Magi Oneshots

|| A Guide to Writing Fanfiction ||

So I've noticed a rise in people writing Magi oneshots/imagines/preferences things, but I keep noticing all the same mistakes in grammar and shiz, so I'd like to make a guide and what not to do kind of thing for people who are writing or thinking about writing fanfiction. I hope this helps! PLEASE KNOW I'M NOT SINGLING PEOPLE OUT. This are rules I go by, but you don't have to if you don't want...uh...decent grammar, idk. 

1. Please don't use "kun, san, chan, senpai, etc." after every time you say someone's name. Yeah, I get that that's what happens in Japan and stuff, but it really just gets hard or annoying to read after the first fifty "ALIBABA-KUN!!1!11!"s. Just stick with the real name. But, yeah, I get that I call you guys "Reader-san" at the beginning of most chapters, but that's because it's a nickname I use for you all and I don't use it in the actual oneshots. 

2. COMMAS GO BEFORE A NAME WHEN YOU ARE SPEAKING TO SOMEONE. 
Here's an example my English teacher used to use all the time:

"Let's eat Grandma!" -- incorrect

"Let's eat, Grandma!" -- CORRECT! Commas save lives

It's usually forgotten, but the comma is important. If someone is speaking to another character in dialogue, there should be a comma before their name if their name is used in the sentence. 

If you are talking about a character, but not talking TO them, a comma is not necessary. 

3. Speaking of dialogue, this is how different types of sentences should be used with necessary quotation marks and stuff:

"Is it really so?" she asked. ('she' is not capitalized because the sentence didn't exactly end after the dialogue.)

"Stop right there!" he yelled. (once again, 'he' is not capitalized.) 

"Yeah, I'm just tired," I sigh. (the comma takes the place of the period after tired.) You can also write this as: "Yeah, I'm just tired." I sigh. (You can end the sentence in the dialogue, if you want the 'I sigh' to be its own sentence.)

Hint: Try not to use "?!" too much. It can be used, but it looks strange when it's used too much. 

4. WHEN A NEW PERSON SPEAKS IN DIALOGUE, A NEW PARAGRAPH STARTS.

Incorrect: "Is she really trustworthy?" Ja'far asked. "Yes, I believe she is," Sinbad returned. 

Correct: "Is she really trustworthy?" Ja'far asked. 

"Yes, I believe she is," Sinbad returned. 

5. Bruh, you don't need to point out who has the point of view in the story. The reader will figure that out when they read it.

6. If you want to type a pause, only three periods are needed (...) unless you want to end a sentence with that pause: (....). Then it would be four dots. I found out I like writing it as ". . ." with the dots spaces out. 

7. DON'T FORGET TO CAPITALIZE THE FRIGGIN BEGINNING OF A SENTENCE. THAT SHOULD BE RULE NUMBER ONE, BUT I REMEMBERED IT JUST NOW. 

8. Pick a tense and stick with it. Don't start with present tense then change to past tense. It's confusing for the reader. 

9. You don't need to add "TIME SKIP" when you want to show there was a time skip. Hit enter twice, so there's an obvious skip. Authors do this all the time. They also like to do the * * * symbol or such and center it. 

10. Lastly, don't write like this:

Kouha looked at me *he blushes*. "Hello, *blush* (Y/N)." *trips bc he's embarrassed*."

Write out what a character does, don't write it as if it were a roleplay thing. 

Cool, so I might add to this later. Thanks for reading my dudes.