okay so picture this:
you're in those first few chapters of writing, for some reason you decided to go all the way back to the top and starting writing from season 1 of TVD, probably because you're a masochist, and so far, you're more than likely OC that happens to be related to Elena and most likely female, is simply just filling in the shoes for Elena in her quest of romancing Stefan
that, or you're following Elena everywhere as you fall in love with Damon
in the case that you're OC's love interest is Klaus, well, the most common mistake is quite literally doing every single Klaroline scene but subbing in your OC and deleting Caroline from all that
people, ya gots to stop this madness
your OC cannot munch off a pre-existing character's storyline,
it's not only lousy but downright lazythe most common fanfictions there are (in general by the way, not just TVD universe based) is that your OC is either replacing the pre-existing love interest with the person(people) who you made the fanfic about or is just there reacting to everything and only gets an actual chapter written by the author when it comes to the OC and the OC's love interest
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How NOT to write a Vampire Diaries Fanfiction (including TO & Legacies)
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