Racking my brain trying to come up with a good story summary
Hey all. About a month ago I got some help with making my story summary better (shoutout to /u/Diamond_Raven) in the 'Rate the Summary' thread. However, I still feel like my summary is lacking that little extra something that'll bring a potential reader to click on it.
This is what I have right now:
*A young Trainer's badge collecting journey to the Indigo Plateau with his Pokémon best friend is an easygoing affair, until he begins to discover he possesses extraordinary powers.*
Now, I have gotten a couple of comments since then saying the summary is coming up a little short. Here are the main plot points of the story very quickly summed up:
- 12-year-old Trainer (Antoshi) with 1+ year training experience, gained six badges in the Kanto league, going on to number seven.
- Pokémon best friend (Fireball) — his *only* Pokémon. Trainer has supernatural ability to communicate with his Pokémon and they chat frequently. Travels alongside him and is never inside a Poke ball.
- Along the way, a thief steals their badges. Fireball chases thief but is kidnapped by thief's accomplice. Turn out to be Team Rocket.
- This ends up being a turning point for Antoshi and goes through varying stages of grief, alone and without his best friend.
- Fireball escapes but is captured again by the Rockets some hours later after wandering through the city.
- Antoshi catches up to them but they escape in a vehicle. His emotions erupt and it unlocks a slew of latent superpowers inside of him -- flying, super-strength, enhanced durability.
- With his powers, he saves his friend, is reunited, and the two move on to get their eighth and final badge.
With all this in mind, I can't cram it all into a 2-3 sentence summary. I honestly don't think I should worry about spoiling these plot points anymore. I've been thinking about other media and how their summaries typically go over main plot points, as well as the fact that people can easily look up further info about films and series and decide to watch it after what they learn there.
This is all I can come up with so far:
*Nearing the end of his badge-collecting journey, a young Trainer is separated from his Pokémon best friend.*
... And then I can't think of what else to add from there. I really want to update it before the end of the story. Any help would be really appreciated — either by adding on to what I have or just reworking it entirely. Thanks!