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In real life, someone’s appearance is often the first thing you notice about them. Fictional characters’ appearances are also important in impressions, and not just first impressions. They can show a character’s personality, or represent a theme, or at least tell readers how to picture that character in their head. Most of the time, however, OCs’ appearances aren’t written realistically or in a way that can be easily remembered in fanfiction. Unrealistic appearances can take readers out of the story, and not being able to picture your OC will just make the fanfiction not as enjoyable. It ruins a useful writing tool you can use to make your story better. Here are three tips on how to avoid these mistakes. 1. Make Your OC’s Appearance Functional One aspect of your OC’s appearance you should definitely consider is functionality. Think about what your OC tends to do. Do they sit around the house all day, do they garden, do they fight? If they largely just laze about, the OCs can

I have put together a review on Molly Novak’s RotG fanfiction Lost Girl (Rise of the Guardians) on Quotev! Molly has asked me to do both fandom-related details and overall writing development in this story, so I will do both. I will be including some spoilers for the fanfiction, so read the story beforehand if you want to avoid them. One note in this updated version of my RotG/GoC fanfiction guide, though, is that I don’t know how much she has changed the story since receiving my feedback; I originally wrote this years ago. This critique may not be an accurate reflection of the work anymore. Also, when making my edits for this updated version, I couldn’t always remember what I was referring to with my comments, so it may still be a little confusing. However, I did make some good edits with what I had! First, I will go over the fanfiction’s fandom-related aspects that I’ve covered in my guide so far, beginning with title and description since that comes logically first and then

You’re reading a fanfiction that sounded decent in the description, but there’s something major that’s ruining the experience for you. The OC just… gets everything they want with no struggle. It’s not fun to read—where’s the conflict, the worrying over if and how the character will win? You soon give up on this story getting better. You exit out of the tab and go read something else, never to look at that fanfiction again. Like I mentioned in the last chapter, characters are vital to your fanfiction, whether they’re OCs or canon. Even if your readers aren’t reading for them, characters determine so much of the story that it pays greatly to write them well. I’ve talked about other aspects of OCs you need to be wary of; another major one is making sure they’re not a Mary Sue. A Mary Sue, sometimes called a Gary Stu or Marty Stu for male characters, is an overpowered character who gets everything they want with little to no struggle, especially in power and love. RotG and GoC

Your characters, whether OCs or canon, are a vital part of any fanfiction. If they’re poorly written, readers may not want to continue reading. When you look at the stats of any of your fanfictions, you can see how people always naturally drop off as the chapters continue, so you want to make sure you do everything possible to keep people reading your story. I’ve already gone over some RotG/GoC clichés, but those focused more on things like plot and powers. The clichés in this chapter are about the more personal traits of your OCs. But they are just as vital to avoid. Here are OC clichés that I’ve noticed in the RotG and GoC fandoms: 1. Being Funny and/or Sarcastic—Bear with Me Here Funny characters, as a whole, are great. But this character has been overdone in Jack Frost X OCs. People want to make the love interest similar to Jack in a way, but unfortunately, it’s just been overused in that character type. It becomes even more of a problem when the humor isn’t written well.

Take a moment to ask yourself: What does my main character lose if they fail in my story? What do they gain if they win? Not what the world or other people earn or suffer from, but your character? If you’re having trouble answering that question, that’s one sign this chapter’s for you. Almost, if not all, fanfictions, and stories in general, should have some sort of tension pulling the readers along. In other words, readers have to be worried about what’s going to happen. Some specific fanfiction genres like fluff may be exempt, but as someone who doesn’t write those, I can’t claim to be the expert there. However, if you’re writing a genre where you want the readers to be fret about your characters’ fates, then you’ll want some sort of tension. One major way to add tension to your fanfiction is with stakes—what your main character or characters stand to gain or lose from the events of the plot. If they win their battle or goal, they should earn something specific. If they lose

Mysteries are my favorite kind of plot. Not cozy murder mysteries, but stories that focus on finding something out that’s not always a crime. Stories where something bad’s going to happen to the main character if they don’t find it out. That’s part of the reason I read—to learn about interesting things that don’t exist. Well-written mysteries can make for riveting stories. However, there are some things that are sometimes posed as mysteries in the RotG/GoC fandom that really aren’t. They don’t interest me, because they’re predictable or just boring. But there are also ways you can make things in your story more mysterious—intriguing. So, how should you write good mysteries in the RotG/GoC fandom? Part 1: What to Avoid The first thing to avert is having a generic mystery about your OC’s background, particularly how they died. As I’ve mentioned in the clichés chapter, almost every spirit OC in this fandom is the same: they died saving someone, usually their younger brother.

I'm still working on this chapter. I've experienced a lot recently that shook up my opinions on this topic, but I haven't quite figured out the best practices yet. Since it may be a while, I've just taken out this chapter temporarily rather than delaying the updated release of the other chapters.

Almost everyone knows to capitalize characters’ names, places, and the first word in a sentence, but what about other words specific to the RotG and GoC fandoms, like Guardians and Snow Globes? In these fandoms, there are many words that should be capitalized that you might not be aware of; these words don’t seem like proper nouns, after all. But here is a list: Guardian(s) Fearling(s) Nightmare(s) (the horses, not the dreams) Tooth Box(es) Yeti(s) Elf/Elves Dreamsand Black Sand Warrior Egg(s) (the moving egg statues in Bunny’s Warren) Tooth Palace Moon Man in the Moon Globe (as in the Globe of Belief, the one in North’s workshop with the lights on it) Snow Globe(s) (the ones that create portals) Mother Nature’s Empire Pooka Sister(s) of Flight Golden Age Nightmare King As a general rule, if it’s a species, group, place, or special object/substance specific to the RotG and GoC fandoms, it’s capitalized. That means if you make up something in one of those