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Fanfiction Forum Rules and Guidelines

Serene Lullaby
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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:43 am

Fanfiction Forum Rules and Guidelines

Welcome to the Fanfiction forum! The Fanfiction forum is intended for posting your fanfiction and for giving and receiving comments, feedback, and critiques on them.

Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 11:53 am

Rules & Guidelines for Posting in Fanfiction

Threads that Belong in This Forum
-Fanfiction
For the definition of fanfiction, please see the FAQ at the bottom of this post.
-Fanpoems and Fansongs
Poems or songs which are meant to be about/sung/said/written by characters or events from an anime, manga, movie, TV show, book, game, etc.

Frequently Asked Questions
*What defines fanfiction?
A "fanfic" is defined as:
Dictionary.com
1. fiction written by fans of a TV series, movie, etc., using existing characters and situations to develop new plots.
2. a work of fiction in this genre.

*Here are some questions you can ask yourself to determine whether or not your story is fanfiction.
-Does your story use characters that were not created by you?
*If the characters in your story came from an anime, manga, movie, TV show, book, game, etc. and are not your intellectual property, then it is a fanfiction.

-Does your story take place in a setting that was not created by you?
*If the setting of your story came from an anime, manga, movie, TV show, book, game, etc. and is not your intellectual property, then it is a fanfiction.

-Is your story an alternate ending, prologue/epilogue, or other addition to an existing work?
*If your story is an alternate ending, prologue/epilogue, or other addition to an anime, manga, movie, TV show, book, game etc., then it is a fanfiction.

-Is your story a novelization or rewrite of an existing work?
*If your story is a novelization or rewrite of an anime, manga, movie, TV show, book, game, etc., then it is a fanfiction.

-Does your story feature a real person or people in made-up situations?
*If the main character(s) in your story are real people (such as celebrities) in made-up situations, then it is a fanfiction. However, if you're writing a story where your main character(s) meet or see someone who is a real person (or people), and the story does not revolve around them, then it is not a fanfiction. If you're writing about yourself and your friends, then it could go either way.

-This checklist does not cover some of the more uncertain aspects of fanfiction vs. original stories with fanfic-like aspects. If you are still unsure whether your story is or isn't a fanfiction, feel free to PM one of this forum's mods to get their opinion before you post.

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Posted: Thu Feb 25, 2010 12:02 pm

Formatting Your Piece for Readers

The Formatting Basics

*Proofread to catch glaring errors
-If you can't make at least a token effort to make your work readable, then it's not likely people are going to make the effort needed to read through your mistakes. If you're not good at doing this to your own work, get a friend or family member to help you do it before you post.

*Spellcheck
-This goes right along with proofreading. If your word processor doesn't have spellcheck, you can use SpellCheck.net. But remember, spellcheck won't catch words that are spelled right but still wrong (ex. there, their, and their, a instead of an, etc.).

* Put an extra space between paragraphs
-Tabs and indents won't transfer from your word processor to Gaia, so it's necessary to put an extra space between paragraphs instead. And remember to break your piece into paragraphs properly, instead of having a huge wall of text. As a general rule, when the subject changes or a new person speaks, a new paragraph should start.

How to Get People to Read
* Format your work in an easy-to-read manner.

* Include the fandom and pairings (if applicable) in your thread title or first post.
-This lets people know with just a quick look what to expect so they can figure out if it's something they want to read.

* Post all chapters in the same thread.
-Making a separate threads for each chapter/part of your story makes it harder for readers to find things, and clutters the forum. If you want a nicer-looking thread you can reserve posts first, or you can put a table of contents at the beginning with links to each post as you add new chapters.

Solutions for Messed-Up Characters

* Text from different word processors transfers in different ways. If you're seeing question marks, boxes, or other weird symbols where there should be quotations marks and such, then you'll need to play around with your browser's settings. Go to View >> Character Encoding (or something that mentions encoding; it may be different depending on what browser you use), and play around with the settings. Switching from Unicode to Western usually does the trick.

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