What it says on the tin.
Some ranting, some advice, some archaic reference, and a lot of cussing. My take on how I think fanfiction should be written and some of the biggest problems with it right now. Because I may not be the best at writing, but...
Hi, hello, come in. Please leave your emotional baggage at the door, there's only enough room in this home for one set of daddy issues.
So I have a really bad habit of reading books like these, whether for Marvel fanfiction or just writing fanfiction in general. I like to read these books because I have been trying my goddamned hardest to get a feel for the water so I can slowly ease myself into this side of the fandom and convince my bitch ass to start posting all my drafts.
The thing is, some of those books have advice I disagree with. And I'm running out of ones to read that have more than three chapters. I'm also running out of excuses to be a lazy motherfucker.
So here we are. Is this a rant, or is it a guide? The jury's still out on that one, but goddamnit I've got some things to say.
I'm just going to go off, and maybe you'll learn a thing or get pissed and try to argue. Either way, I could not care less. And of course, all the bullshit of not targetting anyone specifically and just stating my opinion and blah fucking blah applies here. I don't care enough to be personalised here. If you disagree, I don't care. I just want to pretend I'm making the world a better place so strap in and let's go.
Actual Chapter Guider Since Most Of The Chapter Titles Are Obscure Jokes And References I Won't Explain
Your Main Bitch - Forming The Main Character "Hi my name is Ebony Dark'ness Dementia Way and I have long black ebony-" - The First Chapter Glowy Fists And Elements I guess? - Powers Brb, just digging up a grave Plot™ to take a nap in - Creating Plots It's Getting The Birds and Bees Talk but Worse - Sex Scenes Not Chapter One But Can We Fucking Get To Chapter One Already - Pre-Chapters SCREECH - Chapter Lengths "There's a pink one and a green one, and a blue one and a yellow one" - Diversity Let me go get my shovel, hang on - The Word 'Said' I Don't Know What Your Story Is About And Apparently Neither Do You - Descriptions dOn'T jUdGe A bOoK bY iTs' CoVeR - Covers & Titles Boyz II Men - Male OCs """"Upstate"""" - PSA On Writing Upstate New York "A llama? He's SUPPOSED to be DEAD!" - Villain OCs Lolita byVladimir Nabokov - Age Differences And They Were Born On A Tuesday - Backstories Ready Your Cannons - Keeping Canon Characters in Character Bodysnatchers, or something I guess - Faceclaims Tell Me Why (Ain't Nothing But A Heartache) - "Show Don't Tell" The Cardinal Writing Sin - Mary Sues Captain's Logue - Prologues & Epilogues i couldnt think of a joke for this chapter its about POVs and Tenses leave me be - Point of View & Tenses Lost The War On A Technicality - Technical Writing & Grammar fghgjkhgcvfgjhkhgfhgjk - PSA About Cover Arts This Is My Fight Song - Fight Scenes Criss Cross Applesauce Spoons In The Pot - Crossovers The Great Disappearing Act - Update Schedules "Constructive" - Constructive Criticism Copycat (tryna cop my style) - Copyright and Plagiarism What Universe Is This Again? Asking For A Friend - AUs/Canon Divergence Chatting About Chapters - Chapter Length & Content You're Out Of Line - Creating An Outline ra ra ah ah ah roma romama gaga ooh lala want your bad romance - Romance i'm not even gonna make a joke here - Rape Fantasies In OC Fanfiction Let's Talk About Lorna Dane For A Hot Second - Lorna Dane Well Your Left Hand's Free - Peter Parker I Got Yo Receipts, Binch - Resources For Writers Okay, here's some actual advice on making covers - Making Covers A PSA About Ship Names - Ship Names
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I changed the cover because I hated it and I'm dramatic. Now enjoy my dumpster fire.
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