Descriptions

What to Do and What Not to Do in Fanfictions
Believe it or not, I LOVE vague descriptions. If you are a good enough writer, you should not have to put up character templates. I find them very annoying. Obviously you need to improve on your writing if you feel the need to have those up. The point of writing is to create your character with your words--let your character develop with the plot of the story! The less you have for a description, the better in my opinion. Just a small description of what the story holds and then maybe a paragraph from the story from the foreword is PERFECT. The use of many pictures, trailers, posters, large and colorful letters is annoying to the reader. We are here to read the fanfic, not to watch a damn trailer made by some person who has a less than satisfactory skill in video editing. Compare this to your favorite novel. No pictures, no trailers, no templates or anything right? Just words. That is the whole point. Challenge yourself to describe what is on your mind using only YOUR WORDS.

-Rue

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the_wylde #1
Chapter 3: Hmm, this is interesting and I guess it differs from one to another. I personally like author's notes a lot. I truly feel like most of the time, authors don't really want us to hold them in a high pedestal. Instead, they might just want to be friendly with the people who read their stories. It's a 'fans-to-fans' place and I personally feel so good getting to know the fellow fans. I hope that makes sense lol. And also, I might be weird but I love it when authors use the background and poster feature to set the mood of the story.
FullmetalTitan #2
Chapter 3: I think it's okay if users want to add a little color to their fics, but nothing too bright or blinding -__- Thank God they included a Enable Reader mode thing where you can disable brightly colored text ^^ Really comes in handy. I think soft colors should be fine though, like a soft shades of red or something...that's what I sometimes use :3

As for the pictures I'm against using them. I like describing them, so readers can visualize better rather then staring at an image.
immaninja13 #3
Chapter 8: Though plot is important, so is characterization. Yes, a good story can be written without describing the characters much, but lack of characterization can bore me easily.
TheChuglyOne #4
Chapter 5: Personally, I dislike when people write something like [Jongup Oneshot] C.R.E.A.M
We'll know from the tags, you don't need to tell us!
TheChuglyOne #5
Chapter 1: Do you know what is awful? When people don't know when to use the comma instead of the ellipsis. I've seen fics that would go something like:
(I can't think of anything, so I'll just use an example with a name)
"I love you ... Jongdae"
Klutzy #6
Chapter 4: I understand the punctuation one though cause that really is annoying.
Kumikocchi #7
I have so many things I would rant about XD Interesting to see yours
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