Hòla people of the heroes of Olympus spot!
Since Amph came back she wrote an articulo about the rules of this spot in general. So here I go with rules pertaining to one particular domain that matters very much in my heart: the fanfiction.
First up, here is the articulo Amph wrote and if tu haven't read it, tu must go now.
link
Now here are the rules of Fanfiction
1 You fanfiction must be publicado in the forum section. tu have got to put them there o else we've got 20 million artículos about parts and your reader will give up because he o she won't be able to keep up.
2 Use Proper spelling and grammar. For goodness sake here, you're writing! As boring as it is, grammar and spelling are parts of writing. If tu spell every word wrong, your reader might think tu don't care. Of course typoes happen, and different words are spelled differently in different places. And of course nobody is perfect, I shouldn't talk here. But please run a simple spell-check and reread! It won't hurt you, I promise, and it does wonders!
3 Rate your story There are people of various age groups here. We have the little 7 año olds who read over their big sister's shoulders, the young adults, the teenagers, the tweens, maybe we even have a grandma! Either way, do tu really want little Nelly the 9 año old to read some certain words she'll repeat because "Percy Jackson dicho it!" Answer: tu don't. So rate. It's really simple
YC - This is the kind of thing where all goes well and that disney could make a movie out of. NOTHING bad
C - We're getting into the popular ratings. No bad language, no adult themes, but there is violence.
T - The ocasional swear word and/or some mature themes.
M - There will be violence, bad language and mature themes. Simple as that.
If tu aren't sure about certain words, here's what the admins came up with:
-Dang
-Damn
-Arse
-Hell
-Hades
-Oh my god
-Oh my gods
-Bull (as long as there's nothing after)
-Fag can be used in the context of cigarettes
-Bitch can be used when you're speaking of a female dog (not about Drew- I don't care how accurate tu think it is)
Anything that you're not sure about, think about it for 0.5 seconds. Would your teacher send tu outside for saying it? Still not sure? Contact one of the admins, which includes me.
If tu abuse of one word like 'fag' to insult someone's race, nationality, gender o sexual preferances I'll be reaching for the reportar button before tu type it. Yes I am that good and that serious (seriously, I will, and others will as well, reportar you)
And tu are HELD to that ratting. If tu put it under C and Piper lets something slip, tu are personally responsible for Nelly being in her room. Do tu want that? Not either. Oh, and your other readers will also reportar tu as "Miscategorised". Right readers? (this is your cue on how tu reportar fanfictions who don't correspond with ratings)
And to all my felow not-the-oldest-people-around, don't be a Nelly. If it's rated M, don't go there. Just... Don't.
4. You need the right formality at the beggining of your story
It should look like this:
Title: [insert your title]
Rating: [insert your rating]
Type: [what type of story? Romance, mystery, horror, adventure, real? tu can have más then one]
Characters: [Name the main characters that reapear often, but if tu created a character it's an OC and tu say it. If the character was hinted por RR, write "introduced por RR" o something in that category. When I say hinted, I'm talking about Gwendolyn, Hazel, Bobby, the Reyna and Dakota from the lost hero, o characters like, say, Bobby and Matthew Chasse who haven't really been developed yet, just named]
Synopsis: [get your reader interested, but don't give your ending away. Like on the back flap of a book, it doesn't have to be long, it could be one breath-takingly emotional quote]
Disclaimer: [No matter what your dreams tell you, tu didn't create Percy Jackson o heroes of Olympus; so give the guy who did create it, RR, credit. Ex: The story base, character and settings base was created por Rick Riordan, who owns the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and heroes of Olympus rights.]
A/N: [Author's note o dedications. When tu dedicate tu don't have to say "to my brother Shaun", tu can just say "to my brother" o "to my brother Dave". Nobody will hate tu for changing your brother's name o keeping it quiet on the Internet.
5 You cannot abandon a story That aggravates me very much! If tu started publishing, it's your job to finish it! tu can take a break but tu can't completely forget about it, especially if your last chapter ended with something like "And my eyes were frozen on her body" because your readers will want to strangle tu for not telling them whose body. Imagine RR doing that to us right now. Mm-hmm...
6 You cannot copy from anybody This is like a "duh" rule. Characters, plotlines, ideas, everything! If tu fell in amor with the character Eileen Rasburt from another writer's fanfiction and tu have to use her, ask the writer for permision. If he/she says yes, don't forget your disclaimers and thank yous. Changing a name o eye color won't work if the character is the same. If tu accidentally did that, go straight to the writer and apologise right away, it's better he/she hear it from you. If tu get a warning from me o another admis (see Amph's article) and tu don't react, there will be reporting.
7 You can't have a duplicate name
So of course por this I am reffering greatly to the "Son of Neptune" fanfictions that are on this spot. tu can no longer name a fanfiction like that no matter what RR dicho the book would be. From now on, name the foros differentely. It can be a similar name like "The Child of Neptune" o "Neptune's son". But no más "The Son of Neptune"s! tu can barely find the discussion foros with all the fanfictions.
And do tu really want to write another Son of Neptune story, o maybe tu should concentrate on that other one about that other demigod tu thought about. I'm not trying to discourage anybody o tell tu not to write, but think about it.
They will be reported as spam after 1 warning from now on.
8 You cannot only write fanfiction If tu start a fanfiction and the only time we ever see tu on the spot is when tu subir your fanfiction o anunciarse for it, we've got a problem. There are sites made especially to post escritura and fanpop isn't one of them. This is a spot to theorise and wait for the book. NOT a fanfiction only spot. A club was created on fanpop for all the fanfictions. If that's why you're here, go to:
link
If tu are one of those people please either mover your fanfiction, participate in the club o borrar your foros and post on another site. Here are two.
Wattpad (which I reccomend): link
Fanfiction.net: link
Now hear me out, if tu post some other content and comentario on things, tu don't fall in the category of people, so don't feel guilty!
9 You can't have más then 4 fanfictions going
On this spot, if your name is on más then 4 of the still-actively-posting forums, you'll have to drop down. It's too much work for a human being and you'll just get uninterested and drop them. I don't care if you've got 7 on the HP spot and 5 on Wattpad, tu can't have más then 4 here.
10 You cannot anunciarse your story on another foros o with articles If tu pop up on another writer's foros and say "check out my story!" o "I've read better" it's plain rude! Don't do it, it'll be reported as spam. And tu can't post an articulo about your fanfiction on wattpad o whatnot, tu can't post artículos about your characters unless tu have a really good reason and are willing to talk to me o Amph (who is in charge of articles) about it first. I (or she) will tell tu whether o not it is worth it.
11 Songfics, poetry, stories with 1-3 chapters and 1-scene stories CAN be publicado in the articles
It's not worth creating a foros for, so there. tu still need a formality at the beggining but seeing as it's a short story it's simpler
Title:
Rating:
Disclaimer:
A/N:
*You can add a sypnosis, lista of characters, type etc. But seeing as a story is short tu don't have to.
12 No Lemons Not on this spot please, at all. It doesn't matter what ratting tu give, but stories about nothing but dirty are probably;
a) Irrevelant to Percy Jackson, I mean, they're demigods they sort-of have to do more
b) Most of the people on this spot won't be able to read them.
And lemons will be reported.
13 You have to think about it before tu start a fanfiction.
Think about these questions:
1) Am I really interested?
2) When will I have time to write my story?
3) Is my story a copyright issue?
4) Will I keep going? (notice the underlining)
5) Will I keep enjoying writing?
6) Will I follow the rules as they are established? (If tu wont then don't bother because you'll just get people mad at you)
13 rules and they are easy to follow. But there is another one, that even tu non-writers have to follow.
14 Flammes are not tolerated. There is a thinn line between constructive critisism and a flame.
Basically a flamme is just bashing a story and having a go at the autor personally. Constructive critisism has as an aim to help the writer make the story better.
If tu flame-up on someone and tu don't look like Leo I will reportar tu with a cold corazón and evil glare at the screen. If you've already been sworn at o attacked personally, tu know it's not a good feeling and if tu haven't, trust me on it; and I hope it stays that way.
PLEASE follow these, and PLEASE help people follow these (especially admins). I encourage tu to contact me if tu have any preguntas o if the user randomexample really isn't cooperating. Trust me, we'll find a way to fix it.
So have fun writing, have fun lectura and have a good day,
Hecate
Since Amph came back she wrote an articulo about the rules of this spot in general. So here I go with rules pertaining to one particular domain that matters very much in my heart: the fanfiction.
First up, here is the articulo Amph wrote and if tu haven't read it, tu must go now.
link
Now here are the rules of Fanfiction
1 You fanfiction must be publicado in the forum section. tu have got to put them there o else we've got 20 million artículos about parts and your reader will give up because he o she won't be able to keep up.
2 Use Proper spelling and grammar. For goodness sake here, you're writing! As boring as it is, grammar and spelling are parts of writing. If tu spell every word wrong, your reader might think tu don't care. Of course typoes happen, and different words are spelled differently in different places. And of course nobody is perfect, I shouldn't talk here. But please run a simple spell-check and reread! It won't hurt you, I promise, and it does wonders!
3 Rate your story There are people of various age groups here. We have the little 7 año olds who read over their big sister's shoulders, the young adults, the teenagers, the tweens, maybe we even have a grandma! Either way, do tu really want little Nelly the 9 año old to read some certain words she'll repeat because "Percy Jackson dicho it!" Answer: tu don't. So rate. It's really simple
YC - This is the kind of thing where all goes well and that disney could make a movie out of. NOTHING bad
C - We're getting into the popular ratings. No bad language, no adult themes, but there is violence.
T - The ocasional swear word and/or some mature themes.
M - There will be violence, bad language and mature themes. Simple as that.
If tu aren't sure about certain words, here's what the admins came up with:
-Dang
-Damn
-Arse
-Hell
-Hades
-Oh my god
-Oh my gods
-Bull (as long as there's nothing after)
-Fag can be used in the context of cigarettes
-Bitch can be used when you're speaking of a female dog (not about Drew- I don't care how accurate tu think it is)
Anything that you're not sure about, think about it for 0.5 seconds. Would your teacher send tu outside for saying it? Still not sure? Contact one of the admins, which includes me.
If tu abuse of one word like 'fag' to insult someone's race, nationality, gender o sexual preferances I'll be reaching for the reportar button before tu type it. Yes I am that good and that serious (seriously, I will, and others will as well, reportar you)
And tu are HELD to that ratting. If tu put it under C and Piper lets something slip, tu are personally responsible for Nelly being in her room. Do tu want that? Not either. Oh, and your other readers will also reportar tu as "Miscategorised". Right readers? (this is your cue on how tu reportar fanfictions who don't correspond with ratings)
And to all my felow not-the-oldest-people-around, don't be a Nelly. If it's rated M, don't go there. Just... Don't.
4. You need the right formality at the beggining of your story
It should look like this:
Title: [insert your title]
Rating: [insert your rating]
Type: [what type of story? Romance, mystery, horror, adventure, real? tu can have más then one]
Characters: [Name the main characters that reapear often, but if tu created a character it's an OC and tu say it. If the character was hinted por RR, write "introduced por RR" o something in that category. When I say hinted, I'm talking about Gwendolyn, Hazel, Bobby, the Reyna and Dakota from the lost hero, o characters like, say, Bobby and Matthew Chasse who haven't really been developed yet, just named]
Synopsis: [get your reader interested, but don't give your ending away. Like on the back flap of a book, it doesn't have to be long, it could be one breath-takingly emotional quote]
Disclaimer: [No matter what your dreams tell you, tu didn't create Percy Jackson o heroes of Olympus; so give the guy who did create it, RR, credit. Ex: The story base, character and settings base was created por Rick Riordan, who owns the Percy Jackson and the Olympians, and heroes of Olympus rights.]
A/N: [Author's note o dedications. When tu dedicate tu don't have to say "to my brother Shaun", tu can just say "to my brother" o "to my brother Dave". Nobody will hate tu for changing your brother's name o keeping it quiet on the Internet.
5 You cannot abandon a story That aggravates me very much! If tu started publishing, it's your job to finish it! tu can take a break but tu can't completely forget about it, especially if your last chapter ended with something like "And my eyes were frozen on her body" because your readers will want to strangle tu for not telling them whose body. Imagine RR doing that to us right now. Mm-hmm...
6 You cannot copy from anybody This is like a "duh" rule. Characters, plotlines, ideas, everything! If tu fell in amor with the character Eileen Rasburt from another writer's fanfiction and tu have to use her, ask the writer for permision. If he/she says yes, don't forget your disclaimers and thank yous. Changing a name o eye color won't work if the character is the same. If tu accidentally did that, go straight to the writer and apologise right away, it's better he/she hear it from you. If tu get a warning from me o another admis (see Amph's article) and tu don't react, there will be reporting.
7 You can't have a duplicate name
So of course por this I am reffering greatly to the "Son of Neptune" fanfictions that are on this spot. tu can no longer name a fanfiction like that no matter what RR dicho the book would be. From now on, name the foros differentely. It can be a similar name like "The Child of Neptune" o "Neptune's son". But no más "The Son of Neptune"s! tu can barely find the discussion foros with all the fanfictions.
And do tu really want to write another Son of Neptune story, o maybe tu should concentrate on that other one about that other demigod tu thought about. I'm not trying to discourage anybody o tell tu not to write, but think about it.
They will be reported as spam after 1 warning from now on.
8 You cannot only write fanfiction If tu start a fanfiction and the only time we ever see tu on the spot is when tu subir your fanfiction o anunciarse for it, we've got a problem. There are sites made especially to post escritura and fanpop isn't one of them. This is a spot to theorise and wait for the book. NOT a fanfiction only spot. A club was created on fanpop for all the fanfictions. If that's why you're here, go to:
link
If tu are one of those people please either mover your fanfiction, participate in the club o borrar your foros and post on another site. Here are two.
Wattpad (which I reccomend): link
Fanfiction.net: link
Now hear me out, if tu post some other content and comentario on things, tu don't fall in the category of people, so don't feel guilty!
9 You can't have más then 4 fanfictions going
On this spot, if your name is on más then 4 of the still-actively-posting forums, you'll have to drop down. It's too much work for a human being and you'll just get uninterested and drop them. I don't care if you've got 7 on the HP spot and 5 on Wattpad, tu can't have más then 4 here.
10 You cannot anunciarse your story on another foros o with articles If tu pop up on another writer's foros and say "check out my story!" o "I've read better" it's plain rude! Don't do it, it'll be reported as spam. And tu can't post an articulo about your fanfiction on wattpad o whatnot, tu can't post artículos about your characters unless tu have a really good reason and are willing to talk to me o Amph (who is in charge of articles) about it first. I (or she) will tell tu whether o not it is worth it.
11 Songfics, poetry, stories with 1-3 chapters and 1-scene stories CAN be publicado in the articles
It's not worth creating a foros for, so there. tu still need a formality at the beggining but seeing as it's a short story it's simpler
Title:
Rating:
Disclaimer:
A/N:
*You can add a sypnosis, lista of characters, type etc. But seeing as a story is short tu don't have to.
12 No Lemons Not on this spot please, at all. It doesn't matter what ratting tu give, but stories about nothing but dirty are probably;
a) Irrevelant to Percy Jackson, I mean, they're demigods they sort-of have to do more
b) Most of the people on this spot won't be able to read them.
And lemons will be reported.
13 You have to think about it before tu start a fanfiction.
Think about these questions:
1) Am I really interested?
2) When will I have time to write my story?
3) Is my story a copyright issue?
4) Will I keep going? (notice the underlining)
5) Will I keep enjoying writing?
6) Will I follow the rules as they are established? (If tu wont then don't bother because you'll just get people mad at you)
13 rules and they are easy to follow. But there is another one, that even tu non-writers have to follow.
14 Flammes are not tolerated. There is a thinn line between constructive critisism and a flame.
Basically a flamme is just bashing a story and having a go at the autor personally. Constructive critisism has as an aim to help the writer make the story better.
If tu flame-up on someone and tu don't look like Leo I will reportar tu with a cold corazón and evil glare at the screen. If you've already been sworn at o attacked personally, tu know it's not a good feeling and if tu haven't, trust me on it; and I hope it stays that way.
PLEASE follow these, and PLEASE help people follow these (especially admins). I encourage tu to contact me if tu have any preguntas o if the user randomexample really isn't cooperating. Trust me, we'll find a way to fix it.
So have fun writing, have fun lectura and have a good day,
Hecate