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| CallMeAl #844162 6 months ago |
I would suggest contacting the authors and asking their permission. It would be the safest course of action, as well as helping to establish good relations between you and the authors, give you an opportunity to ask them for advice, and maybe even turn your project into a collab fic. If you'd be OK with that, of course. |
| Anonymous #844182 6 months ago |
I have thought about the collab, but the problem is that the idea i have for the fanfiction is so tightly specific that i fear i would end correcting the author of one section of the fanfic so much that he would end hating me, i can be that annoying. |
| Nebbie #844197 6 months ago |
No need to ask authors for permission, or to give credits. The kind of people who don't appreciate references to their fics are the kind of people you should be giving a very minor screw you to.
Also, just about every work has references to others, and these are hardly if ever cited. You must be new to this "fiction" thing. |
| Anonymous #844214 6 months ago |
^
So new that it took me 1 week just to write a 500 words prologue. |
| JP #844238 6 months ago |
Nebbie: why so negative?
I mean, is it really that hard to list your references somewhere? Asking for permission and giving authors credit for that they did is a polite thing. |
| Van_Horsing #844275 6 months ago |
If what you mean is that you plan to have your characters conversationally reference events that took place in someone else's fanfic, then basically what Nebbie said. If the other fanfics play a larger role in your story, such that yours is more of an add-on to them, then you should probably ask permission, to be on the safe side. |
| Wheezie_Moonflower #844757 6 months ago |
What I do is that I read them, then make little Cliff's notes out of it, then I take the best bits that are remarkable to the story, and use that as a reference. With all of that editing, some fanfics are not quite so remarkable, and are dropped from the reference catalog. "Cupcakes" really tops the list. So many unique things in there. |
| DoctorWhooves #845119 6 months ago |
IF you can't even make a discussion pic like this without making several grammar and spelling mistakes, I don't think you're up to the task of writing a fanfic that ANYONE is going to read.
Also, comic sans. That is all. |
| Anonymous #845145 6 months ago |
^Just because there are some grammar and spelling mistakes doesnt mean i cant write a fanfic, that is just an illogical falacy. English is not my main language.
I already got myself a pre-reader so i hope i can fix those problems before submitting my work. Also comic sans, i know. |
| Anonymous #845151 6 months ago |
And thanks for your answers, they were really useful, now i know how to make the end of my story work without making anyone angry. |
| Anonymous #845153 6 months ago |
@anon145
don't mind him... He's a jerk |
| NightJack #845160 6 months ago |
How about making it shorter, every fanfic I have seen that is planed to be that long starts to lose steam and gets lame, never plane to make it that long but if it ends up that way it's no a problem if you can keep it good.
Bottom line plane for less chapters. |
| Anonymous #845162 6 months ago |
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| Anonymous #845181 6 months ago |
^^
I know what you mean, Fallout Equestria is hella long and in the middle i decided to drop it. What about less chapters but with more words? |
| Anonymous #845189 6 months ago |
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| NightJack #845194 6 months ago |
^^ Nope, same thing happens, just don't plane long, by chapters or by words, no need to drag out things that can be done in less. |
| Anonymous #845201 6 months ago |
^Hmmm....i see, i see....whoa, this is more difficult that i expected. |
| NightJack #845202 6 months ago |
^ One example, I read a fanfic one time that the writer took 5 sentence to tell that a character had fainted. |
| Anonymous #845209 6 months ago |
^Oh man! |