how can i discribe fanfiction? fanfiction is like a big muddy river, there is so much wrong with it anything good about it gets muddled and covered up. so i compiled a few pointers i think will help you turn your fic into that one gem of the fanfic world. here we go
1: i cannot stress enough the importance of a non-mary sue being your OC. if you use an OC in your fanfic. if you don't think you know what a "mary sue" is you may have seen one already. a mary sue is perfect and has the world bend around them, a mary sue is almost always the fault of the writer. one way to avoid making a mary sue is to avoid making an OC or any character you create like yourself. you'll want all the skills and all the advantages and you are the writer so why not right? because no one like them, they make a story boring not interesting. trust me!
2: a horrible backstory doesn't make your character better, it's hard to read a story when it's angsty protagonist makes you want to punch yourself in the face. a hard life is no excuse for your character, just like with real people they can't be all bad.
3: there was once a saying "the eyes are the windows to the soul" and they can be, but be careful with the "their eyes hold sorrow" and the like. it sounds poetic sure, but if you do that with every character it will get old.(and almost everyone does so try to avoid it)
4: super poetic writing is like raw suger, if you use too much your writing gets grainy and sickening. eww. if you always use it try telling instead of discribing
and that's all for today thanks for reading
