Do You Have Advice For Ff Writers???

do you have advice for ff writers???

I don't write fanfiction that often but I DO

Don't let imposter syndrome get you, fanfiction is real writing. You guys are literally doing the Lord's work for readers

This is a link to a forum with tons upon tons of advice, just use CNTRL F to search through it more easily https://m.fanfiction.net/topic/2872/137424053/1/

You don't need to go into looks that much (especially for more popular fandoms)

Dont stress too much about what readers in the fandom want to see, write what you like, your ideal readers will come

Internal conflict is your friend. I've noticed that people tend to rely on the pre-existing internal conflict to drive the story but make sure to sprinkle some in. Readers are there for the characters.

Keep writing, even if you (not necessarily you specifically just people in general) think its bad or cringey, so what? You are doing something amazing and creative.

Everything is normal in this small town in New York, more or less. Okay, maybe there are a few weird things. Like the birds that take a little too long to fly away, the sunken eyes of tired hitchhikers, and the abandoned buildings around the area.

Oh yeah

There's also the group of kids who would begin to go missing.

One by one.

My current WIP, meant for ages 12+ idk how to describe it too well yet but think A Series of Unfortunate Events + Stranger Things + Welcome to Nightvale

elevator pitch me!!!!! tell me about ur projects!!!! hiiii

*GASP* THOU LIKES PINEAPPLE ON PIZZA???

i am disgusted. horrified. deeply offended.

Open thine eyes for they are hidden behind a blindfold the world has placed upon thee

(BITE ME) (TRY ME ILL PSYCHOANALYZE YOU AGAIN)

HEY YOU 🫵🫵🫵

WHAT ARE YOUR PRONOUNS

I WILL ANGRILY CALL YOU BY THEM

MY PRONOUNS ARE SHE/HER BUT I DONT REALLY CARE WHAT PEOPLE CALL ME

how do you work out character arcs and like who a character is? i’ve been working on this mc for like three days and i have a general idea but nothing figured out chronologically and i don’t even have a name for her 😭😭i have two side characters and the villain at least named and somewhat done with their character arcs but for the mc my brain won’t brain

id say the trick is figuring out what you want the ending to be. Who do you want your main character to be by the end? Now think of the opposite of that, that's your main character now. For example if in the end of a romance novel the main character is secure with her lover, and happy. In the beginning she would be unhappy and closed off from love.

Base this on whatever your plot is. You shouldn't really need to plan that much of a character arc, because your plot is how you get your characters to change. Whatever your plot is, it should force the character to be uncomfortable and make decisions they wouldn't make otherwise, eventually, that turns into your character development.

If you need help coming up with character traits check out the character traits thesaurus on one stop for writers

I'd focus more on organizing the plot points in chronological order.

For names, I love names as foreshadowing. You could do a name related to the plot or even their personality. If you want you can also play on names within your genre already. (ex: Juliette to Julie, Jules, Julia, Etta, etc)

Let me know if you have any questions or if anything isn't clear <3

(also sorry for the late reply, I had a chorus concert yesterday)

Things one of my teachers has said out of context (okok one of you knows the context)

"I got stuck in someone elses car"

"please don't quote that one"

"I don't get enough teeth"

"you don't know whats gonna start nibbling on your toes"

"YOU CANT FIGHT A SHARK BRADLEY" (name changed)

"[redacted] don't write that on the board, i'll get fired [redacted]"

"NO DO NOT WRITE THAT ONE DOWN"