1. How to Write a Good Fanfic!
By: Bloodwing, who is a fanfiction
writer and a fantastic daydreamer.
Loves to read, too.

2. Pick your Fandom and Type!
• What is it? A Danny Phantom story? Warrior
Cats? Harry Potter? Whatever you want to
write, write it.
• Your type means what genres it is. Is it angst?
Horror? Friendship? Romance? Western? You
pick. It also helps you to write better if you’re
in that mood you picked. If you can.

3. First:
• You think of things that had happened in your
life, books, someone else’s, anything! Let your
mind wander.
• One way that helps me (though it’s easy for
me to think of a fanfic idea) is to think of my
fav book or tv show. Then think of an
alternative ending or beginning! Or something
like that.

4. Daydream (Still in First)
• Having daydreams is good (as long as you’re
not in anything important) because it helps
you visualize what you want to happen!
• Try to imagine what would happen in your
fanfic- say you’re doing a Gregor The
Overlanderfanfic with a huge battle in it. Try
to imagine the battle. If this is hard for
you, maybe you just haven’t brainstormed
enough or something. Go to the next slide for
help!

5. Second:
• Once a great idea for a fanfic comes into your
mind, brainstorm. Ask yourself questions.
• Questions like: What will happen first? How
does Danny get his ghost powers- the new
way? What if he was adopted? Who are his
real parents? How does he find them? These
are a huge help.

6. Start to Write!
• Now that you have a general idea (You don’t
have to have the story completely planned out
to start), start to write your story. Make sure
to use detail and let it make sense. I’ve seen
lots of fanfics that made no sense, and they
got me annoyed.
• If you are having any problems, look at the
next slides. If not, look at them anyway.

7. Writer’s Block
• Yes, all who have written a story has
experienced the dreaded writer’s block.
• Writer’s block is when you have no ideas for a
story. This happens when you don’t
completely fill out your plot. I’m saying good
ways to get rid of it on the next slide. This one
does not have enough room.

8. How to Get Past Writer’s Block
• Here are some ideas: Ask yourself more
questions. Remember, asking yourself
questions never hurt anyone.
• If it’s something you can watch or read, reread
or rewatch it again. This can help spark new
ideas!
• More daydreaming for you!

9. Discouragement
• Have you ever said when you look over your
fanfic, “I’ll just scrap it; it’s a bad fanfic
anyway!” and scrapped it? Well, to perk you
up, you ARE NOT A BAD WRITER. Maybe you
just need some more description.
• To get past: Press next

10. How to Get Past Discouragement
• Tell yourself, “I’m not a bad writer, I bet I can
do even better! Maybe this time I won’t
[INSERT PROBLEM HERE]! Maybe my friend
will read this and scream, “THIS IS
AWESOME!” at me! Encourage yourself.
• It may also help if you get a beta reader. A
beta reader reads over your work to try and
help you make it better.

11. Inspiration Sickness
• Do you ever look at one of your fanfics and
realize that you don’t want to complete it?
Like it’s starting to feel like a chore? I call this
Inspiration Sickness.
• You need to get this sickness out of you if you
want your fanfiction to live! Click next for my
ways of how to fix this.

12. How to Treat Inspiration Sickness!
• IT’S INFECTING US ALL!
• Does you fanfic seem a little boring? Not enough
action? Well, just add in some action! Make a
battle or something fun!
• You also may just be itching to “scratch” another
fandom. Maybe you have a story in Danny
Phantom, but you really want to write a Warriors
story. I suggest writing your Warriors story, so
you can get it off your head! Maybe you can then
go back to DP!

13. I Hope You Enjoyed This!
• I hope you enjoyed this and it helped you a
lot! Please Comment, cuz it’ll make my day!
• Also, if you want to share a great fanfic you
have made, I suggest fanfiction.net. It’s a great
site where people from all over post fanfics on
anything! I’m IAmTheDaydreamer from
there, and I hope to see you!