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  2. Suggestions for Archive cleanup and restructure

    in Fiction Archive

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    As has been noted previously, the search feature will be addressed in a later stage of the code rewrite. We already have sub-categories in place for most top level fandoms which do allow for more specific searches within those categories.

    Hi!

    Wanted to ask, if it would be possible to have those sub-categories also for the AU/AR subs. I know for most fandoms there are way less fan fictions set in an AU/AR, but there are still a lot of them.

  4. Disclaimer - Fandom

    in Disclaimer and other issues

    Posted · Edited by Madea

    Hey! ^^

    I'm usually using this disclaimer:

    I don't own any of the occurring characters from Naruto and I do not intend on earning money with this fic. Naruto © Masashi Kishimoto

    So I got the order

    You must use the actual name of the fandom. Just naming the owners/creators of the fandom, or saying that you don't own only the characters is not enough.

    but uhm, didn't I add the name of the fandom? Isn't it "Naruto"? ... That's how I call it when talking about the series with my friends ...

    How should I change the disclaimer to follow the rules?

  6. No, seriously, WHAT is good writing?

    in Writers' Corner

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    So now I'm wondering, is this not a technique issue but an issue of confidence - how do I tackle (and overcome) this hurdle?

    Writing ^^ Write a whole lot. It took me about 45k of words on my long term story online, 8k + 13k + 3k on other stories on my hard drive disc before I realized how I want to write. (And I'm still struggling everyday if I shouldn't just delete everything)

    That's why I said to test around.

  7. Special Announcement: Welcome FanFiction.Net Users

    in Site Announcements

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    Hey, I'm the new one! *grins and waves*

    And I have a question right for the start!

    (...)

    • We are an adults only site. This means you must be 18 to use it. Yes, we do verify your age, so please, if you've signed up and are underage, let us know now to avoid getting in trouble. I do this not to be mean or nasty, but because I really don't like the thought of jail time. I look horrid in orange, I swear! Please respect this policy :)

    (...)

    There's a 'lil "story".

    I got stress because of one of my fics of FF and decided to move to AFF. A friend of me noticed that and asked me what happened and so on and I explained everything to her. In the end she decided for the sake of her fics to move to AFF soon, too, but she's not 18 yet (but yes, she writes yaoi).

    As I see it now, there's no way for her to publish her fics other than livejournal/tumblr or something like that? It's MA, so not allowed on FF and she's <18, so she's not allowed on AFF ...? =/

  8. No, seriously, WHAT is good writing?

    in Writers' Corner

    Posted · Edited by Madea

    Hey! ^^

    First off, I don't know how much this will help you, but I noticed it helps me a lot.

    There are always 4 points I have to negotiate between:

    Do I have a one person POV or an all-knowing storyteller? Do I want to dictate everything on my reader or do I want to inspire his fanatsy?

    If I have the POV of one character, I try to think what he actually notices. What do I notice about my surroundings when I'm out? How can I mix that with my character's traits?

    For the story-teller it's a bit more difficult to choose, there comes in the other question a lot.

    On one hand, if I describe everything very detailed there can be readers, who think it's nice, but also those, who think it's boring (like a lot people say about LOTR for example). On the other hand, to inspire someone's fantasy, this person needs a fantasy first, what's somehow more and more rare today.

    In the end, I guess, you have to test a lot (try to not think in pages ...) and think about what you'd like to read and who you want to adress. You can't adress everyone with one piece of work.

    I for myself love it, to imagine a lot of the world ,about which I'm reading, on my own. It goes so far, that I myself sometimes write one story, but tell three with those little texts.

    (Hope I'm understandable so far. English isn't my first language.)

    Baba, Madea

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