What to Do and What Not to Do in Fanfictions

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This is simply a rant fanfiction which could double as an advice for you to improve in your writing. You do not have to read this, for this is simply OUR opinion and pet peeves. If you are offended, you can stop reading it.

 

 

 

Foreword

We are not trying to be the bad guys, my friend and I only want to help improve the quality of fanfics that has been diminishing over time on AFF.  Your opinions are actually encouraged, I will love to discuss things with you.

I also apologize ahead of time for laziness for sometimes I will post from my mobile since I am a heat-of-the-moment kind of person.

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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