How to write a summary without spoiling anything for readers?
I am on fictionpress. I am writing a sequel for a previous story I had written, but I don't know how to write a summary without giving away any major details. I want things to be a surprise. How is this possible though?
Answer:
You simply tell how the story goes up to the point when the "apple cart gets upset," but you don't tell how things are put right in the end, and you insert teasing questions to pique the reader's interest if you can. For instance, Goldilocks and the Three Bears might read:
"A little blonde-haired girl wandering in the woods comes upon a house and makes herself at home, tasting the food, and trying out the furniture. After goes to sleep in a bedroom, the owners of the house return, owners with a secret she could not have imagined!"
Hey, I'd want to read THAT story, wouldn't you?