Section 2: Reviews
This is for the reviewer and the reveiwie, I don't think that's a word but you know what I mean.
Now this isn't going down on anybody it's just stating what I think about this topic. Basically it's nice to have someone favorite your story, but what if that person favorites everybody's story? It's good to give compliments once in a while, but on every story you read, that can get kind of tedious. And I admit, I love those gals and guys who give compliments to everyone, but sometimes it's good censure that helps the author.
Reviews are great and awesome, but fanfiction sites let that take over a bit over. Who wants to judge a great story by the number of reviews and ratings? Who wants to see their story flushed down the toilet just because there are only 2 reviews? I don't think anyone does, so don't let that block your view. If it sounds like a good story, then read it, no one is in your way of doing so, well maybe your parents and maybe that fact that if you read fanfiction instead of doing your homework, then that, most likely, will be in your way.
Reviews are evaluations, not necessarily ratings. Be sure to know that reviews are there to give criticism, CONSTRUCTIVE criticism, may I add. No one wants to see a comment that says; "Your story sucks." No one, I'm positive, wants that. Instead say something like: "Hey, great job" or "Interesting, but could use some editing" or even "It's good so far, just work on some areas," or what not. And don't be down if you don't get compliments for every single one of your reviews, reviews are meant to help you improve your story and not to bring you down into the dumps. Keep in mind that sometimes not everything can be perfect, but it can be awfully close.
Section 3: Summaries
Summaries. Summaries and more Summaries.
Summaries are the eye-catcher, the thing that grasps the attention of an innocent reader scrolling down the list of titles. This is probably one of the main focal points of fanfiction. This little three sentence thing-a-majinger is what gets the readers attention, so you in all probability, want to make it as wicked cool as possible.
Sometimes, summaries should be long, other times it should be short and sweet but that all depends on the story itself. First off, have down pat the different things you need to show. Let it show your main point, but don't make it too concise or too long. You also want to put in some suspense into it to make the reader want to know what's going to happen next. It should also show what form of writing style you are going to use throughout your story. Writing style is also a focal point but I'll get to that later.
So fundamentally, summaries represent your story and are the fixation that draws the attention of another.