Do you write your 'summary' before or after you write your Hub?

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   Joel Diffendarferposted 3 years ago

   Do you write your 'summary' before or after you write your Hub?
   
   I started out writing my summary before I even started adding content to my Hubs.  But now, I am finding I write it last.  Give me, and others who may need to develop, your experience and best practice.  Thanks.

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   JThomp42posted 3 years ago

   Hello Joel, I have always written my summary first for some reason. I think it is because I know what I am going to write and writing the summary first gets my writing going. For some reason I cannot write until I get the summary over with.

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   alancaster149posted 3 years ago

   Depends on what you've written. If you've written travelogues. historical, or fiction hubs there's no need for a summary, although you might like to pick up on a point you've made somewhere in your article. .
   If you've set out a treatise or argued a case for/against something, then you might need a summary - especially if you've covered several points.

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   somethgblueposted 3 years ago

   You write the summary when ever you feel like writing the summary, there ain't no rules to this game baby!
   
   I write it when I have completely finish writing the entire article and have reread and edited it at least 3 or 4 times, including spell check, links, copyright, category and everything else. This way I can summarize the whole piece completely while thinking of how the summary will lend itself to search engines.
   
   After all how can you summarize nothing?

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   ThelmaCposted 3 years ago

   Joel I write mine last.  Sometimes I'm not sure exactly where the hub is going until I complete it.  That's because I write as I research and I often find details in researching that would be appropriate in my summary.  I think the main thing is to be sure you do a summary as that helps you in the search engines.

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   easylearningwebposted 3 years ago

   Hi Joel,
   
   I usually write it first but when posting my hub, it's usually too long and I have to edit it. So in the end, I usually refine the summary and make it the best it can be!

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   favoredposted 3 years ago

   It depends, but I usually have an outline of what I want to write and as it progresses the summary just happens and falls in place.

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   The Examiner-1posted 3 years ago

   Anytime that you think of it, just be sure it is there before you publish it. I usually write in Word and start the Hub first, sometimes the title and the summary come to me together before the Hub does.

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