Note: These are just my opinions. This is not meant to offend anyone in particular. Don't be offended, readers:D !
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10 things I Dislike About Fanfiction: Avatar: The Last Airbender
Number 10-
Usually, I would write a little excerpt from a story to back up my points. But these points, I cannot write a story based on this. I had to do it. It was just annoying me so much. I had to do something about it. I love this show, and must preserve the integrity! That sounded so funny. Imagine saying that out loud.
Don't put the wrong words in a story summary.
Why? Well, a summary is supposed to attack, grab the reader's attention. Make them want to read your writings. No one wants to read a story with a HORRIBLE summary. You could have the most super special mega awesome story with a lot of potential, but no one would read it if your summary was shit. It's a fact of life.
Here are some examples of bad summaries, but possibly good stories:
Katara and Aang reflect on their journey together throughout the years. Rated T for language. This is my first story, so it might suck. No flames!
`Who wants to read a story you're already shooting down by saying it has a possibility to suck? Seriously, man. Why do people hate flames? It makes no sense. You're not letting people voice their opinions. Hey reader, flame me all you want. At least you read it, and you'd tell the truth that I can't write for shit. It's way better than having a story with no reviews and it sucked. Badly. Flames helps tell the authors to improve their writing! It makes fanfiction a better place, kind of.
zuko n katara leave aang n mai 4 each other. Wht do u think will happen to aang n mai? Read 2 find out T 4 lnguage zutara, maang
`Oh god. Here we go. One: Fix your grammar! I get so annoyed. You're writing a story right? You don't see books, or quality fan fictions with 1000+ reviews with shorthand writing. Sure, it's the first chapter. But that sets off the whole story and it is as important as the last chapter. Sure, it's a pain. But it's better than an eyesore for potential readers! Type correctly. Two: If you're trying to create suspense for a romance story, don't put the couple's names in the story summary. "What do you think will happen to Aang and Mai?" Gee. I don't know, maybe they'll get together? Nice suspense creating, author. Fail. Epic fail. Three: Go to spelling class. Sure, it may be a typing error, but it's compiled with laziness. All the time you've edited your story, you've never seen a spelling error in your summary? I find that hard to believe. Small grammatical errors are alright, they are hard to spot sometimes. You get me?
AU Aang owns a big book importing/exporting business. Toph is a regular girl who owns a small bookstore competing with Aang's booming business. Who will win? Will love bloom?
`Wow. Well, will someone tell me what Avatar is about? A young boy's struggling journey to master all four elements in order to save the world from one element's domination over the others. Where is the kick-ass element bending, martial arts, and different forms of drama that we've come to love in Avatar? You can barely call it Avatar now! Simple. This makes almost no sense.
You probably know this by now, but..
#10-
Bad summaries
These are unforgivable. I personally, find it extremely hard to find well written stories with a killer summary and plot. In conclusion, be careful what you write in summaries. They can be the thing that leads to joy and appreciation by the thought that people love your story that you worked so hard on, or your apparent, future downfall. It depends on your writing style, but hopefully, these tips will make fan fiction a better place! Not trying to make myself sound all godly/guru-ish or something like that. People abuse summaries way too often, it's sad. I said it, yeah.
I hope that none of you readers got offended:D
Shalala. Done! This was fun, eh? Fabu:D
So, yes. Read & Review. It'll make my day. Whatever you do, don't be a ghost reader. That is just even worst than a bad summary in my opinion. Well, even if you're anonymous, I'll love youu:D haha.
*Not an author who leaves stories hanging for months. My writing interval is a week at most, complying with everything but vacation. That may delay stories A BIT. Not a lot.
I wrote something like this for Death Note, and Ouran High School Host Club. If you know them, check out mah profile. If you don't, you should watch. I'm making this a series.
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