What have I learned about summary writing in the past week?
Although I already knew the hard basics on how to write, and what should be included, in a summary, this past week has really shown me how to refine my summary writing. I learned that adding a ton of information and repetition of information does not necessarily make things more clear for the reader, and can also defeat the point of it being a summary, if it is too detailed. I also learned that you do not have to spell out all of the main characters, and what their purpose was, and that you should just highlight the actions of the very main characters, who are in the story the majority of the time. Finally, I learned not to infer what the central message of a documentary, or any medium, or try to get into the author's head. Instead I need to just explain exactly what the medium shows and physically says.
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