TIPS ON HOW TO MAKE A FAN FICTION

credited SPC members(spcnet.tv)

Don't:

- Repeat the usual plot
- Be too predictable
- use "net-isms" or street language (unless it is vital to the plot in some way). Fun as it may seem, it is incredibly difficult to read and you won't get many readers.- repeat the same words too many times. If you are stuck for vocabulary, then invest in a thesaurus.- make your paragraphs too long. It sends people to sleep!
- Write in script form too much.
- Make sure you check your grammar and spelling and tne proper use of vocabularies. Don't just take a dictionary and pick out a word, which may have the same meaning but does not apply to the situation. Hope that make sense.

DO's

- make sure that you are clear about the time period, whether it is ancient, Shanghai, or modern.
- If you are writing in ancient time then try not to use modern words such as Ok or any slang language, instead try to go for a more formal tone. But the most important thing about fanfic to me is characterization. Make your characters human and flawed, don't try to make them into some perfect beings, which would make the story seems bland and dry. And make your characters consistent. They should act in a way that make sense to the personalities that you have created for them.
- Also make sure to research on whatever it is that you are writing about, especially if you are writing in modern time. If your character is a doctor, then make sure that you know precisely what kind of doctor and what do they do in professional terms. If not, then try to avoid the time when your characters are working.
- set the scene... for a reader, it is nice to have some description of the atmosphere and the surroundings. Like I said on another post, think of it as a camera sweep that you see when you are watching films/TV. Also helps to indicate the time period and other details: I remember reading one and a half chapters of what I thought was a modern fanfic and then realising it was set in ancient times!!
- spell and grammar check your work. There is nothing more off-putting than an obvious spelling mistake in the middle of a sentence or a grammatical error which confuses the plot completely.- introduce enough characters, but not too many!!
- check your work before publishing! Speed typing with your fingers working faster than your brain can cause inadvertant typos and errors.
- Give some twist
- Make unique characters