User blog:3cooldog92/How To Write A Seddie Fanfiction

This is a blog about how to write Seddie fan fiction. I’m no expert on this, having only written 8 stories, but there’s almost nothing online about how to write fan fiction. I couldn’t find one thing about how to write Seddie fan fiction. I have never gotten a bad review, so that must mean something. So I may not be the most experienced at writing fan fiction, but no one else has given tips on writing Seddie fan fiction, so I guess I will.

'''Read fan fiction. ''' This is very, very important. I read literally hundreds of one shots before I attempted my first fanfic (you don’t have to do this all at once; it took me 8 months). It helps you learn what works and what doesn’t. If you read the reviews of what people have written, you can get an idea of what people like and what people don’t. They say reading makes you a better writer, and that is 100% true. I’d say this is the biggest thing that makes me a good Seddie fanfic writer.

'''Watch all the episodes. ''' It may seem like a no brainer to try to write a fanfic about show you’ve only seen 2 episodes of, but don’t do it. Watching all the episodes allows you to know what the characters are like, see how they’ve developed over the series, and it gives you perspective on the whole thing. Knowing what happens in all the episodes prevents you from looking stupid later. Plus it gives you plenty places to start a fic.

'''Know the characters. '''This involves the point above, but I just want to say what I mean by this. Knowing how the characters act is only the first step. You also need to know why they act the way they do. Obviously there’s an immediate cause, but a lot of time a character’s actions are influenced by what their life is like or what happened a long time ago. For example, a lot of fics explore why Sam didn’t tell Freddie how she felt until her emotions overtook her in iOMG. Based on this, you have to try to figure out how a character thinks. This will make your stories more realistic and it will be less likely to be OOC. Reading forums can really help you getting inside a character’s head.

'''Keep the Seddie interaction believable. '''This goes along with knowing the characters. Don’t make Sam and Freddie act like two love birds who baby talk each other. People like Seddie because it’s not like Creddie. Just make sure the love-hate dynamic stays there.

'''Choose whether you want to do first person or third person. '''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;"> Choose first person if you want to get inside a character’s head and describe how they’re feeling. Choose third person if you’re less concerned about that kind of stuff and want to focus on the plot more than how a character thinks. I personally only write in first person, because how the characters are feeling is really what I like to focus on.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">'''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If you choose first person, minimize the changes in POV. '''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">I’ve found that people don’t like it when you switch between the characters’ POVs too much. So choose a character and stick to it as much as you can, unless you’re switching POVs very infrequently. The first fic I’ve ever written is a great example of this. The whole thing is in Sam’s POV, except the part where Freddie walks in on here sleeping with the teddy bear with a tear stained face. Since Sam was sleeping, I couldn’t do it from her POV, so I switched to Freddie’s. That kind of switch is okay. But as soon as Sam woke up, I switched back to her POV.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">'''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Be descriptive. '''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Describe what everyone is doing in detail. Describe the look on someone’s face, how they’re saying something. Stuff like that. A fic that has “Freddie did this. Sam did that. Carly did this.” throughout the whole thing become repetitive and boring very quickly. Make your fic more than a bunch of talking heads.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">'''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Don’t make too cheesy unless it’s your stated intention. '''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Most fics have characters falling in love, so there’s always going to be an element of cheesiness, even with a Seddie fic. But with Seddie, you have to strike the right balance. If it becomes to cheesy it becomes OOC. If they’re in love, you can’t avoid being a little cheesy. But don’t overdo it. Sam may be in love, but she’ll probably want to keep the PDA to a minimum. When it’s just Sam and Freddie together alone, you have more leeway with this kind of stuff.

<p style="margin: 0in 0in 10pt;">'''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">If you want to make a fic that is blatantly OOC or way too cheesy, go for it, but warn your readers upfront. '''<span lang="EN" style="color: rgb(58, 58, 58); line-height: 115%; font-family: "Helvetica","sans-serif"; font-size: 10pt; mso-ansi-language: EN;">Sometimes people will do that, and there’s nothing wrong with it. But make sure you tell your readers what you’re doing. No one likes to be tricked into reading something they didn’t have a reasonable expectation of reading.

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