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Amonimus (Sergeant)
2022-08-18 07:54:58

Work descriptions should only contain base synopsis (starting conditions), as in what a new reader can expect. The trope list effectively works as the rest of the summary.

Also a reminder that per Handling Spoilers, no spoiler markup is allowed in the description, so it's best to remove sensitive information or move it to Recap/.

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crazysamaritan MOD Since: Apr, 2010
2022-08-18 07:59:09

  • What you say "spoils the plot", I call "describes the premise". Essentially, information available in the first part of the three act structure should be free game to share, as those details are not spoilers.
  • No spoilers (ideally not revealing any plot twists, but more formally it describes the markup) above the line which separates the examples from the description.
  • The big spoiler of Thief is Lobsang and Jeremy's relationship, which the description avoids even speculating about.

Edited by crazysamaritan Link to TRS threads in project mode here.
Vilui Since: May, 2009
2022-08-18 08:04:56

(as usual, posted too slowly, so ignore)

Edited by Vilui
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