Hello guys,
I previously wrote a chapter on "how to find a GOOD Austin and Ally Fan fic" and it did pretty good! So I decided to continue on with a "Ten Auslly Fan Fic DO NOTS!" I hope you enjoy; and leave PLENTY of feedback. I'm also going to respond to a review real quick…
Unimpressed: You definitely have a smart mouth! I bet you felt super proud of yourself for that comment; I mean it was pretty witty (not really but whatever).
However; I was not listing "Fan fiction turnoffs"
Awkward… Wrong story maybe? That's pretty embarrassing, but I mean that's why you posted under "guest" you can talk a lot of mess… But behind an anonymous user!
I'm sorry. It's just that you acted like you were so smart when indeed you were just another hateful reader too scared to post under their OWN personal account.
Also, before you criticize ones work. Learn some punctuation, you look like an idiot. Bye!:D
Okay, now for the tip!
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DO NOT, I MEAN DO NOT USE THE "BAD BOY MEETS GOOD GIRL" PLOT. It is EXTREMEMLY overused; and you guys don't even try to add some original flare to it. Like I literally can predict every "cliffhanger" I'm sorry. But please, just no.
Do not copy other people's ideas, I've read some original plot lines being copied and it is SO obvious that they did too! Fan Fiction is just for fun! Do not feel the need to stoop so low, where you would completely ruin someone's hard work!
DO NOT use the "reunited" plot, which is basically where Austin and Ally used to be best friends, and then due to some issue (usually work related) one of them are caused to move across the nation, only to be reunited at some completely UNLIKELY place for them to see each other again.
DO NOT rush Austin and Ally's relationship! (Ex: "Hi, my names Austin." "Hi, my name's Ally." *Ally's POV* Oh my gosh, I am so in love with him like I can't even….) Let their relationship ACTUALLY develop. In my own Auslly fan fic, I got lots of complaints about the lack of "Auslly moments" because I didn't shove it in the first 5 chapters.
DO NOT use the "good girl gone bad" plot, which consists of Austin or Trish giving Ally a makeover and her turning into a bad girl; I mean it's okay to have Ally change her look. But DO NOT MAKE IT THE MAIN PLOT LINE. Many stories have that and I'm just like… Are you serious? -.-
DO NOT have EVERY chapter have a different plot line that is completely irrelevant to the previous ones. It is so annoying, and confusing. HONESTLY JUST MAKE ONESHOTS!
DO NOT cram TOO many plot lines in one chapter. I know, I know. Us readers want LONG chapters! However, we want LONG chapters that aren't like spilling over with scenarios. Keep it simple, but interesting.
DO NOT put stupid cliffhangers in that aren't really cliffhangers. Ex: Austin kissed Ally's forgiving lips softly before he left. He knew that he was making the biggest mistake in his life. Ally was the love of his life; leaving her would be the worst regret he'd ever made.The only question was, did she feel the same way? Well now DUH! I'm pretty sure she wouldn't have let Austin tango with her lips that way if she didn't!
DO NOT end a sentence with the SAME WORD that you ended the previous one. EX: Ally shuddered in her freezing clothes, soaked in raindrops. She hated the cold weather and she hated these dumb raindrops. I was taught this by my English teacher, and now I am like PERMANANTLEY scarred with his words. When your reading it, it doesn't sound right; like it's weird.
DO NOT switch POV'S suddenly. EX: Austin laid down in his warm bed, wondering what tomorrow would bring. Maybe I should just give up, maybe this life just isn't for me. I'm so emotionally exhausted, I feel like I'm going to just die. That is literally the most ANNOYING thing ever, and it's a deal breaker for most readers. Like me.
I hope you enjoyed this tip! Remember this was not meant to offend anyone! Please review!
