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Save readers the hard task of imagining things on their own; they won't imagine it right anyway. Include lots and lots of pictures and links in your story so people know exactly what all of your characters, settings, and objects look like. It'll save readers the trouble of thinking too hard and save you the trouble of description. Win-win!

By the way, make sure to only use pictures from the internet. They don't have copyright on them and the artists/photographers/real people don't really care if you claim their stuff as you're own anyway.

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Make sure that if you're going to create an evil character, that they have to be an attractive evil character. That way your readers will pay more attention to them and also forgive the fact that they are evil because of how hot they are. And also it gives the possibility of your protagonist to fall in love with the antagonist in fanfictions.

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Make sure that if you're going to create an evil character, that they have to be an attractive evil character. That way your readers will pay more attention to them and also forgive the fact that they are evil because of how hot they are. And also it gives the possibility of your protagonist to fall in love with the antagonist in fanfictions.


You can't be evil if you're attractive. Only ugly people can.

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Make sure that if you're going to create an evil character, that they have to be an attractive evil character. That way your readers will pay more attention to them and also forgive the fact that they are evil because of how hot they are. And also it gives the possibility of your protagonist to fall in love with the antagonist in fanfictions.


You can't be evil if you're attractive. Only ugly people can.

Exactly.
Some examples pulled from Disney:
Ursula. Cruella Devile. etc.
They trained this into our minds from a young age, people - how could you have not noticed already!?

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Let;s word. Sense make sentences. understand all, everything! Best story! Spelling Right lull thinking reading okay. Grammar? Psh!

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When you have an animal in your story they can never be just animals. They have to be smarter than normal and act outside of what would be normal for their species.

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When you have an animal in your story they can never be just animals. They have to be smarter than normal and act outside of what would be normal for their species.


Yep! Even baby animals, like puppies, never need to be trained to fetch objects, spy on the enemy, or not pee on the rug. Who has time for that?

And everyone must love the animal friend. Because who doesn't love adorable, smart creatures? Except villains. Villains hate everything. The only pets a villain can have is something just as evil and ugly as them, like reptiles or insects, but not dragons. Those are too cool. And the villain's pet must always be defeated by the hero's pet, even if it's a bunny versus an alligator. Have the bunny suddenly develop powers in order to win if you have to, but make sure they do fight and win!

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In the world of fanfiction, all relationships are sexual. It doesn't matter if the canon versions of the characters are just good friends or are related to each other in some way. Heck, it doesn't even matter if they're enemies in canon because everyone knows any enmity between characters is really the result of Unresolved Sexual Tension.

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In the world of fanfiction, all relationships are sexual. It doesn't matter if the canon versions of the characters are just good friends or are related to each other in some way. Heck, it doesn't even matter if they're enemies in canon because everyone knows any enmity between characters is really the result of Unresolved Sexual Tension.


Just like the only true love is romantic love. Platonic or familiar love doesn't count for anything.

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When you have an animal in your story they can never be just animals. They have to be smarter than normal and act outside of what would be normal for their species.

Animals think like people. At least the cute ones do. Ugly ones are rock stupid and don't think at all.

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When you have an animal in your story they can never be just animals. They have to be smarter than normal and act outside of what would be normal for their species.

Animals think like people. At least the cute ones do. Ugly ones are rock stupid and don't think at all.

Cute ones can be dumb, but its a cutesy dumb that makes people go "dawwww emotion_bigheart " Instead of being annoying like it would in reality.

The scarey looking ones are evil or are loveable despite their appearance.

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Any child younger than 10 is basically still a baby, and definitely doesn't know anything about the world. They should talk in third person at least half of the time.

Another way you can write children is making them eeriely smart and enlightened. Go ahead. That annoying kid who lives on your street and sticks his tongue out every time you walk past is a rare exception. 99,99% of children are either oblivious and adorable or really intelligent and prone to reminding your main character readers of what is important in life with Gandhi-like profound wisdom.

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Any child younger than 10 is basically still a baby, and definitely doesn't know anything about the world. They should talk in third person at least half of the time.

Another way you can write children is making them eeriely smart and enlightened. Go ahead. That annoying kid who lives on your street and sticks his tongue out every time you walk past is a rare exception. 99,99% of children are either oblivious and adorable or really intelligent and prone to reminding your main character readers of what is important in life with Gandhi-like profound wisdom.

If your main character cannot have children, they must be guilt-ridden about it, even in a society where being child free or adopting is normal, and under all circumstances, including their own life is in danger.

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If you're writing about what your main characters are wearing, you must describe it in the greatest amount of detail that is humanly possible. Like if they're wearing a dress, you must say that they are 'wearing a long cloth wrapped around their body that has two holes for their arms and an opening at the bottom for their legs'. Who cares if it doesn't make sense? You're describing everyday things in a very artistic way.

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Non-canonical, completely irrational gay relationships in fanfics are, like, ttly kawaii!!! and should always happen. M-Preg is also super cool and totally not creepy, so make that happen as often as possible, too. Anyone who says either of these don't make sense are just jealous of you and trying to squash out your creativity, and are they're not true fans of the show.
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