In summary…
Posted in Random Concepts on Mar 7th, 2007 By Runningkid
Recently I came across an entry which was rather interesting. It was a guide-like post about blogging. The gist of it was that, if I don’t watch the raws, I should keep my summaries short.
Why?
Because it will be unlikely that I am the first person to summarize an episode and chances are the people who view my blog have already seen the episode for themselves, subtitles and all. However, I don’t know how true this is, I mean I originally started blogging because I wanted to do something with my thoughts and ideas after each episode I watch. I still carry this concept and believe it to be what I blog for and as I’ve said before a little traffic doesn’t hurt - I even use the idea as motivation. I enjoy writing (yes, I know my English isn’t the best) and whenever I start writing, Blogging diarrhoea kicks in and I can’t stop until I’m completely satisfied with what I’ve written. I’m always afraid of responsibilities, so I do my best to provide the best summary I can, knowing readers won’t be missing any details. Is this the wrong thing to do? When I see a big chunk of text, it puts me off. All these things tell me that I shouldn’t write long-arse summaries that last a few pages, but inside I am enjoying writing these summaries. Should I just do what the guide suggests? Save these long paragraphs on my PC and be happy, or should I keep publishing and wish for someone to appreciate my efforts?
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I think its totally up to you. If you want to keep it short and simple do so, but if you want to elaborate on an episode or a subject it wont stop me from reading it.
If I had to give you advice, then it’s to do what you like best. Okay, it may not make you instantly popular, but as long as you enjoy your writing, then people will come to you in the end.
My guide (if you can even call it that… it’s more like my own thoughts on the issue) is by no means definitive. You can write summaries - some people might even want it. Hige (where ever he might be) of Hige vs Otaku writes summaries for scanlated Naruto manga yet he is still very popular. Of course, that can be attributed to the fact that he writes VERY GOOD summaries, but there are examples of people who write summaries of translated stuff and are still popular.
I’m not saying you shouldn’t write summaries even when something is subbed. I’m saying that you should know what balance is best for your audience - and best for yourself. A long summary is fine too (if you can find people who like your summaries).