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Not to do in fanfiction (kaixrei) made by [Mourir] NOT MEH! |
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Just a fun, nitpicking list on what okaasan doesn't like to see in fanfiction. [Can 'fun' and 'nitpicking' even be in the same sentence together?]
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1. "I suck at summaries" and "summary sux" and "read summary inside" will not make the reader want to read or like your fanfiction. So stop it.
2. "I NEED AT LEAST 100 REVIEWS OR I WON'T UPDATE" will make okaasan dislike you. Fanfiction isn't a capitalistic society. Write for the sake of creating, not for the sake of buttering your ego.
3. Pairing "They HAVE to be concrit reviews or they don't count!" along with the above statement is even more aggravating.
4. TOO MUCH CAPITALIZATION GIVES OFF A CHILDISH IMPRESSION. A simple exclamation mark or two does the trick!
5. (A.N. Random insertations of Author's Notes is unprofessional and informal.) People are there to read your story, not listen to you rant and rave about how you got such and such idea or clarifying a statement that should actually be described in the story itself. (A.N. Nobody who clicked on your fanfiction wants to know your life story. They just want to read the story.)
6. Jane: Introductory Author's notes like these are- Rei: -unecessary and often skipped over! ^-^ Jane: Thank you, Rei. Rei: No prob. *goes back to making out with Kai* Jane: HEY! DON'T GET THE COUCH DIRTY!!!
7. Writing long paragraphs that look like they're eating the entire screen are very, very annoying and painful to the eyes. Also, don't break paragraphs at random. It makes reading easier, but it's also just as incorrect as bunching the entire paragraphs together. "Please don't write a paragraph like this," said Jane, getting on her knees with puppy dog eyes, "it's inconvenient and structurally incorrect." "Yeah," said Rei, "it makes my cute uke eyes hurt ;~;"
8. Quotes should be separate paragraphs when they are spoken by different people."Because it really annoys me." Jess said. "Yeah." Rei agreed. "It makes it hard to differentiate between characters." Kai muttered.
9. capitalise correctly. please.
10. SPEHL COUREKTLEE AZ WEHL.
11. "MAO IS NOT A b***h NOR DOES SHE YELL OR SHOUT LOUDLY AS CAPITALIZATION SUGGESTS," said Rei, "SHE DOES NOT CLING TO MY ARM SO TIGHTLY THAT IT TURNS PURPLE. IT SHOULD PROBABLY BE OBVIOUS THAT I DON'T HATE HER, TOO."
12. Insane amount of lyrics in one dump "And inputting only one tiny line of the actual story in between said dumps," explained Jane, not quite finishing her sentence before the lyric dump of doom eats her. Confuse people Because really Putting in the entire song does not make you witty And it only detracts from the actual story Rather than emphasizing
13. The summary is what attracts people to your fanfiction. It is the first and most important impression. List pairings specifically and use proper punctuation, spelling, and capitalization. [Kai x Rei; one-sided Yuriy x Rei]
14. Review replies in chapters are no longer necessary. Stop doing them!
15. 'Surprise' twists from what the summary actually states does not make you witty. It makes you a jerk. If you say the story is Kai x Rei, make the story Kai x Rei. Do not suddenly slap on Robert x Rei at the end thinking you are such a good storyteller. It makes people mad.
16. When one is raped, one is not going to want to have sex with someone else the next day just because that certain someone professed his or her everlasting love. Rape is traumatizing, for your information. It sends people to jail for a reason.
17. 'Script during the fic is a huge no-no.' said Jane. 'It makes it very difficult to keep up.' said Rei. 'And sometimes people have to backtrack and count to see who is speaking next.' 'Since this is fanfiction, it's not really like readers can hear the differences in voices.'
18. Kai is not always a depressed little sod nor does he always want to slit his wrists. He's just a little brat. Get used to it.
19. Men do not get randomly pregnant! If you're going to write an MPREG [Male pregnancy], be sure to put in some background information on HOW said male got pregnant. Even saying "he's a neko-jin" is better than sticking a baby in Kai's belly just because you want him to have one.
20. REI DOES NOT HAVE A v****a!!! It is obvious from show canon that Rei is male. If you absolutely INSIST on making him female, you should probably also flip the genders of the other characters as well. Do not make Rei a female just because you like Kai x Rei but hate Boy's Love!
21. If you're going to write a multichapter, PLAN it and have at least two or three chapters ready in advance. This prevents you from half-heartedly completing a fanfiction for the sake of completeling it rather than genuinely wanting to tell a good story.
22. Jane, her hazelnut brown eyes glazed over in some sort of boredom and her onyx black hair as black as the night skies and clearly showing her nationality, began to type on her off-white keyboard, the click-click sound of it intermixing with the melodic sounds of her chestnut brown piano of which was situated in the lower level of the house. She types this irritatingly and horrendously over-descriptive paragraph to show that, perhaps, too much description actually bores people rather than enhances a fanfiction.
23. Hai hai! Nani? Daijoubu? You don't like my random insertations of Japanese? Doushite? Demo... it's KAWAII and SUGOI!!! Gomen nesai if you don't like it! (In other words, stop inserting random phrases and sentences of Japanese in your fanfiction. Not everyone knows the translation, and it's annoying as hell to scroll to the bottom to read the meaning. Nobody is going to think you're cool because you know so much Japanese.)
24. Kai's POV Stop doing these
Rei's POV They're annoying as ********
Jane's POV Just stick with one POV or at the very least stop switching POVs every three sentences.
Jess' POV OR DIE.
25. Stick with one verb tense, or people became confused.
and a little tiny part by [love shine]
Then Kai went to Rei's house. 'Wow, Rei is cute like that... wait I didn't think that!' thought Kai. Then Rei said "Kai can I tell you something? I love you". Then Rei and Kai kissed and had sex and fell madly in love. Then the Tyson and Max came in. "EW! What are you faggots doing? I hate you sooo much!" yelled Tyson. "Oh no Kai! Tyson hates us!" Rei cried and ran into the street and got hit by a car. Then Kai ran out and took him to the hospital. 'This is all my fault...' Kai thought. And so on and so on.
I hate those random stories where Rei and Kai fall in love even if nothing has happend between them, and then something terrible happens in three sentances. _________________________________________________________________________
Lol, little detail is good, but a lot is too much, i try keeping that in mind
KDLizzy · Thu Jun 14, 2007 @ 08:55am · 1 Comments |
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