- A - include everything (the “officially recommended” method)
- B - just the two paragraphs of blurb w/o logline/quotes (the previous crowd favorite)
- C - I am indifferent/I think this makes no difference
- D - I dislike both options (I think the blurb is bad, I think another formatting style works better, etc)
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We had a discussion about blurbs in the WCX server the other day since for Paid Stories they have a specific template they use for the algorithm, and I’m trying to decide between a more minimalist story description with just the blurb and what I have now:
Option A:
A misguidedly idealistic high school student founds a club to teach his classmates philosophy; when it becomes a cult, he must change course before the whole school drinks the Kool-Aid.
Frank can think of no better way to prove his classmates have no moral compass than to write a manifesto satirically arguing for the virtues of selfishness; when this attempt at shining a light on his classmates’ behavior is taken at face value, he creates a club to spread his teachings, hoping his ironies will be more obvious on a grander scale. The authoritarian rule of law he establishes meets little resistance from his club members, even as he wonders privately when they’ll have enough and choose a more virtuous path. While Frank earnestly seeks to help his classmates, his methodology proves misguided in practice, and Frank must find where to draw the line before he permanently ruins his beloved high school. But then again, being a cult leader is too much fun to pass up…
You Must Remember This adapts the foundation of Catch-22 in a high school setting, applying the same notion of dystopian bureaucracy to lampoon Silicon Valley’s competitive spirit and, in these politically charged times, comment on the fragility of our own democracy.
CW: minor character death (non-graphic), dark psychological themes (e.g. gaslighting), authoritarian regimes (including references to communism and Nazism)
“Amazing, terrible, bourgeois horror”
“At first I thought the story was about silicone implants”
“I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves the classic American English course reading list or just wants to read something that will make them think.”
Option B
Frank can think of no better way to prove his classmates have no moral compass than to write a manifesto satirically arguing for the virtues of selfishness; when this attempt at shining a light on his classmates’ behavior is taken at face value, he creates a club to spread his teachings, hoping his ironies will be more obvious on a grander scale. The authoritarian rule of law he establishes meets little resistance from his club members, even as he wonders privately when they’ll have enough and choose a more virtuous path. While Frank earnestly seeks to help his classmates, his methodology proves misguided in practice, and Frank must find where to draw the line before he permanently ruins his beloved high school. But then again, being a cult leader is too much fun to pass up…
You Must Remember This adapts the foundation of Catch-22 in a high school setting, applying the same notion of dystopian bureaucracy to lampoon Silicon Valley’s competitive spirit and, in these politically charged times, comment on the fragility of our own democracy.
CW: minor character death (non-graphic), dark psychological themes (e.g. gaslighting), authoritarian regimes (including references to communism and Nazism)
Please vote accordingly. Option A is the Paid Stories recommendation for formatting because there’s a logline visible in the thumbnail, but it’s just that, a recommendation or a general rule of thumb. So far people surveyed have preferred B who are on Wattpad and A who are off Wattpad. I’m imagining this crowd is a more middle-of-the-road perspective.