But what does Cas taste like?
You've just reminded me that I made a mental note to update three new Castiellian flavours, and then forgot which stories I meant..
(Why the fuck would you make someone taste like cinnamon and watermelon? What does that add to anything, ever, except confusion?)
Back to summaries--I think someone should poll readers (maybe just readers who aren't writers--I don't know which is more useful) on what they think makes them click on a story. And what makes them not click. Which tags win us over or drive us away, no matter what. What ways of discussing topics turn us on or off?
There might be enough commonality there that you could at least think--okay, I'm writing PWP, those readers tend to want to know who's pitching/catching or bottom/topping or sub/Domming, as well as these high-value kinks, but curtain-fics are best described with less detail, yadda yadda.
I'd just want to know for knowing's sake.
I read a creepily unedited fic yesterday that slipped into first person for two sentences in the middle of the porn. Yoinks! Way to burst bubbles.