For instance, instead of saying “Jane Doe leaves to
never return again” I should say the film portrays Jane Doe leaving and never returning again”. I also realized I am awful
at writing in the present tense.
All things aside, I wasn’t terribly awful at writing the summary either. I didn’t include how I felt about situations, I simply
wrote a very brief snippet of what the film was about. Rather than describing how I felt when the film portrayed a character
doing something wrong I just stated what the character did wrong. I would also like to think that I kept my summary short
enough for it to be considered an actual summary but in depth enough to explain the important details.
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