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  2. Wikipedia:How to write a plot summary - Wikipedia

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    A plot summary is generally used to provide a concise description of the work in question, to allow the reader to understand the discussion related to that plot, and to illustrate points within an article. Where a specific plot point has been commented upon by academics or the media, it is necessary to describe that plot point.

  3. Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Writing about fiction - Wikipedia

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    For example, a summary of Citizen Kane should establish that much of the film is an extended flashback that is bookended by scenes in the film's present; the entire plot summary should still be written in narrative present tense. Summaries written in a real-world perspective do not need to stay true to the fiction's chronological order if going ...

  4. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Film

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    Plot summaries for feature films should be between 400 and 700 words. The summary should not exceed this range unless the film's structure is unconventional, such as with non-linear storylines, or unless the plot is too complicated to summarize in this range. Discuss with other editors to determine if a summary cannot be contained within the ...

  5. Wikipedia:Summary style - Wikipedia

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    Sections of long articles should be spun off into their own articles, leaving summaries in their place. Summary sections are linked to the detailed article with a {{Main|name of detailed article}} or comparable template. To preserve links to the edit history of the moved text, the first edit summary of the new article links back to the original.

  6. Wikipedia:Plot-only description of fictional works - Wikipedia

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    A plot summary is a retelling, a summary, or an abridged or shortened précis of the events that occur within a work of fiction. The purpose of a plot summary is to help the reader understand the important events within a work of fiction, be they of the work as a whole or of an individual character. The coverage of a fictional work should not ...

  7. Wikipedia:Source your plot summaries - Wikipedia

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    Reasons to source plot summaries. On Wikipedia, editors are not required to use secondary sources for plot summaries per MOS:PLOTSOURCE; the reasoning goes that it is generally assumed that the work itself is the primary source for the plot summary. However, relying on this can lead to original research and overly long summaries.

  8. Wikipedia:Writing better articles - Wikipedia

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    Excessively long articles should usually be avoided. Articles should ideally contain less than 50,000 characters of text. [1] When articles grow past this amount of readable text, they can be split into smaller articles to improve readability and ease of editing, or may require trimming to remain concise.

  9. Wikipedia : Manual of Style/Layout

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    e. Sample article layout (click on image for larger view) This guide presents the typical layout of Wikipedia articles, including the sections an article usually has, ordering of sections, and formatting styles for various elements of an article. For advice on the use of wiki markup, see Help:Editing; for guidance on writing style, see Manual ...