YENRA — BOOK SUMMARY WORKSHEET
Guide: https://yenra.com/book-summaries/
Version: October 5, 2026

Purpose: condense a work accurately and preserve the locations needed to check it.
Write from notes, then compare your draft with the book. Keep interpretation
separate from recap. Attribute the book and any secondary source you use.

BOOK IDENTITY
Title / author:
Translator / editor / edition / publication details:
Scope (full book, chapters, or other section):
Audience and intended use:
Spoiler boundary:

CENTRAL LINE
Fiction: who wants what, what changes, and what follows?
Nonfiction: what question is asked, what answer is offered, and on what evidence?

ESSENTIAL DETAIL 1 / source location:
ESSENTIAL DETAIL 2 / source location:
ESSENTIAL DETAIL 3 / source location:
Optional detail 4 / source location:
Optional detail 5 / source location:

DRAFT SUMMARY

VERIFICATION
[ ] Names and sequence checked.
[ ] Central claim or conflict preserved.
[ ] Scope and qualifications preserved.
[ ] Narrator's claim separated from established event.
[ ] Quoted words checked exactly; paraphrases attributed.
[ ] Page or chapter references match my edition.
[ ] Spoiler boundary and source identified.

QUESTIONS OR INTERPRETATIONS TO KEEP SEPARATE

WORKED REFERENCE
The article's original example summarizes only Chapter I of The Great Gatsby.
Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/64317/pg64317-images.html
It follows Nick's move, his visit to the Buchanans, and Gatsby at the water.
An interpretation of the green light belongs in analysis supported by evidence.