“Facing two ways at once” is a way of the author telling the writer to combine their beliefs with what they have found in order to further extend their argument or point of view. If a writer is not able to leave their own beliefs behind while writing then more than likely their text will be biased based on the information they chose to give.
If one cannot “play the believing game” then most likely their summary will be biased which is taking part of one side more than the other.
According to the text, list summaries are an organization of the writers original thoughts without expanding a larger focus. Using words such as “and then” or “he shows that” are not hitting the key point of the topic. The problem with list summaries is that the author may want to focus on one topic but they are actually focusing on another.
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