Disclaimer:PJO is not mine. This is getting annoying. Does anyone even read or care about these?

"Percy, your story is not that good."

"Paul said the first chapter was amazing!"

"It went way too fast."

"But Paul said that the pace was fine!"

"He's your stepdad, I corrected it, and its simply better than usual. He's pretty much obligated to say your story was good."

"That's good enough for me. I'm going to treat myself to some blue cookies now. Wanna join?"

"...fine."

6.1 Slow and Steady? Nah.

Is it just me or was that the worst title ever? It's not just me.

Pace. Pace is a VERY important part of your story. The plot shouldn't be too fast, not too slow, but kind of...in between. Here are some things to look out for:

-Every chapter should have at least one, at most two, crucial events. Sure, in an Annabeth Goes to Goode story you could talk about every single class in one chapter, but you'll find it'll turn out to be a gigantic chapter. Plus, if anything is going to happen during recess, I suggest you split the events into Before recess(and possibly during recess), After recess(and if you didn't do it before, you could put the during recess events now), and if you didn't put recess in either of them you could put its very own chapter in between as long as it's not a short chapter. If you put emphasis and talk in detail about the classes, that could be its own event. Or, if you made a vague remark about boring classes that they didn't pay attention in(which Annabeth would never do), Annabeth being introduced to the school could be considered a crucial event.

-Chapter length is also important. You want every chapter to be about the same length, a few outliers are fine, and you want each chapter to have at least 1000 words. 100 word chapters are not acceptable, 1 paragraph chapters are not acceptable.

-Time zones. Chapters should be a day to a week apart. Always write something like, the next day, or, a week later. Some could be a month apart if their day to day lives were the same during those months. Each chapter should also have generally the same amount of days between them as all the other differences. If one or two chapters were a day apart, make sure all of them are a day apart. You could be a day apart, a day apart, then a week apart, as long as you make it clear how long it's been so that it doesn't confuse the reader. Never suddenly skip to the end of the year, either. Don't have chapters days apart then weeks apart, then suddenly after all the important events are over, it's next year already. If you want to continue the story about their lives a year or a few years or decades later, make a sequel.

-The point of Climax. The biggest part. Harry fighting Voldemort. Percy killing Kronos or fighting Gaea. The biggest things. Don't make it too soon or too late. It's an important part, but difficult to define and difficult to help on.

Anything else? That's it for me...

6.2 Now For a Bit of Encouragement

Guys, I'm not trying to make you feel bad, or to make you suddenly find all these mistakes in your fanfics. I'm trying to vent. And help you improve your fanfics and hopefully help you gain a few more supporters, but mostly vent and complain and rant to random people I don't know.

Honestly, most fanfics are great. Some have basic mistakes but they're easily fixed. Keep writing and keep doing what you do. Even if you seem to have no supporters, even if you just don't have any more inspiration, know that people do read your stories.

People stop writing because they find no new followers, no new favorites, no new readers, no new reviews. Honestly, that is the exact opposite of what you should do. I always look for the stories that were last updated so that I don't get left hanging, and if you don't update, how are people supposed to find your story? Even if you hate your last chapter, even if you aren't satisfied, help will always be given at to those who ask for it!

Reviews...favorites...follows..those aren't the only things that are important. As you write, as you read, you should improve a bit more on writing and coming up with ideas. I've suffered having to write essays in school for years and now I simply type what I feel on the spot, no planning, and it just spews out of me. The best writers feel completely natural when they write their story because it comes from their own feelings. But don't feel bad if you don't have that, since few do. I'm not even close to that(I actually hate writing).

The thing I hate most is people giving up and never finishing their stories. If it was a series of separate oneshots, fine. But I can't stand when someone has a story with a plot and a story line and never getting to the end. It drives me crazy. So never give up, for mine and tons of other readers' sake.

I love you guys! Writers and Readers alike, even those who don't read this. I still love you guys :)

By the way, Merry Christmas, and I'm available for Beta reading. Just PM or review and ask!

Any new ideas guys?