As an official judge in the fan Fiction category, I feel I should share a few tips with the contestants :)
1. Do research! Watch the montrer ou read the book over and over again, until toi get the facts right. For my The Following fic ‘Foster Careless’ I had to watch episode 6 The Fall at least 4 times to get everything right and I had to look up a few cast members to know their character's name. It also wouldn't hurt to watch and read interviews. Annie Parisse once a dit that her character was such an outside of the box thinker that she could understand why people would look up to Joe Carroll. This helps my story, because now I know I have to write Debra as an open minded character.
2. Take a few things from the montrer and build your entire story around that.
3. Don't copy what toi have seen on the show. Some people simply write exactly and only what they have seen in the show. Those people lack imagination, inspiration and écriture skills.
4. Stay true to the concept of whatever you’re écriture for.
5. Don't ask people what they want toi to write. If you’re a good writer, you’ll have enough ideas of your own.
6. Get out of your comfort zone. As a writer, toi can't afford to be close minded ou to be afraid you're going to hurt someone.
7. Only use OC's when they serve the story. If toi only use them to fill up page space, leave them out.
8. Be empathic! When toi write an angry scene, try to be angry. Put yourself in the character, and feel what they feel. toi can’t expect your readers to cry when lire a scene, when toi haven’t cried when écriture it.
9. Take heed of what other writers tell you. Just because a dozen people tell toi your story is good, doesn't mean it actually is. It's a good thing to check your reviewers.
10. Portray your characters the way they are portrayed in the book/movie/series/anime/etc. Just because toi name a character Damon Salvatore, doesn’t make him Damon Salvatore.
11. Don’t mettre en ligne your first draft. It’s going to be full of spelling and grammar mistakes, and probably a couple of plot holes. Always double check your story.
12. Pay attention to the details. The smallest detail can lead to another storyline.
13. Write plus than one storyline, and make those storylines blend into each other.
14. Don’t go too fast, ou too slow. Try to keep a steady pace in your story. toi don’t want to get to the ending too fast. But don’t fill up the pages with unnecessary crap, either.
15. Don’t think about getting reviews, favorites, ou follows. Just write with your heart.
16. This one's for suivant year's contest: if you're thinking about participating, start écriture now!
1. Do research! Watch the montrer ou read the book over and over again, until toi get the facts right. For my The Following fic ‘Foster Careless’ I had to watch episode 6 The Fall at least 4 times to get everything right and I had to look up a few cast members to know their character's name. It also wouldn't hurt to watch and read interviews. Annie Parisse once a dit that her character was such an outside of the box thinker that she could understand why people would look up to Joe Carroll. This helps my story, because now I know I have to write Debra as an open minded character.
2. Take a few things from the montrer and build your entire story around that.
3. Don't copy what toi have seen on the show. Some people simply write exactly and only what they have seen in the show. Those people lack imagination, inspiration and écriture skills.
4. Stay true to the concept of whatever you’re écriture for.
5. Don't ask people what they want toi to write. If you’re a good writer, you’ll have enough ideas of your own.
6. Get out of your comfort zone. As a writer, toi can't afford to be close minded ou to be afraid you're going to hurt someone.
7. Only use OC's when they serve the story. If toi only use them to fill up page space, leave them out.
8. Be empathic! When toi write an angry scene, try to be angry. Put yourself in the character, and feel what they feel. toi can’t expect your readers to cry when lire a scene, when toi haven’t cried when écriture it.
9. Take heed of what other writers tell you. Just because a dozen people tell toi your story is good, doesn't mean it actually is. It's a good thing to check your reviewers.
10. Portray your characters the way they are portrayed in the book/movie/series/anime/etc. Just because toi name a character Damon Salvatore, doesn’t make him Damon Salvatore.
11. Don’t mettre en ligne your first draft. It’s going to be full of spelling and grammar mistakes, and probably a couple of plot holes. Always double check your story.
12. Pay attention to the details. The smallest detail can lead to another storyline.
13. Write plus than one storyline, and make those storylines blend into each other.
14. Don’t go too fast, ou too slow. Try to keep a steady pace in your story. toi don’t want to get to the ending too fast. But don’t fill up the pages with unnecessary crap, either.
15. Don’t think about getting reviews, favorites, ou follows. Just write with your heart.
16. This one's for suivant year's contest: if you're thinking about participating, start écriture now!
already gone par kelly clarkson
music
remember all the things we wanted
now are memories are hunted
we always ment to say goodbye
even with are fist held high
never would of wroked out right
we were never ment for it to die
i din't ant us to brun out
didn't come here to hurt toi now i can't stop
i want toi to know
that it dosen't matter
were we take this wrong
someone's gotta go
and i want toi to know toi couldn't have loved me better
but i wanted to déplacer on
so i'm already gone
looking at toi makes it harder
but i know you'll find that lover
that dosen't always make toi want to cry
started with a perfect Kiss then
we can feel the pision set in
we couldn't keep this l’amour alivve
toi know that i l’amour toi so i
l’amour toi enough to let u go
i want toi to know that it dosen't matter
were we take this wrong
someones gotta go
and i want toi to know toi couldn't have loved me better so i wanted to déplacer on
so i'm ready gone
music
remember all the things we wanted
now are memories are hunted
we always ment to say goodbye
even with are fist held high
never would of wroked out right
we were never ment for it to die
i din't ant us to brun out
didn't come here to hurt toi now i can't stop
i want toi to know
that it dosen't matter
were we take this wrong
someone's gotta go
and i want toi to know toi couldn't have loved me better
but i wanted to déplacer on
so i'm already gone
looking at toi makes it harder
but i know you'll find that lover
that dosen't always make toi want to cry
started with a perfect Kiss then
we can feel the pision set in
we couldn't keep this l’amour alivve
toi know that i l’amour toi so i
l’amour toi enough to let u go
i want toi to know that it dosen't matter
were we take this wrong
someones gotta go
and i want toi to know toi couldn't have loved me better so i wanted to déplacer on
so i'm ready gone