Friday, April 18, 2008

Guidelines for Submitting Fan Fiction

Finish your story! Readers will not remember your post that is "Chapter One" when “Chapter Two” comes out . If you have a story to tell, tell it all--then submit it. The only exception to this is what I call "loose story arcs". You can have a story that is complete and standing on it's own with no dangling story lines that is posted, then come back to those same characters and situations in a second story. Each story is its own, though related. These types of stories are usually marked as Part X of a Series.
Verify your spelling and grammar! A few errors here and there are to be expected, but if your story is riddled with mistakes, it really detracts from the enjoyment of the story. Your English teacher was right--spelling DOES count in the real world.

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