Hello. I wrote this article for people on this club that like writing fanfictions, but have the feeling that they don't do good. This article should help you out, and it might also encourage others to start writing fanfictions, if they haven't done so.
Again, this is for people on this club that feel like they want to do better, or just don't like reading/writing fanfictions in general. If you think you're good at writing, or do like reading/writing in general, give me some feedback.
There are many important things to have in a fanfiction.
1. A setting.
This is very important. If you don't have a setting in your story, the audience will be confused, and wonder where it takes place. You must include where the story takes place, and/or when it takes place.
Often, when I write a fanfiction that takes place today, I don't add when it takes place, but I always write down when it takes place, if it's in the past, such as my Ponies On The Rails articles. You can see the month, day, and year that each episode takes place in.
As I said earlier, it's important to write down where your story takes place. Since this is a My Little Pony club, you can have it take place in any of the towns for this show, such as Ponyville, Canterlot, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, or Vanhoover. You can also create your own towns like I have. Here's a list of towns I created for my fanfictions
St. Foalis - St. Louis
San Francisco - San Franciscolt
Norfoal - Norfolk
Chicagoat - Chicago
Other times, I use real city names for my fanfictions, like Cheyenne, Denver, Portland, and the town that I currently live in, Frenchtown.
2. Characters
You can't have a story without characters. Well... You could, but it would be boring. If you can't think of a creative Pony name for your OC, try and use real names. That's what I've done with most of my OC's. Also, it's important to have a picture of your OC in the fanfiction so that the readers can understand what he/she looks like.
3. The type of story
There are many ways you can write a fanfiction. You can make a..
Comedy
Drama
Action
Adventure
Creepy Pasta
Clop fic
Crossover
Comedy is the best type of fanfiction to write if you know a lot of good jokes. Keep your readers laughing as they enjoy all of the good humor in what you've written.
Drama is not a good type of fanfiction. From what I've heard, Drama is when you have a ordinary activity, filled with anger, shouting, and sometimes, punching someone in the face. Or in this case, punching somepony in the face.
Action fanfictions can be very good, as long as you don't make it too violent. Entertain everyone reading your fanfiction by adding...
Gunfights
Car chases
Huge explosions behind a pony walking away with sunglasses
A fistfight on top of a moving train
A fistfight on top of a moving plane
This isn't all you need to fill your fanfiction with loads of action, but once you get started, you'll find more ways to add action into your fanfictions.
Adventure fanfictions can be about many things, such as treasure hunts, searches for lost artifacts, or huge ripoffs of the Daring Do books that Rainbow Dash loves to read. I haven't written an adventure fanfiction yet, but I plan to start, by creating an OC who turns out to be Daring Do's son.
Creepypasta is for bronies/pegasisters that like writing things about ponies being turned into cupcakes, or about Big Macintosh raping the CMC while killing them at the same time. If you're going to write a fanfiction like that, don't do it on this website. That's the last thing we need!
Clopfics are loathed by most people on this website. Basically, clop fics are about porn/rule 34. It may be perfect for Rarity, but not for us!
Crossover fanfictions are where you make a crossover of My Little Pony, with anything your heart desires. Most of my fanfictions are crossovers, mostly of movies I like to watch.
4. The way to write a fanfiction
There are two ways of writing a fanfiction. The correct way, or the wrong way.
The wrong way is this.
"Hello." Said Vinyl Scratch
This is like watching a movie in black & white. You get your readers bored, just before they finish the first paragraph.
The correct way is this.
Pinkie Pie soon saw Maud.
Pinkie Pie: Guten tag!
Maud: *Looks at Pinkie* Oh... Hey.
It's quicker to write like this, and it's more popular. However, you can't write like this in real life, unless it's for a play. However, this is the internet. Feel free to write like this, no one will stop you.
5. A plot
You must think about what's going to happen in your story. What's the goal? What's the conflict? How does it end? Here's an example from one of my fanfictions I wrote last year
Hedgehog In Ponyville Episode 8
On my deviantart, it's caleed Hedgehog In Ponyville: The Nazis Strike Back
The plot: Twilight Sparkle turns evil, and helps a scientist named Doctor Robotnik capture Princess Celestia. What they don't know is that somepony is disguised as Celestia. Spike, and Luna tell Sean, and Shredder about this, and have them try to rescue Celestia, while destroying the castle she is being held in.
Conflicts: Diamond Tiara, and Silverspoon join them, but are double agents, working for Nazi Forces. Rainbow Dash joins Sean, and Shredder, but loses to Twilight in a sword fight.
Diamond Tiara, and Silverspoon knock out Shredder, and attempt to escape from Sean. He needs to fight the two fillies on top of a cable car.
Ending: A very close friend of Twilight is on the plane that Sean, Shredder, and their team gets on board. He attempts to kill Sean, but realizes that his plan fails, then jumps out of the plane without a parachute.
Now that you have seen the example, it shoudn't be difficult to make the plot, conflicts, and ending of your fanfiction.
That's all there is to it when it comes to writing a fanfiction. I wish you the best of luck on your future fanfictions. Everyone has their own talent, but anyone can write.
The end.
Again, this is for people on this club that feel like they want to do better, or just don't like reading/writing fanfictions in general. If you think you're good at writing, or do like reading/writing in general, give me some feedback.
There are many important things to have in a fanfiction.
1. A setting.
This is very important. If you don't have a setting in your story, the audience will be confused, and wonder where it takes place. You must include where the story takes place, and/or when it takes place.
Often, when I write a fanfiction that takes place today, I don't add when it takes place, but I always write down when it takes place, if it's in the past, such as my Ponies On The Rails articles. You can see the month, day, and year that each episode takes place in.
As I said earlier, it's important to write down where your story takes place. Since this is a My Little Pony club, you can have it take place in any of the towns for this show, such as Ponyville, Canterlot, Manehattan, Fillydelphia, or Vanhoover. You can also create your own towns like I have. Here's a list of towns I created for my fanfictions
St. Foalis - St. Louis
San Francisco - San Franciscolt
Norfoal - Norfolk
Chicagoat - Chicago
Other times, I use real city names for my fanfictions, like Cheyenne, Denver, Portland, and the town that I currently live in, Frenchtown.
2. Characters
You can't have a story without characters. Well... You could, but it would be boring. If you can't think of a creative Pony name for your OC, try and use real names. That's what I've done with most of my OC's. Also, it's important to have a picture of your OC in the fanfiction so that the readers can understand what he/she looks like.
3. The type of story
There are many ways you can write a fanfiction. You can make a..
Comedy
Drama
Action
Adventure
Creepy Pasta
Clop fic
Crossover
Comedy is the best type of fanfiction to write if you know a lot of good jokes. Keep your readers laughing as they enjoy all of the good humor in what you've written.
Drama is not a good type of fanfiction. From what I've heard, Drama is when you have a ordinary activity, filled with anger, shouting, and sometimes, punching someone in the face. Or in this case, punching somepony in the face.
Action fanfictions can be very good, as long as you don't make it too violent. Entertain everyone reading your fanfiction by adding...
Gunfights
Car chases
Huge explosions behind a pony walking away with sunglasses
A fistfight on top of a moving train
A fistfight on top of a moving plane
This isn't all you need to fill your fanfiction with loads of action, but once you get started, you'll find more ways to add action into your fanfictions.
Adventure fanfictions can be about many things, such as treasure hunts, searches for lost artifacts, or huge ripoffs of the Daring Do books that Rainbow Dash loves to read. I haven't written an adventure fanfiction yet, but I plan to start, by creating an OC who turns out to be Daring Do's son.
Creepypasta is for bronies/pegasisters that like writing things about ponies being turned into cupcakes, or about Big Macintosh raping the CMC while killing them at the same time. If you're going to write a fanfiction like that, don't do it on this website. That's the last thing we need!
Clopfics are loathed by most people on this website. Basically, clop fics are about porn/rule 34. It may be perfect for Rarity, but not for us!
Crossover fanfictions are where you make a crossover of My Little Pony, with anything your heart desires. Most of my fanfictions are crossovers, mostly of movies I like to watch.
4. The way to write a fanfiction
There are two ways of writing a fanfiction. The correct way, or the wrong way.
The wrong way is this.
"Hello." Said Vinyl Scratch
This is like watching a movie in black & white. You get your readers bored, just before they finish the first paragraph.
The correct way is this.
Pinkie Pie soon saw Maud.
Pinkie Pie: Guten tag!
Maud: *Looks at Pinkie* Oh... Hey.
It's quicker to write like this, and it's more popular. However, you can't write like this in real life, unless it's for a play. However, this is the internet. Feel free to write like this, no one will stop you.
5. A plot
You must think about what's going to happen in your story. What's the goal? What's the conflict? How does it end? Here's an example from one of my fanfictions I wrote last year
Hedgehog In Ponyville Episode 8
On my deviantart, it's caleed Hedgehog In Ponyville: The Nazis Strike Back
The plot: Twilight Sparkle turns evil, and helps a scientist named Doctor Robotnik capture Princess Celestia. What they don't know is that somepony is disguised as Celestia. Spike, and Luna tell Sean, and Shredder about this, and have them try to rescue Celestia, while destroying the castle she is being held in.
Conflicts: Diamond Tiara, and Silverspoon join them, but are double agents, working for Nazi Forces. Rainbow Dash joins Sean, and Shredder, but loses to Twilight in a sword fight.
Diamond Tiara, and Silverspoon knock out Shredder, and attempt to escape from Sean. He needs to fight the two fillies on top of a cable car.
Ending: A very close friend of Twilight is on the plane that Sean, Shredder, and their team gets on board. He attempts to kill Sean, but realizes that his plan fails, then jumps out of the plane without a parachute.
Now that you have seen the example, it shoudn't be difficult to make the plot, conflicts, and ending of your fanfiction.
That's all there is to it when it comes to writing a fanfiction. I wish you the best of luck on your future fanfictions. Everyone has their own talent, but anyone can write.
The end.
