Fanfiction is an often under-rated genre. Tons of authors have honed their writing skills with fanfiction, not to mention the millions of writers and readers who love exploring familiar stories and characters! Today, NaNoWriMo participant Ville V. Kokko has a few tips for making fanfiction writing shine:
Fanfiction is a popular form of writing and one of the recognized genres for novels on NaNoWriMo. Yet, it’s also stereotyped as an inferior—some might call it silly—form of writing. While denigrating any genre as a whole is never a good idea, there are some common patterns in fanfiction that may contribute to this stereotype.
Of course, one of the popular stereotypes is that fanfiction is full of “Mary Sues”: overpowered, supposedly awesome self-insertion wish-fulfillment characters. I’ll skip that familiar topic and dive a little deeper into what’s behind it and what other fanfiction tropes can appear for similar reasons.
Fanfiction is almost by definition created by people who were touched by the original work enough to want to build something more out of its foundation. This can be a great fount for good story ideas: what if, what next, what about this character’s unexplored story, etc.
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Marco A. Romero
Y yo le he dicho al corazón que es un tonto,
que no entiende de razones;
que no puede querer a quien ingratamente lastima.
Y le doy las razones
pero es un corazón torpe
y no entiende;
sólo entiende que quiere mucho
y deja de lado todo raciocinio...
Y lo he acusado de ser tonto,
de no pensarlo bien,
que debe producir cosas
que razonan
que sus razonamientos
no tienen lógica
que es infantil,
que no ha madurado,
que va a ser lacerado otra vez,
que asi se ha estancado durante muchos años,
que asi no llegaría a ningun lado,
que sus caminos eran torcidos,
que estaban condenados al fracaso.
Le dije que se callara y que escuchara,
que fuera mas realista:
que la hipotenusa al cuadrado era igual a la suma al cuadrado de los catetos "a" y" b";
que dos mas dos son cuatro
que cuatro por dos son ocho
y ocho dieciséis y
Que brincara la tablita
(como manera de ajustarse a una realidad objetiva)...
Y después de haber presentado -previamente- la base científica le dije:
que estaba incapacitado para razonar
que no conocía la naturaleza de sus acciones,
que me caía MAL cuando no pensaba,
que sus padres habian vivido la misma situación
(ya dándole un poco de terapia transaccional,
y empezándose a acalorar por actitud tan testaruda)
Y el reclamo subió aun mas a tono rojo (o sea enfurecido)
y le dije que necesitaba terapia,
terapia de 20 años, y en prision carcelaria
(para que meditara todo el tiempo)
y además, sin derecho a libertad condicional
(para asegurar que repensara doblemente las cosas )
FRENTE A ESTA MI EXASPERACION
POR ESTA INCOMPRENSION MIA...
Y al quejarme tanto,
al desgañitar mi voz,
de tanta queja,
me deja escuchar
como algo allá p e r d i d o,
como algo allá l e j a n o,
con esa voz nítida
y con la sencillez
y discreción
que el corazón
tiene:
"Es que
no
fui hecho,
para
producir
frutos,
ajenos
al mio".
Con-razón, dije
y cerre el pico,
y ya no dije más.
Here are a handful of ways to open the very first scene in your book! There are plenty more to explore, but these are a set of very tried and true methods.
Autobiographic - your protagonist starts the book reflecting or talking about a past event. They’re looking back in time and sharing an important piece of information with the reader.
In trouble/conflict - a problem has arisen for the protagonist and a sense of urgency is established. This can be an intense conflict like a chase scene or a puzzling problem.
Mysterious opening - the reader is introduced to something peculiar (a fantasy location, unique magic, a cloaked figure, etc.) that raises questions in their mind. Their curiosity will keep them reading.
Scene-setting - the most common opening where you focus on introducing the setting and the characters in it before anything else.
The questioner - the protagonist is questioning something: “Who invited the guy in the trench coat covered in red?”
Beginning with a thought - the novel is started with a philosophical quote or meaningful thought from the protagonist. “What is living worth if she’s not doing it with me?”
Intriguing dialogue - the book starts with interesting dialogue that captures the attention of the reader.
Mood establisher - the novel opens with a deliberate mood that signifies to the reader what they should expect from the story. Ex. a spooky story may open with eerie words and a dark atmosphere.
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Saw this on Twitter. What 3 potions would you drink?
I would take brown, white, and yellow!
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Como diria, en una noche estrellada En un camino solitario... Las palabras A aquel amor Que le hace suspirar Con un sello propio Muy de suyo Para denotar esos sentimientos Que surgen Entre la noche bella y oscura
Cualquier destino, por largo y complicado que sea, consta en realidad de un solo momento: el momento en el que el hombre sabe para siempre quién es.
Jorge Luis Borges, “Biografía de Tadeo Isidoro Cruz”, El Aleph (via denisesoyletras)
Here you will find some of the things that I really like. I like writing, music, poems, and producing any idea that comes to my mind. I hope you like it!
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