How to Create a Warrior Cat Fanfiction: The Ultimate Guide

Part 6: Basic Composition

We are in for a REALLY long part!!!

Intro
In this chapter, we will briefly go over the basic composition of your story!(something tells me this won't be very brief!) We will go over several things, but I'm almost positive that I will make separate chapters for each thing to allow me to go into further detail. We'll see!

The Basic Anatomy of a Story
Hello! When you finally decide that you are ready to start your story, it can be overwhelming! So much to do, and so little time! Plus, you want to get straight to counting your reads! What if I told you that while there is actually not that much to starting your fanfiction, if you skip even ONE, you might end up with hundreds less reads than you imagined? Okay, I'll start you off with a list of the sections that we will go over:

• Visual Attraction
• Intriguing Description
• Getting Down the Facts
• Beginning your Story
• Plot Make-up
• Spelling, Grammar, & Punctuation

Without further ado, I present the first topic: Visual Attraction!!!

Visual Attraction
Without appealing visuals, most won't bother stopping at your fanfiction. The first step is a cover. You must do this first, because if you have no cover, most people will keep scrolling, tossing your fanfiction into the "lazily-done" bin. You know the saying "Don't judge a book by its cover?" Well, we humans are petty and judgmental, so we can't help it! ;D

For covers, you have lots of options! You could try a super-edition cover, which has the classic cat headshot with a solid background, and the Warriors logo. You also could try a classic series cover; this is a circle or square frame with a cat headshot, topped off with a background that is usually of one of the settings. Even still, there are more options! Look at covers that appeal to you for inspiration! Making covers required a good eye for colors. You need to know what colors look good together, and what colors will show up well on your cover. Showing your title is very important. If they can't see your title, the cover hardly means anything.(If you are still trying to come up with a title, review my first part!) The cover combined with your title must be intriguing.

This all leads up to my next point: Knowing your limitations. You need to be aware of when something is not your forte. If you aren't the best at making covers, realize that, and try and get someone who is good at covers to do one for you! Like I said, humans are petty and judgmental, and we will surely judge you and your story if your cover sucks!

Once you have an appealing cover, you must move on to the other areas of "Visual Attraction." While not as exciting, spacing is very important. Spaces between paragraphs make your story look professional and neat. Alongside this, set up your Allegiances really well, keep it consistent, neat, etc. The harder you try to make your story's visuals appealing, the more reads you will get! (Don't take these the wrong way and have rainbow-tacky-land barf on your book! DO NOT overdo it!)

Intriguing Description
Creating a good, intriguing description is actually more important and more difficult than a good cover, or good spacing. The description of your story is what will draw readers in! When making a description, you need to already have a Plotline!(writing a story is not "write one chapter, make The rest up as you go!") You need a basic Plotline to build upon. Think of it like a spine. It is all one big thing that is already, well, built up. But, when you look closer, there are tons of vertebrae. The altogether spine is a basic plot to build on, and the vertebrae are the details of that basic plot.(This is a weird way to put it... Don't judge me!)

            Back on topic, you must think about what:
• Reflects the title
• Flows well
• DOES NOT reveal the entire plot
• Makes people want to know the rest of the story