Titles

What to Do and What Not to Do in Fanfictions

Your title is, in my opinion, one of the most important parts of a story. Ah yes. It must be intriguing but leave an underlying mystery that drags a reader in.

Not some stupid like, "I Fall in Love with a Bad Boy ?????!!!!!!!"

Okay no, no, and no.

Gross. 

Not only does it hint at the amateurism of the writer, but as well as the lack of proper development in the story that would make it

That's what a summary is.

SECONDLY, THE PUNCTUATION OF THE TITLE MAKES ME WANT TO CRY BLOOD.

NO. It is pathetic how many times I have actually seen titles like that.

What the actual people, really.

 

LET ME SHOW YOU WHAT GOOD TITLES ARE.

I'm going to show a screen shot of one my favorite () fanfic writer, DeenaDolly’s, story titles. 

You see that?

Intriguing, right? It has a good 'beat' to it like The Old Man and the Sea, not the Sea and the Old Man. It makes you want to know more; to read it.

Please, for the fanfic readers out there (as well as yourself), put a little effort into your titles.

-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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