Fanfic 'rules'

[Earthwind]

What are the rules of writing FanFic? I've sort of an idea on a story that is related to Stargate.

[Skydiver]

Just write. Sit down, write your story. simple as that

it's the posting and archiving that can get sticky. if you have any questions, please ask

[Earthwind]

Just write. Sit down, write your story. simple as that

it's the posting and archiving that can get sticky. if you have any questions, please ask

Where can I write it then?

[Mr Prophet]

Where can I write it then?

You could write it on a train,
Or you could write it on a plane.
You could write it on PC,
Then burn it onto DVD.

You could write it in a book,
And ask a friend to take a look!
Or write with lasers in the air,
You could write it anywhere!

But when the writing all is done,
For anyone else to share the fun,
Type it up as file - text,
Submit that file to Gateworld next.

Promote you fic in the appropriate forum,
Call in some friends to make a quorum,
Let all the world read and admire your creation,
And await kind feedback with great anticipation.

[Skydiver]

You could write it on a train,
Or you could write it on a plane.
You could write it on PC,
Then burn it onto DVD.

You could write it in a book,
And ask a friend to take a look!
Or write with lasers in the air,
You could write it anywhere!

But when the writing all is done,
For anyone else to share the fun,
Type it up as file - text,
Submit that file to Gateworld next.

Promote you fic in the appropriate forum,
Call in some friends to make a quorum,
Let all the world read and admire your creation,
And await kind feedback with great anticipation.

LOLOL

I LOVE IT

[Earthwind]

You could write it on a train,
Or you could write it on a plane.
You could write it on PC,
Then burn it onto DVD.

You could write it in a book,
And ask a friend to take a look!
Or write with lasers in the air,
You could write it anywhere!

But when the writing all is done,
For anyone else to share the fun,
Type it up as file - text,
Submit that file to Gateworld next.

Promote you fic in the appropriate forum,
Call in some friends to make a quorum,
Let all the world read and admire your creation,
And await kind feedback with great anticipation.

That is really good

[Moonshayde]

I have a question about posting fanfic.

I've archived some in the past and I have a long fic that I'd love to go ahead and post. The only thing is that it is way way too long (about novel length) to transfer into txt format. Is there a way to archive a link so people can check it out that way?

[Mr Prophet]

I have a question about posting fanfic.

I've archived some in the past and I have a long fic that I'd love to go ahead and post. The only thing is that it is way way too long (about novel length) to transfer into txt format. Is there a way to archive a link so people can check it out that way?

You could always post it as an html document.

[Skydiver]

I have a question about posting fanfic.

I've archived some in the past and I have a long fic that I'd love to go ahead and post. The only thing is that it is way way too long (about novel length) to transfer into txt format. Is there a way to archive a link so people can check it out that way?

if you want to archive it at gateworld, you can't post a link, but you can upload the whole fic here. the posting interface takes text documents and uploads quite easily

heliopolis is the exact same way

THe posting guidelines are simple, R or less, Gen or Het

If your fic doesn't fit that, then there are other places to archive it, such as Area 52, which is the biggest slash archive around.

Darren doesn't like people archiving direct links to thier fic from our archive, but you sure can post a link here in the forum.
Just make sure it's appropriately disclaimered and warned

[Moonshayde]

Aw, that's too bad. I guess I'll just have to post the link here and not archive it. It's just too big for me to transfer it into text format and to redo all the quotes throughout. It's 200 pages long and there's no way I am going through all of that! LOL

[Skydiver]

how do you mean to redo the quotes?

[Crazedwraith]

Aw, that's too bad. I guess I'll just have to post the link here and not archive it. It's just too big for me to transfer it into text format and to redo all the quotes throughout. It's 200 pages long and there's no way I am going through all of that! LOL

Can't ya just do select all, copy and paste?

OO OO I also have a question, does fanfic posted have to centre around known Characters? I was think of a fic where a completly new team go offworld on a mission that should have been SG-1s and... (well thas all i'm saying)

[Skydiver]

nope. pick a team, any team

just to be a 'stargate' fic, it needs to take place in the stargate universe.

so knock yourself out, have fun and then post a link so we can all come and read it

[GaterGina71]

More of a question than a reply. I've been trying to post a story but I keep getting it's not the right format. It's text, I checked it twice to make sure. It's got the txt at the end of the file name. Am I doing something else wrong?

[Skydiver]

did you do the word thing 'save as' and choose text?

if so and it is a text file, try contacting me via e-mail and i'll try. there may be an error with the uploader that we haven't discovered yet