Step 1 : Read the book Step 2 : Take note while you read the book (quotes, ressources or link that the author mention, most important points of each chapter). Step 3 : outline your summary. NON-FICTION : 1. Big idea | 2. 3-5 Main points, | 3. 1-2 examples/point. FICTION : The big five somebody (main character), wanted (what character desire or driving the story) but (what to overcome to get the things he desire), so (what he do to solve the problems) , then (solution and what happen at the end of the story). NON-FICTION VS FICTION : NF : Big idea vs F: main character | NF : Main points F : Major events | NF : Takeaway F : Conclusion Step 4 : Length outline : include one of the stories or examples the author tells. what it made you think or feel. Pro-tips : 1.Remember your audience 2 highlight the essential 3. follow the order 4. paraphrase
I read on kindle, so taking notes is super convenient. I always make sure to take a lot of notes, to prevent missing out anything. I have started my channel for book summaries, and this video provides super useful tips ❤
I've just read "Blink" Malcolm Gladwell's amazing book, and wanted to write my very first 'personal' book summary and found myself clueless, having no idea how to start especially because I didn't take notes while reading it. And now it's much clearer, thank you so much, I'll look forward to writing notes for my next read inshaallah. This was a very helpful as well as an useful video, thanks.
@@DavidRamosAuthor Think of him as a personal trainer for your mind. He’s giving you the “workout” necessary to turn you into an intellectual Superman. If you don’t do the work, or do it half-a**ed, you won’t exercise the necessary “muscle groups” to make your brain stronger, more flexible, and able to leap tall ideas in a single bound. Would you go to the gym and just sit there expecting to get in shape by osmosis? Would you go to the Grand Canyon and take a mule ride to the bottom, expecting to improve your hiking prowess? Then why do you go to school with that attitude? It’s not supposed to be easy. Nothing worthwhile EVER is. Get off the mule and embrace the challenge. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll perform overall if you just shift your view of education from something you have to get through to something you’ll only benefit from if you embrace the trials. No pain, no gain. Period.
@@manaftnt2872 sincerely, this method helps to prepare your for undergrad, because in university you'll end up doing a lot of research and fact finding on your own
i have a mom who gives me homework even tho i already get homework so now i have a pile of homework to do, but this video helped and saved me from getting yelled at once more! thanks david
That just means your mom wants you to be extra successful! Growing up, I always had to read extra books. But then in high school and college, when we would get assigned readings - I usually had read at least 50% already. You never know what that extra homework might help you with in the future.
Very helpful video with an actionable plan and practical tips about writing a good book summary. It's short, concise, to the point, without some rambling introduction like other videos I've found on this topic. I liked that you've made a distinction between fiction and non-fiction books. Finally the drawing animation format is perfect for this type of videos. Well done, thank you. Liked and subscribed. PS: Actually, this is one of the rare times where I wish the video was a bit longer to include examples.
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is a life - saver?😜 David, thank you so much! I am not kidding when I say that without this video I would never be able to summarize my book. Thanks!❤
Thank you David! Over the next few months im watching training vdeos for work and if i watch all of them and put together a 5-10min summary Incan win a prize. Your video helped me better understand how to format the summary/presentation. 👍🏽
I was thinking of making a reading journal, where I can write summaries, quotes, and other details. This was an amazing video, very helpful thank you very much. 💜💜
Sure thing! And you've got this! One tip I'm not sure I mentioned in the video is to write more than you think you need, and then just cut out the extra afterwards. Sometimes I get stuck trying to say the "right" thing, when in reality the best thing to do is just get the words out and THEN make them good 👍
@@DavidRamosAuthor , right on! Thanks for the encouragement. And yeah, that makes sense, to dump everything, then edit out the lesser stuff, and/or that extra stuff may inspire extra thoughts.
Hi, thank you for this informative video. Can you please tell me how you create this video, what softwares did you use and what this kind of videos are called?
Okay but I'm in college and never really had to write book reports until now so this really helps. Im reading "The American Way of Death Revisited" by Jessica Mitford and it's my midterm grade (30% of my final grade)
That's a big chunk of your grade, good thing you'll nail it ;) I'm not sure exactly what your teacher is looking for, but for my essays in college my professors all liked when I made sure to include background on the author themselves and how their experiences shaped their work. So if you can find anything interesting on Mitford, that could help your report.
How did you get to college and NEVER write a “book report”? Writing is one of the most important skills you can develop - not only for clear, concise communication, but for learning new material. Astonishing that you’ve come this far without it. But, your case highlights a belief about the capitalization of education in America that is destroying it: replacing old school methods of learning with technology does NOT lead to faster, better learning. It leads to faster, more expensive delivery methods for material that does its user no good whatsoever. The one thing the big tech companies and their government minions who procure this stuff for schools failed to consider is that the human brain hasn’t undergone a single evolutionary change in 50,000 years. Making a book read itself is not going to impact the brain in any meaningful way. It’s the exercise of long hours of reading, thinking, writing and repeating that builds the brain (literally changes the connecting synapses, allowing new and novel connections to exist and enabling faster, better critical thought). All the iPads in the world can’t make young people smarter. And while having a quick, easy source of information in your hip pocket is brilliantly convenient, if you don’t know what to look for, it’s worthless to you. It’s like having a full library available everywhere: if you have no idea what’s in the library or how to apply the information there, you’ll be lost. Technology does NOT resolve that essential truth.
@@codacreator6162 simply I went to a poor and shitty school. Im an A student in college but my hs was awful. And each report I've submitted in college so far has received an A
Along with reaction to it??? I watched a video about book summaries and it says to never give your opinion because it will turn into an essay instead of a summary.
This all depends upon your assignment and audience. I'd say it's about 50/50. For blogging and content marketing (which is what I do for my day job) the summaries that have opinions baked in perform the best.
Yep, that would be my recommendation! If you already have an outline of the story arc, you could use that to create a summary. But (I know from my own experience) fiction writing can take you in all sorts of directions, so waiting til the end is best.
Good question. A summary for that might be just a simple, chronological (i.e., in order) retelling of what happened. Usually a book on the event will also have a perspective or argument they are trying to make about what happened. So I would make sure to include a piece of that in your summary.
This isn't legal advice, but generally reviews and summaries are covered under the fair use law - so you can make content so long as you only use/reference a small part of the original work (each publisher usually has more details on their individual websites).
Hi, I apologize for pestering you but I am considering doing in-depth summaries of eclectic/paranormal/occult/supernatural books and ancient history, some are hundreds of years old, some are in foreign languages requiring translations. The older ones have very complicates language compared to todays version of English. Given that these are informational in nature and I'm attempting to make the complicated language more simple and easier for those seeking the knowledge within, do you feel that the process for non fiction outlined here would still apply? If not, what type of summary style would you suggest? I was considering something similar to chapter by chapter but some books are HUGE and I feel this might overwhelm the reader given the length a chapter by chapter summary might pose. Thoughts? Thank you for your time.
This is an excellent question, and I love that you want to "revive" some of these precious works for modern audiences. I think a nonfiction outline would be best, but rather than chapter by chapter - I would organize the book around big ideas. I'd start simply, pull out maybe 8-12 ideas, find every reference to them within the book, and then use those sources to construct individual chapters around each idea. The final product won't necessarily produce a chronological retelling of what's in the book, but I don't think that's what readers want anyways - they want access to the biggest, most important ideas in there. In fact, I might begin even smaller and produce a series of blog posts, each one on a single concept/idea from the book. This will give you good practice at sourcing material, organizing your thoughts, and communicating it in a way that readers find attractive.
@@DavidRamosAuthor I greatly appreciate the prompt response. I have screenshot your reply for reference later and will work on putting it into practice immediately. Thank you so much!
Dear devid I am confused how can I summarise a book . Can I use book quotes and main ideas of book. This is under copyright aur not . And one more thing if I can make a app for book summary is this legal aur not please brother explain in depth . I have need 😭 because there is no information about this
Good questions. I cannot speak to the legal side of this - so anything I say is just from what I've done. The law you want to research is called "FAIR USE". This allows any one to use a certain percentage of a copyrighted material for their own creative or commentary work. Some books limit it to a few hundred words while others (like textbooks) set a percentage (usually 5-10%). If you are summarizing books for profit, you want to make sure that the biggest part of your creation is your own work: paraphrasing, your own analogies and stories, etc. I think watching videos like mine as well as the other awesome creators on TH-cam can help give you an idea of what works in the space. Again, none of this is legal advice. Hope it helps though!
Thank you, it was really good! Hw I have a question what is the pattern of tens ? should I write in simple past or present perfect. Can you help me plz
Great question Suha, and this one is really up to you. Most often, these will be done in the past tense. However, if you're doing it for school the teacher might have a preference. The most important part is to remain consistent throughout the summary (so don't switch tenses too much). Hope this helps!
I’m writing a book report ty for this video it helped sooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo much.
It took me one whole hour to write the first sentence. Someone told me to be vague to capture the reader's attention, but straightforward at the same time and I was just like what??? I need your help! I just don't know how to create the structure. Like I have so many things to write and I have them in my mind but when I try to write them down I don't know how. My writing doesn't have order and I'm not sure how to put it all in nice neat paragraphs...
Hi Hannah, starting to do something you've never done before can be a little frustrating at the beginning, but I'm certain you have some great ideas you can write down. There's a section in this video which explains how authors outline and organize their books. th-cam.com/video/s8meBiLwoXc/w-d-xo.html it might be helpful for you as you try to figure out how to organize your own writing. Additionally, a site like this one might give you more ideas on how others have summarized different books (note that he summarizes nonfiction books only, but you still might find some good takeaways) fourminutebooks.com/
To begin with, great writing does not come out as you see it on the pages of your books and stories. It comes out all a mess, out of order (sometimes), using passive language (sometimes), with grammatical errors (sometimes) and punctuation that more closely resembles random spots on the page, if it exists at all. That’s 100% okay. In fact, it’s necessary. The big mistake most young writers make is in trying to match their writing to their favorite story or essay on the first try. Impossible. Chances are extremely good (virtually guaranteed) that your favorite story wasn’t written that way. So, you need a way to transform your writing from the jumbled mess in your head to a coherent work someone else can read. First, write down everything. Everything. Don’t worry about order or fact-checking or using the right word or punctuation. Just blitz it all with this in mind: nobody else will ever read it unless you want them to read it. Write fast, write carelessly, write stuff you think might not even belong. It’s all okay. Nest, go through and mark the stuff you don’t like or doesn’t belong and put the ideas in the best order you can. Then, put it all aside for a couple of days and forget about it. When you pick it up again, read it. Read it like a reader, like you’ve never engaged with it before, and write your thoughts and questions along the way, keeping notes about missing transitions, ideas, organization and ending (I’m sort of straddling fiction and non-fiction here because I’m not certain what you’re writing, but the basic process is the same). Rewrite using your notes and observations. Then, put it aside again and let it sit for a couple of days (if you’re pressed for time, days can be converted to hours, but the effect won’t be as beneficial). When you come back, read it one more time for sentence structure, word choice, spelling, grammar, punctuation. If your teacher doesn’t like compound sentences, for instance, fix them. And so forth. I’ve rarely written anything that didn’t do through at least 3 drafts and often far, far more than that because I have a thing about tone and consistency that compels me to keep polishing. But, at some point you’ll either decide it’s done, that it’s the best piece of writing you’ve ever done or (as in my case) eventually just get sick of looking at it and turn it in the way it is, though you may have niggling suspicions that you forgot to fix something and can’t remember what it was (the writers’ equivalent to leaving the water on) and checking further is impossible because you turned it in. When you feel overwhelmed by an idea, just start writing. Start anywhere. Start with the first thing you think of and just keep on writing until you can’t think anymore. It’s called ‘free writing’ and can be done even in bullet points, if you don’t have much more than partial thoughts. The other thing about writing that young students seem to overlook is that it takes time and focus. You can’t do it while jogging (unless you use a voice recorder - but I’ve always found it difficult to keep my place when just allowing my mouth to run or to get off on wild, lengthy tangents that are easier to spot when you’re actually writing), you can’t write effectively while doing ANYTHING else if you want it to be the best of which you are capable. Every piece of writing you do will reveal a bit about you, build and strengthen your writing skills and expand dramatically your ability to express yourself. In every way imaginable, writing is beneficial to everyone who takes the time to really do it well. When your teacher gives you advanced notice of a writing assignment, do not wait until the night before it’s due to dash it off. You may get the grade you need to pass, but you’ll have done nothing to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the subject or improve your skills. At that point, you might ask yourself why you’re in school at all? Good luck! And remember to relax and enjoy the process. It really is life changing, if you let it.
That's a tricky question. If you notice, I don't quote very much of the books I summarize, only a few sentences here or there. I am not an expert, nor is this professional or legal advice. My videos are the product of experimentation and quality research. If you ensure that your videos are high quality and the content is in your words, that is a good starting point.
That's a great question. While it depends on the book, and the assignment, most often you will simply bring together your notes and paraphrasing into a paper/paragraph that follows that follows the same chronological order as the book. Example: The author begins the book by explaining (insert your summary of chapter 1). They continue by highlight (paraphrase the main points from chapters 2-X). Finally, their conclusion is (insert summary of conclusion). 👆 So this is the order you follow. But how BIG or SHORT your summary actually is depends on how many details you include (e.g., more notes and paraphrases = more sentences for each part of your summary).
Hello! Well, it depends on which sentence you're talking about. The first sentence of any paper is the hardest, but my favorite advice came from my high school English teacher. She told us to write an introductory paragraph of 3-4 sentences, then delete all but the last sentence. Her idea was that most people begin papers & paragraphs with "duh" sentences - information both the reader and writer already know. So instead, by using a sentence that's a little further in to begin the paper, the writer tends to say something actually useful/interesting. So, if you're stuck on a beginning/introductory sentence, go ahead a write a few of them and then keep the most interesting one.
Congratulations on studying English Manal. I have spent years learning Spanish but am still not very good 😅 (no bueno!). It's best to just take your time and master the basics first. Summarizing books can really help you grasp the language. If you're teacher allows, see if you can start by summarizing a short book or even just English magazine articles. And use those as stepping stones.
Slow down. Read it again and be certain you know the meanings of every word. Draw implications from the key events/descriptions and then draw a conclusion about the overall meaning from those. Trying to blitz through reading is what usually gets young English majors in trouble (that and the fact that they think it’s easy compared to other majors - it’s not, it’s harder in many ways beginning with the amount of reading necessary). It IS true that in other majors there are facts and concepts that leave no room for interpretation and that languages and literature do - so writing what you think without “proving” your conclusions is one of the cooler benefits of the major. But, regurgitating the well-worn path of ideas in lifeless and unengaged essays won’t get you any accolades. If you’re not up to a 100-page challenge, I’m curious as to why you chose this major?
This is not legal advice, but most publishers allow portions of their content to be used for review purposes. A good summary should offer insights for readers that go beyond just the book's content, making it more review-like in nature.
Step 1 : Read the book
Step 2 : Take note while you read the book (quotes, ressources or link that the author mention, most important points of each chapter).
Step 3 : outline your summary.
NON-FICTION : 1. Big idea | 2. 3-5 Main points, | 3. 1-2 examples/point.
FICTION : The big five somebody (main character), wanted (what character desire or driving the story) but (what to overcome to get the things he desire), so (what he do to solve the problems) , then (solution and what happen at the end of the story).
NON-FICTION VS FICTION :
NF : Big idea vs F: main character | NF : Main points F : Major events | NF : Takeaway F : Conclusion
Step 4 : Length
outline : include one of the stories or examples the author tells. what it made you think or feel.
Pro-tips :
1.Remember your audience
2 highlight the essential
3. follow the order
4. paraphrase
I love when people make breakdowns like these for me in the comments. Thanks for providing it for others!
I just go to videos and look for summaries as such and save my time.
Great Help! God's blessings Hero or HEROINE
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I have a literal book summary I have to write about the giver by Lois Lowry
@@lightannoor6352 I had to right a book summary about the boy in striped pyjamas
I read on kindle, so taking notes is super convenient. I always make sure to take a lot of notes, to prevent missing out anything. I have started my channel for book summaries, and this video provides super useful tips ❤
I LOVE my kindle paperwhite, the kindle notebook feature is amazing.
Hi. I am planning to do the same. Could you please guide me in this area? I am a beginner.
I've just read "Blink" Malcolm Gladwell's amazing book, and wanted to write my very first 'personal' book summary and found myself clueless, having no idea how to start especially because I didn't take notes while reading it. And now it's much clearer, thank you so much, I'll look forward to writing notes for my next read inshaallah. This was a very helpful as well as an useful video, thanks.
I really hate my teacher right now. He literally gave us a ton of work.
It happens. But most teachers really do have your best interest at heart!
Our teacher request us a summary and he didn't explian to us how to do it. He just said watch any TH-cam Video
@@DavidRamosAuthor Think of him as a personal trainer for your mind. He’s giving you the “workout” necessary to turn you into an intellectual Superman. If you don’t do the work, or do it half-a**ed, you won’t exercise the necessary “muscle groups” to make your brain stronger, more flexible, and able to leap tall ideas in a single bound. Would you go to the gym and just sit there expecting to get in shape by osmosis? Would you go to the Grand Canyon and take a mule ride to the bottom, expecting to improve your hiking prowess? Then why do you go to school with that attitude? It’s not supposed to be easy. Nothing worthwhile EVER is. Get off the mule and embrace the challenge. You’ll be amazed at how much better you’ll perform overall if you just shift your view of education from something you have to get through to something you’ll only benefit from if you embrace the trials. No pain, no gain. Period.
@@manaftnt2872 sincerely, this method helps to prepare your for undergrad, because in university you'll end up doing a lot of research and fact finding on your own
Yeh bro my teacher is also like that
i have a mom who gives me homework even tho i already get homework so now i have a pile of homework to do, but this video helped and saved me from getting yelled at once more! thanks david
That just means your mom wants you to be extra successful! Growing up, I always had to read extra books. But then in high school and college, when we would get assigned readings - I usually had read at least 50% already. You never know what that extra homework might help you with in the future.
I always thought my mom used it as an excuse so that she could beat me more often :C
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Thank you so much for this, it was very helpful. I'm so happy I found your channel!!! ☺️
Hey thanks for watching!
Thank you for the clear and applicable explanation. Really appreciate this!
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful video with an actionable plan and practical tips about writing a good book summary. It's short, concise, to the point, without some rambling introduction like other videos I've found on this topic. I liked that you've made a distinction between fiction and non-fiction books. Finally the drawing animation format is perfect for this type of videos.
Well done, thank you. Liked and subscribed.
PS: Actually, this is one of the rare times where I wish the video was a bit longer to include examples.
Thank you so much! And I'll keep that in mind for future videos - I know I always appreciate a good collection of examples too.
Hihi!! My teacher copy link this and paste in our modules!! We research the link and this pop up but thank you!!you really help me in modules❤️
Wow, thanks for letting me know Kim! Tell your teacher thank you for me :) Good luck at school.
I have to read a book called “A Long Way From Chicago”, and I had no idea how to summarize the story. This really helped!
I'm glad I could help! That book is a classic, but classics can sometimes be the trickiest to summarize. But you're going to do great!
thank you so this helped me so much.
My pleasure Alessandro :) I'm glad to hear that!
Thank you for this insightful and helpful process for writing a good book summary!
Am I the only one who thinks this guy is a life - saver?😜 David, thank you so much! I am not kidding when I say that without this video I would never be able to summarize my book. Thanks!❤
😁 I super appreciate that Alice! I hope you ace your summary!
Thank you David! Over the next few months im watching training vdeos for work and if i watch all of them and put together a 5-10min summary Incan win a prize. Your video helped me better understand how to format the summary/presentation. 👍🏽
It really helped me a lot, Thank you so much for the help.
My pleasure! Good luck with your project
I was thinking of making a reading journal, where I can write summaries, quotes, and other details.
This was an amazing video, very helpful thank you very much.
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English brings me here. Thank you!
Welcome! I hope it was helpful :)
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This helped me sooo much Thankyou I can finally write my summary
Glad it helped! Good luck, I'm sure you'll do great 👍
i have a reading assignment with a summary so i came to this video
Thanks I’m doing this just to better retain info from the books I read.
Can't believe I just got this for free. Thank you bro.
those pro-tips in the end just made my day. Thanks!
Thanks for that Adel!
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Very helpful. Thank you so much!
I am writing a book summary now. I have learned good points which will help me.
This is verry cool, i cant believe i think im going to cryyyyy😭😭😭 thank God, God bless you have a happy lifeeeeeeeeeeeee!!! Your truly a blessing.
Thank you so much this helped me a lot!😄
Awesome, glad to hear that Jade. Enjoy your week!
❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉😮😮😮good job my son was so confused but now he understands it
Hey Big Dave, thanks for this video. Trying to rack my brain, on how to do this. 🔥
Sure thing! And you've got this!
One tip I'm not sure I mentioned in the video is to write more than you think you need, and then just cut out the extra afterwards.
Sometimes I get stuck trying to say the "right" thing, when in reality the best thing to do is just get the words out and THEN make them good 👍
@@DavidRamosAuthor , right on! Thanks for the encouragement. And yeah, that makes sense, to dump everything, then edit out the lesser stuff, and/or that extra stuff may inspire extra thoughts.
i was getting cs and ds on my summary but thanks to u i got As and Bs
Props to you for putting in the hard work to make those grades happen!
Write Main points, and big idea! 🙏 thank you
Thank you so much this video helped me alot👍💯
You're welcome! 🤓
thanks for this its very good
Thank you!
Hi, thank you for this informative video. Can you please tell me how you create this video, what softwares did you use and what this kind of videos are called?
I'm actually putting together a list of everything I use on a weekly basis here: www.creatortools.io/
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Thank u so much I need this😘
My pleasure Maxene 🤓
Okay but I'm in college and never really had to write book reports until now so this really helps. Im reading "The American Way of Death Revisited" by Jessica Mitford and it's my midterm grade (30% of my final grade)
That's a big chunk of your grade, good thing you'll nail it ;)
I'm not sure exactly what your teacher is looking for, but for my essays in college my professors all liked when I made sure to include background on the author themselves and how their experiences shaped their work. So if you can find anything interesting on Mitford, that could help your report.
How did you get to college and NEVER write a “book report”? Writing is one of the most important skills you can develop - not only for clear, concise communication, but for learning new material. Astonishing that you’ve come this far without it. But, your case highlights a belief about the capitalization of education in America that is destroying it: replacing old school methods of learning with technology does NOT lead to faster, better learning. It leads to faster, more expensive delivery methods for material that does its user no good whatsoever. The one thing the big tech companies and their government minions who procure this stuff for schools failed to consider is that the human brain hasn’t undergone a single evolutionary change in 50,000 years. Making a book read itself is not going to impact the brain in any meaningful way. It’s the exercise of long hours of reading, thinking, writing and repeating that builds the brain (literally changes the connecting synapses, allowing new and novel connections to exist and enabling faster, better critical thought). All the iPads in the world can’t make young people smarter. And while having a quick, easy source of information in your hip pocket is brilliantly convenient, if you don’t know what to look for, it’s worthless to you. It’s like having a full library available everywhere: if you have no idea what’s in the library or how to apply the information there, you’ll be lost. Technology does NOT resolve that essential truth.
@@codacreator6162 simply I went to a poor and shitty school. Im an A student in college but my hs was awful. And each report I've submitted in college so far has received an A
thanx this helped me alot
You're welcome!
I always taking a lot of notes
Thanks Malik, and me too!
This video was awesome
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Thanks.
What is the current App you are using now called?
great video!
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Really helpful! God's blessings Sir
This was very helpful thanks
Glad to hear!
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So glad!
Along with reaction to it??? I watched a video about book summaries and it says to never give your opinion because it will turn into an essay instead of a summary.
This all depends upon your assignment and audience. I'd say it's about 50/50. For blogging and content marketing (which is what I do for my day job) the summaries that have opinions baked in perform the best.
Thanks a million!!!
Glad I could help!
Thank you ❤️
You’re welcome 😊
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I want to publish a summary of elon musk's life thanks this helped a Lott
Glad I could help! Good luck with your project
What if you’re writing a novel? Should I wait until I’m done writing it and then write my summary? 😊
Yep, that would be my recommendation!
If you already have an outline of the story arc, you could use that to create a summary. But (I know from my own experience) fiction writing can take you in all sorts of directions, so waiting til the end is best.
Thanks Sir
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thank you this helped
You're welcome!
What if it's a book about an event that happened in the past? It has no main idea
Good question. A summary for that might be just a simple, chronological (i.e., in order) retelling of what happened.
Usually a book on the event will also have a perspective or argument they are trying to make about what happened. So I would make sure to include a piece of that in your summary.
Do I have to pay anything extra to the author/publisher for putting the summary in a blog or TH-cam(monetized)?
This isn't legal advice, but generally reviews and summaries are covered under the fair use law - so you can make content so long as you only use/reference a small part of the original work (each publisher usually has more details on their individual websites).
Hi, I apologize for pestering you but I am considering doing in-depth summaries of eclectic/paranormal/occult/supernatural books and ancient history, some are hundreds of years old, some are in foreign languages requiring translations. The older ones have very complicates language compared to todays version of English. Given that these are informational in nature and I'm attempting to make the complicated language more simple and easier for those seeking the knowledge within, do you feel that the process for non fiction outlined here would still apply? If not, what type of summary style would you suggest? I was considering something similar to chapter by chapter but some books are HUGE and I feel this might overwhelm the reader given the length a chapter by chapter summary might pose. Thoughts? Thank you for your time.
This is an excellent question, and I love that you want to "revive" some of these precious works for modern audiences.
I think a nonfiction outline would be best, but rather than chapter by chapter - I would organize the book around big ideas. I'd start simply, pull out maybe 8-12 ideas, find every reference to them within the book, and then use those sources to construct individual chapters around each idea. The final product won't necessarily produce a chronological retelling of what's in the book, but I don't think that's what readers want anyways - they want access to the biggest, most important ideas in there.
In fact, I might begin even smaller and produce a series of blog posts, each one on a single concept/idea from the book. This will give you good practice at sourcing material, organizing your thoughts, and communicating it in a way that readers find attractive.
@@DavidRamosAuthor I greatly appreciate the prompt response. I have screenshot your reply for reference later and will work on putting it into practice immediately. Thank you so much!
I was grounded and my mom made me write a summary of a book called
time twister that’s why I
needed the help but thank you
Being grounded is actually how I discovered some of my favorite books haha. Have a great summer!
Y’all’s can read books while ur grounded?
Thank you .You are the best
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Very informative video David!
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Dear devid I am confused how can I summarise a book . Can I use book quotes and main ideas of book. This is under copyright aur not . And one more thing if I can make a app for book summary is this legal aur not please brother explain in depth . I have need 😭 because there is no information about this
Good questions. I cannot speak to the legal side of this - so anything I say is just from what I've done.
The law you want to research is called "FAIR USE". This allows any one to use a certain percentage of a copyrighted material for their own creative or commentary work.
Some books limit it to a few hundred words while others (like textbooks) set a percentage (usually 5-10%).
If you are summarizing books for profit, you want to make sure that the biggest part of your creation is your own work: paraphrasing, your own analogies and stories, etc.
I think watching videos like mine as well as the other awesome creators on TH-cam can help give you an idea of what works in the space.
Again, none of this is legal advice. Hope it helps though!
Thank you, it was really good! Hw I have a question what is the pattern of tens ? should I write in simple past or present perfect. Can you help me plz
Great question Suha, and this one is really up to you. Most often, these will be done in the past tense. However, if you're doing it for school the teacher might have a preference. The most important part is to remain consistent throughout the summary (so don't switch tenses too much). Hope this helps!
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This is very helpful video
Thanks
Loved the video and your procees, David. Thank you so much ❤️
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Haha glad I could help
David Ramos you don’t understand how much that vid helped
David Ramos it was like I went in blind and came out seeing
Very helpfull video
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I'm glad! Your report will come out great 👍
What should be the length of a summary of 10 pages pdf?
It took me one whole hour to write the first sentence. Someone told me to be vague to capture the reader's attention, but straightforward at the same time and I was just like what??? I need your help!
I just don't know how to create the structure. Like I have so many things to write and I have them in my mind but when I try to write them down I don't know how. My writing doesn't have order and I'm not sure how to put it all in nice neat paragraphs...
Hi Hannah, starting to do something you've never done before can be a little frustrating at the beginning, but I'm certain you have some great ideas you can write down.
There's a section in this video which explains how authors outline and organize their books. th-cam.com/video/s8meBiLwoXc/w-d-xo.html it might be helpful for you as you try to figure out how to organize your own writing.
Additionally, a site like this one might give you more ideas on how others have summarized different books (note that he summarizes nonfiction books only, but you still might find some good takeaways) fourminutebooks.com/
To begin with, great writing does not come out as you see it on the pages of your books and stories. It comes out all a mess, out of order (sometimes), using passive language (sometimes), with grammatical errors (sometimes) and punctuation that more closely resembles random spots on the page, if it exists at all.
That’s 100% okay. In fact, it’s necessary. The big mistake most young writers make is in trying to match their writing to their favorite story or essay on the first try. Impossible. Chances are extremely good (virtually guaranteed) that your favorite story wasn’t written that way. So, you need a way to transform your writing from the jumbled mess in your head to a coherent work someone else can read.
First, write down everything. Everything. Don’t worry about order or fact-checking or using the right word or punctuation. Just blitz it all with this in mind: nobody else will ever read it unless you want them to read it. Write fast, write carelessly, write stuff you think might not even belong. It’s all okay.
Nest, go through and mark the stuff you don’t like or doesn’t belong and put the ideas in the best order you can. Then, put it all aside for a couple of days and forget about it.
When you pick it up again, read it. Read it like a reader, like you’ve never engaged with it before, and write your thoughts and questions along the way, keeping notes about missing transitions, ideas, organization and ending (I’m sort of straddling fiction and non-fiction here because I’m not certain what you’re writing, but the basic process is the same).
Rewrite using your notes and observations. Then, put it aside again and let it sit for a couple of days (if you’re pressed for time, days can be converted to hours, but the effect won’t be as beneficial).
When you come back, read it one more time for sentence structure, word choice, spelling, grammar, punctuation. If your teacher doesn’t like compound sentences, for instance, fix them. And so forth.
I’ve rarely written anything that didn’t do through at least 3 drafts and often far, far more than that because I have a thing about tone and consistency that compels me to keep polishing. But, at some point you’ll either decide it’s done, that it’s the best piece of writing you’ve ever done or (as in my case) eventually just get sick of looking at it and turn it in the way it is, though you may have niggling suspicions that you forgot to fix something and can’t remember what it was (the writers’ equivalent to leaving the water on) and checking further is impossible because you turned it in.
When you feel overwhelmed by an idea, just start writing. Start anywhere. Start with the first thing you think of and just keep on writing until you can’t think anymore. It’s called ‘free writing’ and can be done even in bullet points, if you don’t have much more than partial thoughts.
The other thing about writing that young students seem to overlook is that it takes time and focus. You can’t do it while jogging (unless you use a voice recorder - but I’ve always found it difficult to keep my place when just allowing my mouth to run or to get off on wild, lengthy tangents that are easier to spot when you’re actually writing), you can’t write effectively while doing ANYTHING else if you want it to be the best of which you are capable. Every piece of writing you do will reveal a bit about you, build and strengthen your writing skills and expand dramatically your ability to express yourself. In every way imaginable, writing is beneficial to everyone who takes the time to really do it well. When your teacher gives you advanced notice of a writing assignment, do not wait until the night before it’s due to dash it off. You may get the grade you need to pass, but you’ll have done nothing to enhance your knowledge and understanding of the subject or improve your skills. At that point, you might ask yourself why you’re in school at all?
Good luck! And remember to relax and enjoy the process. It really is life changing, if you let it.
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You're welcome.
How much is the maximum length for TH-cam book summary to avoid copy write issue?... please reply..
That's a tricky question. If you notice, I don't quote very much of the books I summarize, only a few sentences here or there. I am not an expert, nor is this professional or legal advice. My videos are the product of experimentation and quality research. If you ensure that your videos are high quality and the content is in your words, that is a good starting point.
Thank you very much
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How do you put together the summary with all these notes and paraphrase
That's a great question. While it depends on the book, and the assignment, most often you will simply bring together your notes and paraphrasing into a paper/paragraph that follows that follows the same chronological order as the book.
Example:
The author begins the book by explaining (insert your summary of chapter 1). They continue by highlight (paraphrase the main points from chapters 2-X). Finally, their conclusion is (insert summary of conclusion).
👆 So this is the order you follow. But how BIG or SHORT your summary actually is depends on how many details you include (e.g., more notes and paraphrases = more sentences for each part of your summary).
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Welcome!
How can I make a video like this graphically? pls help me
There are lots of programs that you can use - they are usually called Whiteboard Animation Tools. The one I use is VideoScribe.
Who's here because of their english module 🙋♀️🙋♂️
How to I start like the sentence or whatever? That’s what I’m confused on lol
Hello! Well, it depends on which sentence you're talking about. The first sentence of any paper is the hardest, but my favorite advice came from my high school English teacher. She told us to write an introductory paragraph of 3-4 sentences, then delete all but the last sentence. Her idea was that most people begin papers & paragraphs with "duh" sentences - information both the reader and writer already know. So instead, by using a sentence that's a little further in to begin the paper, the writer tends to say something actually useful/interesting.
So, if you're stuck on a beginning/introductory sentence, go ahead a write a few of them and then keep the most interesting one.
It's helpful 😊
Thank you :)
What software you use please tell me only free software thanks
I use VideoScribe, which is paid. If you want to make high quality videos, the paid options really are best.
Thanks but tell me free software if you know that.
Thank you for helping .😀
Sure thing! Good luck with your book summary.
thank you!
You're welcome!
@@DavidRamosAuthor it's so funny that you reply to my comment today, because i actually just finished my book summary XD
I'm studying English at the college and my" lovely " teacher gave us a story with 100 paper 😢 i didn't understand a shit
Congratulations on studying English Manal. I have spent years learning Spanish but am still not very good 😅 (no bueno!).
It's best to just take your time and master the basics first. Summarizing books can really help you grasp the language. If you're teacher allows, see if you can start by summarizing a short book or even just English magazine articles. And use those as stepping stones.
Slow down. Read it again and be certain you know the meanings of every word. Draw implications from the key events/descriptions and then draw a conclusion about the overall meaning from those. Trying to blitz through reading is what usually gets young English majors in trouble (that and the fact that they think it’s easy compared to other majors - it’s not, it’s harder in many ways beginning with the amount of reading necessary). It IS true that in other majors there are facts and concepts that leave no room for interpretation and that languages and literature do - so writing what you think without “proving” your conclusions is one of the cooler benefits of the major. But, regurgitating the well-worn path of ideas in lifeless and unengaged essays won’t get you any accolades. If you’re not up to a 100-page challenge, I’m curious as to why you chose this major?
Hey, which software are you using to summarize these books
I use Videoscribe - I found it simpler to use than the competitors, especially since I'm not the most patient video editor haha
@@DavidRamosAuthor I was looking for this comment.
hi
would love to do a video together to create an in deep summary
Hey, David Great info..
Which software are u using for create such interactive videos..
Hey Rahul, I use Videoscribe!
Thank you so much
You're most welcome!
Is it allowed to summarise someone else’s book without their permission? Pls suggest
This is not legal advice, but most publishers allow portions of their content to be used for review purposes. A good summary should offer insights for readers that go beyond just the book's content, making it more review-like in nature.
You made it simple mate :)
Awesome, glad I could help!
it is simple. thanks!
You're welcome!
Module brought me here
Hope it helped!
how many big ideas can we write
Depends on how big the book is! I'd try to stick to 3-5 max. The fewer you include, the more you'll be able to cover each one in depth.
Can you get monetized doing book summaries?
You a teacher
Sometimes I am!
POV: Your mom forced you to watch this
Same😢
POV: I literally just came form English