>!!Lyra Mod is best Mod

Mucho gracias Lyra.
Perhaps it's a bit too late now, but removing the double-spaces between each paragraph would be beneficial in that the last tip and the link to the guide would be visible on the front page, instead of being hidden by the "Message too long" warning.

>>43237
This.


Hopefully this will stop the current outburst of "MAH FIC!" threads that are much too short and even incomplete.

Thank you.

>>43243

i tried the points spaced out, but it made it cut off earlier so i'll change it back. because it cuts off at a certain number of characters, we'd have to edit it down by 84 chars to make the link fit in too.

>>43252
Hmm, I though it cut off based on the number of lines, not the character count...

Huzzah, /fic/ now has one less sticky with ten times as much information!

mission accomplished. links to all 3 archives available and moving the link from earlier means the guide link shows on the main page too.

I applaud this action.

Ooh, shiny.

I approve (not that anypony asked). Friendly to the newponies and highly informative!

Someone should give Sethisto a call, a link to this sticky and suggestion he tells all people he sends our way to read this first before posting.

My spirit can now rest, as it has found peace.
*dissolve*

Ok I'm guilty of baking bad a post. Lets say that I posted a story in a wrong way but I got some answers and I want to put on some more chapters, what do I do? Wait for the post to slide past first 4 or 5 pages then open a new one that follows the rules, continue posting on the old one or abort and go for a reviewer post?

>>43438
What's past is past. If you're getting honest feedback on a living thread, keep it there. These guidelines are meant to prevent additional occurrences, and angry/sad writers wondering where the help has gone.

Let us be clear what this guidelines are suppose to do:

Fic is a place where we aim at helping writer improve or readers discuss their favorite fic or writers present their work. We aim to do so efficiently and in an organized fashion, just like writing itself.

What does this mean?

1.) If you are posting a piece here for it to be edited or reviewied, don't make a thread for it because most, if not all, people will likely ignored it. We are send the rejects from EqD for a reason, they found your story deficient and other readers will probably do too, making your thread be dead from the start.

2.) You want to discuss a story? Then use that search /fic/ function, type the title or a keyword you know might be related, and discuss there. We don't need a thousand threads about the same subject.

3.) If you are truly presenting and don't need or want it to be improved (doesn't mean that a little feedback here or there is bad) then you better make sure it's as good as it can be after being checked by various people as to make sure they aren't just space wasters (and thus will end up in a review thread anyway). Preferably, do not post a thread per story and simply post all your stories in one place as it's easier for readers to find, far more organized and less of a clutter.

At the end, it's all about this: how can we get as many people to improve their writing, enjoy said writing and in general make the writing of the fandom better?

The guidelines aren't perfect I assure you but it's ceartainly better than what we used to have.

>>43438
Most likely abort and go to a review thread.
>Pic related
However, if you do feel the need to have a new thread, please delete your old one beforehand. This can be accomplished by clicking the box on the Original Post or asking a mod to do it.
>>43433
NOOOOOOOOOOO.
>Pic also tangently related.
>>43430
An excellent idea.
>>43287
Most agreeable. Thanks for all of your support and assistance, Lyra!

Let us be clear what this guidelines are suppose to do:

Fic is a place where we aim at helping writer improve or readers discuss their favorite fic or writers present their work. We aim to do so efficiently and in an organized fashion, just like writing itself.

What does this mean?

1.) If you are posting a piece here for it to be edited or reviewied, don't make a thread for it because most, if not all, people will likely ignored it. We are send the rejects from EqD for a reason, they found your story deficient and other readers will probably do too, making your thread be dead from the start.

2.) You want to discuss a story? Then use that search /fic/ function, type the title or a keyword you know might be related, and discuss there. We don't need a thousand threads about the same subject.

3.) If you are truly presenting and don't need or want it to be improved (doesn't mean that a little feedback here or there is bad) then you better make sure it's as good as it can be after being checked by various people as to make sure they aren't just space wasters (and thus will end up in a review thread anyway). Preferably, do not post a thread per story and simply post all your stories in one place as it's easier for readers to find, far more organized and less of a clutter.

At the end, it's all about this: how can we get as many people to improve their writing, enjoy said writing and in general make the writing of the fandom better?

The guidelines aren't perfect I assure you but it's ceartainly better than what we used to have.

tl;dr

This board makes me feel less welcome everytime i visit it
Why so many rules Ponychan ? What happened to the easygoing /fic/

>>43938
Was there ever an easy going /fic/?

The rules are there for a reason, and I'll leave it to someone else to explain why and stuff... I'm just really lazy.

>>43938
Eh, I just kind of dived in without reading the old rules and I fit in just fine here. We're not so bad as we seem.

>>43938
I don't remember ever being an easy going /fic/... and I have been here since like may.

The rules are just made so we can get this place a semblance of organization and everyone can get their chance to improve their story. I mean, if I'm going to spend 30 minutes a story I want to make sure it was worth it.

>>43942 It was "easier" going , i dont need an explanation of the rules, i understand why they are there , and im not arguing them , its just i remember when there wasnt a massive rule sticky and people didnt basicly tell you not to post links to your story here in your own threads and tell you that EQD rejected your stuff cos it was crap (Because EQD is the be and end all of the fiction world right). I used to actually write my fics on /fic/ lol

I understand that the majority of this is designed to make people better writers and clean it up a bit , but y'know, some people write for fun too , things dont need to be perfect, it seems that this is taken as -serious business - now , i just remember when it wasnt so stuffy :0

Like i said i agree with pretty much all the rules anyway , im just reminiscing about when it seemed a little less intimidating lol

>>43948
Yeah, well, National Socialist Fanfic Writers Party is now in controll. :P

Kidding, of course :S /fic/ IS serious bussines

>>43948
They're just guidelines. You can still write for yourself and make your own thread, just make sure to pur, y'know, effort into making it. Nobody wants a thread where the OP can't even tell the difference between to/too/two taking up space on the front page on a board about writing, after all. There's always room for that one wierd thread or story.

Well, look at this! I'll fit right in here!

These rules and suggestions all seem perfect.

Looking forward to sticking around here.

The reviewers list needs an update... and link to the current threads.

Hell, we need to eliminate, like, almost all of them.

>>44748
He's got a point. I no longer have a review thread, Seattle doesn't... Snarkle is taking a break... plus there are other, new reviewers and regulars here.

Var should be added.
Vimbert.
Vannar, maybe.
MintyRest.
Perhaps the Llama? He's so funny...

But, yes, it does need an update on us. Slightly.

>>44772
Give me the new information as you want it and I'll update it immediately.

>>44772
>>44772
Var? I have only seen him commenting on 5 threads and most of said comments aren't review related. Some of his post are worth reading, others not so much. Being a good contributer doesn't make you a reviewer.

Vimbert is a must.

Vanner is going away for pony novel writing month and thus his thread is basically dead.

MintyRest should be added.

Llama does his/her services regularly enough to warrant his inclusion. The other people that are now on Training grounds? Yeah, not so much. Snarkle status of doing regularly or not compare to just someone who drops by and does a review is still an open question.

Ion-Sturm hasn't done a review in ages and should be removed.

NickNack hasn't done a review in ages and should be removed.

Midnight Shadow hasn't done a review in age and should be removed.

I think we can keep the samurai because he is somewhat still doing reviews (although as such rate it doesn't matter so he should soon have to be removed.)

As for Seattle, Seattle stated that if he was going to be making a review thread it would be after the next chapter of his fic was done. He has failed to do so and thus should he removed.

>>44819
I don't really consider the name thingies in there to be for reviewers only, but instead people worth mentioning/contributing regulars.

Real Life bro, it's not giving us slack.

>>44822
Actually, as far as I can read, it's other pony related projects and some RL (depending on the person).

Saying you are reviewer while not actually doing any reviewing is kind of cheating people who, by the way, you are constantly asking to read the sticky and the rules.

I can understand that you might have other things to do, but it still doesn't stop the fact that they aren't doing their announced function, in a sticky nonetheless.

>>44829
I'll let the others answer the reasons as of why they aren't reviewing anymore, as I do not know what those are.

As for me, I'm fixing Past Sins with 3 others; Var, Vimbert and Filler. Once the fixing is done, I'll return with a thread of my own. I'll probably end up as Pen Stroke's editor or something, if he's willing. :S

God I'm lazy ATM... nah, I got nothing more D: My brain has stopped working.

>>44831
Okay, let's try to keep the back and forth to a minimum.
REVIEWERS: If you would like to be added to the review list, or removed for that matter, please email me (on my trip) and I will update the document accordingly.

>>44831
I know the reason, as a matter of fact, I told you the reasons here:
>>44819

all I'm saying is that the list needs to be updated and the links to their respective threads added.

Right now, after some lurking, the only thread which hasn't gone belly up (or haven't been put into slow-mo) are the training grounds, and that has stories with no responses for days.

Where is this allege review help going to get to people? You put this giant list like if there were a whole platoon of them but in reality, we effectively now have 2-3 reviewers. If this sticky is to exist, we must recognize that fact.

>>43438

Me too. Too many rules and not enough naptime. But I'll delete my thread after I have rewritten a good chunk of it so it loses it's purpose.

>>44835

Perhaps a better idea is to make /critic/ or /review/ forums and move the review threads there? It IS quite a pain to browse through /fic/ for those review threads and try to find out which one is the most active. If there'd be a forum with nothing but reviewers' own threads it'd be much more simple and effective.

But I'm getting off topic now.

>>44908
It was deemed impracticable by the mods.

Although, quite frankly, a quick search using that nice little "search /fic/ threads" links on top for things called review wouldn't hurt, you can see which one is most active by which one is on top.

My problem is that the list offers quite a few more reviewers than there actually is, which of course makes people have the wrong impression ("We aren't reviewing cause we are too cool for that.") which helps no one.

Just to be snarky, is this the part where I say 'Told you so'? >>34620

What? I get to be caustic now and then.

I am considering removing 'Section 7' from the document as I can't seem to get responses on who wants to be included or not from the authors themselves.
Please state your agreements or objections here.
Once the edits are made I will request that Lyra purge this discussion from the thread as it serves to distract from the purpose of the post.

>>45190
I'm not really doing reviewing anymore, nor am I doing charity editing, but you could mention that I'm now open for editing on a commision basis.

>>45190
The list does seem a little redundant, since unless it contains links, all it does is allow people to have names to search for. I'm indifferent as to its inclusion, since I've never been listed anyway. Still, our continuing stream of "READ MY FIC GUYZ" threads show that the newfoals don't read the sticky anyway.

>>45190
>pic related
...
>mfw I don't have an OBJECTION jpg.
>anybody spare me one?


>>45405
>The list does seem a little redundant,

I disagree. I feel it both adds a bit of personality to the doc of guidelines, and lets whoever actually reads it know what they're getting into with whom. There is a marked contrast between a Sparky and a Sturm review (not that I've seen one of the latter in ages, but nevertheless).

I think it should stay, and be updated as called for. Thats why it's a GDoc after all. We can do that.
btw Vim, are you on it yet?

I'm thinking that an open doc for the reviewer list should be made. This way, new reviewers could add themselves to it and retiring ones could be removed. Links could also be added and it would be quite easy to update them whenever a new version of the thread was made.

>>45427
I'm not on it, actually. I did mail Snarkle with a bio, though, so apparently that'll change soon.
>>45430
This plan could either go horribly wrong or amazingly right. I say we do it.

>>45430
>>45451

>open doc as in open edit?

Oh god. No. This needs a gate-keeper, and Snarkle has proven to be perfect for the role imo.

>hypothetical problem, one of a hundred-
Say, we have a spat. Say, Vimbert pisses off some guy who is incapable of intellectual honesty in reception of a 'harsh' critique. Dude could go in there, and say horrible, albeit amusing things, about his mother and how many times she dropped him on the head. It could be days before anyone caught the change and corrected it.

The potential for drama would be huge, and frankly, inevitable. As a cynical student of the human condition, I find the prospect amusing. As a reviewer with a vested interest in the efficiency of the board, the notion is decidedly unwise.

Well, it could just as easily be run by a collective of reviewers. Simply give permission to any newbies who show up.

>>45469
With that proviso, I support the notion.

>>45458
Saved, and saved again.

>>45469
I would second, but as I keep joking, totally not a reviewer.

>>45427
Sturm's still here, he popped up in Anon's thread just a few hours ago. Sparky just kicked off a new thread. You have no idea how happy I am at the new and old reviewers popping up lately.

>>45487
I just made my third review thread after about 2 weeks slacking. :)
>>45469
Indeed. Give those known to be proper and not trolling, along with all the reviewers, and this should work nicely.

Okay. If all you lovely reviewers, even if you're not on the doc yet, would reply with your google email address (and if you don't have one yet, please get one) I'll have the document broken off and permission-set by the end of the day.

>>45497

You already have my email... but I'm going to post it again. [email protected] (it's merged with google)

Thanks, KFD. If any of you are uncomfortable with sharing your email here, you can click my trip and get my address there. Your email needs to be linked with Google.

Here's the document so far. I've pulled it from the main doc. I'll add a link to it in the main doc soon.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

I need input from Sparky, MintyRest, and LlamaLlumps, as well.

>>45497
My mail in my trip is linked with google, so add me there. Also, I dig your edits of my bio. I laughed.

>>45497
Hrng... now this is making me feel like I need to do reviews again. Oh, well, it might be good to get a break from just writing.

>>45595
Just. As. Planned.

>>45595

>>45905

Done.

Please be aware that this thread is not for requesting reviews.

Thank you.

>>45909

ok then where can i ?
Im juts a newbie don't want to course troubles.

>>45947
Scroll to the top of the page. Click on "Search /fic/ threads". Type in "review". There are multiple review threads run by various users, including me. Mine is even on the front page. Just look a little. You'll find them.

>>45950

Thank you. Dziękuję. Arigato. Danke. Teşekkürler.

And sory for tubeless. will learn and behave.

Hmm, would it be considered advisable to simply post stories directly into my thread? It seems the current fashion to post a link to Google Docs or some equivalent, but the vast majority of my story is formatted to be posted directly, in sections.

It's an oldie from the roll threads in /oat/ a few months ago, for clarity's sake. I've already run it by a reviewer and all indications point to "repulsed, but enthralled and eagerly awaiting more". I think posting in sections, directly, might motivate me to deliver more.

>>46145
The aim of the rules, as I understand it, is to try to keep the stories to the least amount of threads as possible.

If you currently have a thread for your story then I don't see why not (although, from what I have seen, reviewers do prefer gdocs, so that would really be up to them if they want to copy-paste stuff).

>>46145
From personal experience it's rather ugly, but it works (search for pony cyoa to see mine or track down rilliswriter's thread).
That said, mine was born out of necessity due to its special formatting. I advise you to reformat it and post in gdocs. Not only will it look far better, but it'll be a snap to edit and readers won't have to scroll past a couple thousand words to reply to it.

Sounds stupid? but i never heard of the "sage" feature. But this is actually the first image board i look at with interest. Will be very useful! And also a big thanks for the guide!

>>46778
Our pleasure. Thank you for actually reading it.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.

Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.

THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>43454

Story recommendation general: >>43456

Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

Refresh password: 12345

Where do we post fics then?

>>51097
In any of the numerous review threads. Seattle's thread, Vimbert's thread, midnight's Training Grounds, my thread, JKinsley's thread, Vanner's thread, Sparky's thread.

Did I miss anyone? (Samurai is on hiatus)

>>53419
Reported- lost my password but I am happy to tidy up :)

Umm... what does a pony do when one's new to the MLP fanfiction scene and hasn't completed a fic, but would like an opinion on whether the fic makes sense/has enough direction/is worth finishing? I'm newish to Ponychan (completely new to the MLP fanfiction scene--which is strangely much more difficult to write for than other fandoms) and I don't want to get into trouble for doing the wrong thing...

Sorry if this is a repeat question!

>>53706
Just pose your questions in Midnight's Training Grounds or Sparky's Newfriend Thread. We cater for those sort of things there. If you like a more comprehensive review, then you may post in any of the review threads which have been linked here.

>>53709
Thanks a lot!

EQD Actually has a new fanfiction archive if you guys could update the link up there.

http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/09/eqd-super-simple-archiver-test.html

With a gout off flames and the smell of seared flesh and brimstone, I have returned!
But let's save the pleasentries for later, there's work to be done.
Now, I don't know about the rest of you, but constantly repeating the same message to every Screwball or Derpy is getting a little annoying, doubly so for me since I'm stuck on a PSP with a slow-ass on-screen keyboard and no way to copy/paste my ranting. To remedy this problem, I have formulated the idea of there being a image macro of sorts, on which there would be several distinct pictures with numbers that correspond to a certain guideline. With this, one could simply post the picture and list which rules were so callously ignored. Preferably, they would all be somewhat vindictive, thereby providing the necessary amount of public humiliation without running the risk of my love of ceative put-downs interefering with the important message (that they done screwed up).

We already have a couple, namely the picture of Batman slapping Robin for not posting in a review thread and Samuel L. Jackson verbally thrashing the unfortunate fool who disregards the guidelines, so we're off to a good start.

Alas, my skill in picture making is lacking (it's my dump stat: Everything goes into Charisma and Intelligence), so I'm hoping someone more talanted might be able to bring this to fruition.

Ion-Sturm out.

>>54892
Sturm.

I need you to pre-read a fic. It's a huge one and I intend for it to be phenomenal. I am also not a bloody idiot. Can you contact me at [email protected]? I need your no-shit take-no-prisoners approach to reviewing. I need it badly.

>>54892

Is it possible that you're taking this a bit too seriously? New dumbasses means the fan-base is growing, which is a good thing, and a normal-type dumbass only needs to be reprimanded once to get the point. If done gently, it's a bro gained rather than a bro lost.

I remember when I used to be a dumbass where online communities were concerned, always saying the wrong thing, and I still think about the horrible things people said to me. Alas, it has scarred me. I wouldn't want to do the same to others, despite their dumbassery.

>>54928
The laws (of Canada) state that ignorance of the law is not a valid defence. That said, when the rules were tucked away on the side of the main page, it was to be expected that people wouldn't see them. Now, however the very first thing you see when entering /fic/ is the big red letters. There's being ignorant, and then there's just being a stupid, lazy "dumbass".
The pictures would be designed to be less intimidating, actually. A smarmy picture, or a raging god (/sarcasm)? Easy choice to me.

>>54929
I'm more in favor of something copy/pastable. For example:

Hello, writer.

Look at your post. Now look at those in review threads. Now back to yours. Now back to the review threads. Sadly, your post is not in a review thread. But if you were to stop making threads for chapters zero and one of incomplete fics and put them in a review thread, it could actually be reviewed as if it were in a review thread. Look down. Back up. Where are you? You're in your own thread, where you are likely to generate no traffic. What do you need? I have it. It's a link to all the review threads.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

Look again. Your fic is now being reviewed. Any fic gets reviewed when it's submitted to a review thread. I'm a pony.

>>54977
I like this too, but as I said, I unfortunetly lack the ability to copy/paste most of the time. Pictures I can do, though.
I mean, we already have a couple floating around, what's a few more, eh?

>>54977
A copy/paste message would indeed be constructive, but it needs to be WAY less verbose than that. If someone fails to comprehend the gargantuan red words at the top of page zero, it's not likely that they're going to read all (or any) of that.

That being said, I think a pithy image macro would work even better. Perhaps one that isn't an animated gif; it wouldn't be animated in the post the way it would in /pic/. Here's a variation on the Batman theme I made yesterday. Three minutes of clone tool and text. Piece of cake.

Okay, /fic/, here is my question. I read the rules before posting this, but I still can't figure out if it is okay.

I am in the middle of writing what i think will be a great story, and I'd like to post it and get some feedback. However...

It's a clopfiction. I read the rules, but it's never mentioned. Is this considered the same thing as shipping, or is it so unacceptable that no one even bothers mentioning it?

I think it's well-written and I'd like some feedback, but I don't want to break any rules. Help!

>>58310
Clopfics are technically porn, so PC rules mean you can't post them. However, some reviewers (such as myself and Kim Fluttershy Dykas) will review such works for you, provided you email them to us. If you would like a review of your work, send us an email at the emails from our thread at >>54934. We'd be more than happy to go over your fic.

Does this mean no more reviews demonstrating additude problems?

>>58576
"Attitude"

Sorry ;)

>>58576
"reviewers"

Double sorry.

>>58576
I will clear something up. We are not superponies, we make mistakes like everypony else. But usually the only time reviews/ reviewers sound angry is when you do something to make them mad, or you don't have the common courtesy of giving your grammar a once over on your own.

Long story short. We have lives and what we do here is a labor of love, we choose to do it. And sometimes it is very very difficult.

Question.

I'm hoping to get tips on writing Twilight for one of those Ask Blogs on Tumblr that are all the rage these days. Where would I post that? Here, /rp/, Projects because it's Question oriented, or what? Sorry if this is a stupid question!

>>59827
You might find some help on Applejinx's thread, here. Just search by her name on the 'Search Fic Threads' item on the upper right. Other than that, /pony/ or /rp/ might be your best bet for long-term.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

Refresh password: 12345

Is there an IRC server that people from /fic/ like to hang out? I think it would be a good venue to talk to people casually without clogging the board up.

>>60885
This might actually be a good idea...
I suggest we use google chat and a common document we all can see as some people rather not use IRC.

Perhaps the documents in the sticky?

>>60885
I wholeheartedly agree with this. It would clear up some of the chat in the TGs queue and promote coordination between reviewers.

>>60885
>>61012
I agree with this. And it has nothing to do with me wanting more people to fuck /liarjack

>>61014
*swiftly uses two rolled newspapers and hits you in the nose*

Not in here (or there when it comes online).

>message shall be exchange for the one that should be here in 15 minutes.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

Refresh password: 12345

i have a sequel to muffins. i need someone to edit it, though.

>>61315
Chances are you won't get an editor, but one of the many reviewer will probably give you a good enough overview anyway.

>>61316
i also need to take it out of office word. thats gonna take while. well, good night

Hello, fillies and gentlecolts. This is Enigma 9994, and I run a website called Pony Draft. You can find it at http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/ The gist of the site is to provide a place for peer reviewing and proofreading of fanfics submitted, before they get posted to, say, Equestria Daily.

This site has a style very different to that of /fic/ threads - its format was modeled directly off of Equestria Daily, providing a system of posting and editing that is simple, effective, and familiar. Pony Draft has had some amount of success since its inception; fanfics have been submitted, edited, and posted to the frontpage of EqD. The problem is that not many bronies know about the site yet.

It would be cool if you guys could check out the site and see what you think. It's a growing community, and hopefully, it has potential to help many bronies. If you have any questions, you can ask them here and I'll be happy to answer. Thanks.

>>61412
Would you mind putting this on its own thread? I'm not adverse to promoting the site - it looks great - but the Sticky thread is meant for rule discussions for /fic/ itself.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

Refresh password: 12345

Do I have to use one of the three fan fiction sites above so that I may post my story here? I am currently using fanfiction.net to post my stories.

I just need a few people to review my fanfic because I am not receiving much critique my work over there.

>>63710
Not at all. You can post anywhere that the reviewer can reach your piece. Those are just our suggestions for those starting out. Feel free to stop by the Training Grounds and say hello!

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

What if my fic is incomplete, but I want others to look and see if it's going in the right direction, or i need help when I get stuck?

>>64088
You take it to a review thread like every other story, telling the reviewer that it is incomplete.

Or.

If your story is polished and good enough, and you plan on making it be multiple chapters, make your own thread (warning, this will attract rage in case your story isn't really presentable and you go around asking people to fix it up for you.)

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

Figured it was time to re-bump this.

So, I need one of those number link things to the thread were you can ask if anypony knows any fanfics about anything. I want to save a link to that specific thread on my computer so I can go to that page whenever I feel like reading any fanfics on specific stuff.

>>66111
Right in the post above yours. See "Story recommendation general."

>>66114

Thank you very much.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1owVb0k43DL_fus3WVuP4M83SqRZTWhaHcs-XUCXRu9Y/edit?hl=en_US

If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document.
Also, guys, please link your threads here, I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.
THIS IS NOT A REVIEW THREAD. DO NOT POST FICS HERE, ONLY QUESTIONS AND COMMENTS.

Story Idea General: >>51689
Story recommendation general: >>43456
Short story general: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>66111
>Does not know how site works
>Ignores latest post telling him that he's supposed to look at it for exactly that reason
Sometimes I really wonder about our future as a race...

The guidelines (from what i've read) are pretty vague, and really confusing.

Perhaps including an Example submission would be helpful for newer submiters? (such as myself)

>>67117
Just use EqD's template. It's pretty much the best way.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. NAY, THOU SHALT POST ONLY QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here. I am sure I'm not the only guy who would appreciate that.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

I was originally going to post this as a separate thread, but I thought I'd ask here.
So if you're in the middle of a scene, but have an insane case of writers block, is there a ̶a̶p̶p̶ thread to help you with that? I looked around, but can't seem to find one (that's still alive) anywhere in /fic/.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
Midnight Shadow's "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>62031

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>67524
I've added Midnight's question thread to the selection. You can ask your question there.

>>67582
Can you say "Request/Recommendation General" instead of just "Recommendation General"? It'd seem to me that it'd help decrease the number of "I'm looking for a fic where Twilight and Rarity go off on a romantic visit to Canterlot" or something.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
Midnight Shadow's "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>62031

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>67763
Excellent idea. Done ^_^.

>>67805
Why exactly is "clogging up" bad? It's never explained.

>>67985
Wouldn't it be horrible to work hard on a thread like >>67065 hint-hint

Then to have it overlooked in favor of two Past Sins theads, a My Little Dashie thread, two drunken posters, and a pile of threads moved over from /oat/.
Avoiding clutter is the most effective way to get the best outcome for everyone involved.
Authors want to have people reading their stuff, commentators want to know they're being listened to.

Of course, that's just my opinion on the situation.

>>67985
Bad threads (i.e., uninformative threads that don't give potential readers any indication what the story is about and/or beg for reviews outside of the... two review threads that are still active) have no place in an efficiently-run /fic/.

As to why the moderators entertain the "other side" to this debate (which is akin to a news report giving equal time to someone discussing a new archaeological find and an "opponent" that believes the world is only six thousand years old, in that facts based in reality shouldn't be up for debate)... given that we're starting the fifth week of waiting on them to actually do something after it took them two weeks to decide they needed to do something about, I don't think anyone can accuse the mods of erring on the side of "too much efficiency."

>>68041
Better living in freedom than OCD.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
Midnight Shadow's "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>62031

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>68079
One second, I'll go get the pleather-leather-clad Australians for you. http://madmax2.ytmnd.com/
Welcome to the universe of The Road Warrior, where everyone is free to look like a reject from a bad porno!
As opposed to:
Welcome to /fic/, where everyone posts stories that have about the same level of quality as a bad porno (but without the immediate gratification of said porno)!
Pretty much what you seem to want.

>>68094
At least the former is flexible.

>>68097
Touche.

Now then, why the hell are you wasting our time with your drivel? You had a chance to bitchwhine voice your opinion when they were being made. This is the equivalent of of letting a company plow down a forest and waiting to complain about it after the fact. It accomplishes nothing and is annoying to all of those involved. Obviously, the opponent's "arguments" were not enough to deter the mods, so what makes you think you'll change anything by being a pissant?

>>68099
Sure, lad. I post my view if i'm concerned, no matter what.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
Midnight Shadow's "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>62031

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>68104
Well, then, you've posted it. Now kindly leave this thread to its function.

READ ALL THAT.....ok

why can we post shipping on ponychan?

>>68605
Actually, you can. There are no rules against shipping.

Though, there are rules against fetishes and porn/smut/clop. Which, IMO is horrible rules ;3 But that's their provider who decides.

So, as long as it's not fetishes (sexual ones I believe) or clop/porn, you're good to go.

[rcv]THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.[rcv]

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
Midnight Shadow's "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>62031

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>68605
Ahem:
>>62031

>>68631
Fetishes are fine, just don't get too crazy or sexual with them.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

--

Seeing as how I derped the last post and the Ask-a-Pre-Reader thread has updated, I fugured I could get away with a double post.

At all the people who tend to keep asking where to post review requests,you can post them on my page. Although if you have a higher priority, then post it on fanfic.com and tell me the name of it, so I can read it on my iPhone. I don't accept grimdark/clopfics, though (Besides, as a new artist you shouldn't be working into those topics because to get the feel they require a fabulous vocabulary and flawless grammar.) So anypony whom wants to head over to my thread, which should be called something like "Any old review thread" and has derpy as an image, head over and get postin'! Happy submitting.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW, HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>68753
This isn't the place to be advertising your thread or whatever it is you're doing. Leave the sticky to it's function, please and thank you.

Hey guys.

I have a good fic already written, and I was browsing through the posting rules to put it here

The con: It's written in spanish, and trying to get some reviews outside on small forums is hard and if they come they are usually scarce. I want more people to tell me what they think and help me to point out flaws in my writing.

What can I do since you guys never mention anything about fics in other languages? Anywhere I can put it?

>>68891
Feel free to put it on the Training Grounds (it should be on the front page with a picture of Zecora this week) and just specify in your OP that it's in Spanish. If we can accommodate, we will!

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DOST SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>68891
There's a link to a thread that's designed to answer these sorts of questions in the post that you bumped out of the way >_>
That is totally a run-on but I can't be bothered to care right now.

Isphone stopped by my review thread and said "Come chat with the rest of us when you have the time!"

Ummm... where? Is there a thread in /chat/ for reviewers? I didn't see one in there.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DO SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69541
They have a IRC channel as well as general chatting in the Training Ground's gdoc queue.

>>69562
>says there's an IRC
>doesn't give details
Mine countenance

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DO SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69705
See the words above this?
Read them. There's a thread for this, and it's not this one.

>>69706

I must be hopelessly dense, else you are a suave and cryptic pony; for perusal through the given links yields not the desired information. Might I suggest these hoops I must jump through be also coated with fire?

>>69717
See:
>>69562
>They have a IRC channel as well as general chatting in the Training Ground's gdoc queue.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DO SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69717
>Ask a Pre-Reader anything
>Ask Anything
>Anything.
So yes, it's your former suggestion, not the latter. Besides, the IRC is really just for the reviewers to hang out. I specifically stated that the main place to meet up with them is in the Training Ground's gdoc queue.
Regardless, if you still can't figure it out, that's your problem. Unless you're going to copy/paste the main message in this every time, do not post in this sticky.

>>69719

Am I wrong to assume you take pleasure in your hostility? I mean not to taint this most sacred of threads for a simple question, and apologise that I cannot replicate your post for it employs undocumented mark-up. But, perhaps it is not safe to assume that a pre-reader has the answers I seek, and given you have implied that you do, surely you could be so fair as to grace them upon me. If a sterile thread here is what you desire, closing this matter would be of mutual interest, no?

Before you rage and post the typical defense comments, please understand this a QUESTION and not a troll post, nor am i having a go at anyone , it merely is to sate my curiosity on this matter

I am curious. About the subjects of MLP fictional stories.
I am curious as to why exactly, for a cartoon about Friends and colourful magical adventures, that set out to teach good life lessons to the viewer and explore the wonderous nature of Friendships, seems to end up with two majorly reocurring themes in the writing world.

Sex and War (Or death) . I scroll through lists apon lists of stories on various fanfic sites and pages , and i am confronted by this sad fact over and over. And i wonder, what the obsession is , with these subject matters ?

Why is almost every person so hell bent on making such stories , especially the sexual fictions. Romance i can understand yes, but clopfics i cannot . And just as much so, the War and death stories. What compells writers to continously delve into this subject matter, when it is completely out of character with the show. I cannot see how someone can say they are in love with the show or its characters, and yet, proceed to destroy everything about it.

As i said , i am not angry or lambasting anyone for thier choice of story, everyone is free to write whatever they so wish about, after all if we were subject to just the canon, then it would be far too limited. I just wonder , why so much sex and death .

Yours sincerely - Vermillon : Author of Friendship is Tragic and some other Vulgar immature story. Oh and hypocrite (Though i stopped writing a long time ago)

>>69749
Personally, most of the tags of my stories are usually either or a combination of Shipping, Adventure, Grimdark and Normal. Grimdark is my favorite, because it allows far more freedom; it sets apart every single border that the show put and let everything flow.

Personally, it's no different than writing a tragedic story, to be frank. Just because it's set in the MLP universe is quite frankly completely unrelated, and to associate our like for the show and the characters with our taste in books is quite frankly appalling.

I like writing Grimdark, and I like My Little Pony. So I combine the two.

>>69749
You see this a lot. Take a show that ends tragically, you'll see dozens of lighter, happier retellings by fans. Neon Genesis Evegelion, for example, has 'Good End' stories out the wazoo.

Happy shows get darker fan interpretations, heavy and somber shows get lighter, fluffier explorations.

If it's done right, it's not destroying the characters, it's exploring another potential side of them. Of course, too often it's done wrong, but that's a matter of skill more than anything else.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DO SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69723
>for all general questions about writing or otherwise
A good writer needs to read.
A good reader can infer information.
It is so named because it's run by a pre-reader, but its purpose is open to any and all questions, even those tenuously related to the workings of /fic/. Worse yet, it is specifically stated that this is NOT the place for asking questions, so even if that thread wasn't the BEST place to do it, this thread is MOST CERTAINLY NOT. I am irritated because this is a case of you not exercising any form of independance, instead pestering me about something you don't need in a place you shouldn't be doing it when a suitable answer was already given.
Also, it's called ctrl-c+ctrl-v. It's how I remake this message every time. The only manual editing you would need to do is adding the Royal Canterlot Voice font, which anyone who's read the FAQ (which everyone should) knows how to do.

>>69749
And again, we already have a thread for this.

>>69771

Perhaps it would be wise to consider that even with your screaming demands against it people still ask questions in this thread? Do you know why this is, or are you being intentionally obtuse? It's because this is a sticky, the only sticky, in the /fic/ board, and that someone who wanted to ask questions pertaining to /fic/ in general is in a very comfortable position to assume that a sticky in a board is a good place to ask general questions about the board. The "Ask a pre-reder anything" thread does not adequately give any indication to being a valid substitute for this purpose.

And please, don't insult my intelligence or capacity to read—anyone who has been using computers for more than faxing their tax returns knows how to use copy-paste. Perhaps when I say "undocumented mark-up" you could notice that the method to produce the Royal Canterlot Voice is not in the FAQ; telling me my inability to obtain such information is a product of not being "independent enough" is rather annoying. (You appear to express some authority here, so being told there is information where there is not can result in quite tiresome scouring.) I guess you'll be forced to make another post then, because you neglected to part with that information as well.

So, what reason could you have for being so anal towards the request for such simple details? Your actions lend credence to my idea that you reviewers are some reclusive folk, and perhaps I would be best to just let you be since I appear not welcome here. I realise now these hoops are shaped with barbed wire and the teeth of children, and perhaps an attempt to clear them was not the wisest of decisions.

THOU SHALT NOT POST FICS FOR REVIEW OR ASK QUESTIONS HERE. IF THOU HAST NOT READ THE INITIAL POST, IT IS BEST TO DO SO NOW.

Current List of Reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7
If you want people to know you are a reviewer, please refer to this document. Also, reviewers, please link your threads here.

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69786
Ion-Sturm is just a very vocal minority. Most of us aren't hostile. You want the IRC? Here's a link.
http://lightirc.com/start/?host=irc.canternet.org&autojoin=%23TTG&showNickSelection=true&nick=Anon-%25

See how easy that was, Ion?

Story Idea General: >>66025
Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
Short Story General: >>50615
"Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613
You can talk to reviewers directly via: The Training Ground Queue ( http://tinyurl.com/3fq3x62 ) or the IRC ( http://tinyurl.com/7m7lnam )
If you wish to be a reviewer, please link your thread in the list here: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7

While these are not hard rules—the mods won't ban you for making a new thread—they are strong suggestions. Posting your fic in an established thread avoids clogging up the board and is the most reliable way to get a constructive review.

>>69789
Updated to avoid drama in the future.

If you are not looking for a review, and just want to post individual story threads, please be sure to post in your initial threads stating that you do not want one. That way, we won't be wasting reviewers' time, thanks.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613
For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>69786
>>69705
You neglected to look at the Training Grounds OP, and Ion-Sturm neglected to tell you that everything you need to know is there. I, Twilight Snarkle and others work really hard to put together the OP's, and I for one have spent many hours working on TTG informational docs, which are linked to therein (although the IRC usage guidelines were mostly Eustatian's doing, and I just did editing).

>>69854
And which are covered by a wrongly metered poem.

Oh wait, I forgot about that, carry on.

I require AS MUCH HELP AS POSSIBLE to get this edited! This is part one of what I hope to be a three parter, and is a comedy ship fic. It includes Luna, Discord, and Starswirl!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1mgX79-ypbulued6C07TCRuic30ABbYHrTsWMKrZzRGY/edit
Luvluvluv!

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>70240
YOU! The sticky is for displaying information, not for posting fanfiction. If you want people to help you, post it in a review thread.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613

For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

If you are not looking for a review, and just want to post individual story threads, please be sure to post in your initial threads stating that you do not want one. That way, we won't be wasting reviewers' time.

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

DO NOT POST STORIES HERE. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE. THERE ARE ALREADY THREADS FOR THESE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread (for all general questions about writing or otherwise): >>68613
For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP (however, keep in mind that, by posting your story in a public place, you have given your explicit permission for people to comment on your story).

DO NOT POST STORIES HERE. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE. THERE ARE ALREADY THREADS FOR THESE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613

For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

If you are not looking for a review, and just want to post individual story threads, please be sure to post in your initial threads stating that you do not want one. That way, we won't be wasting reviewers' time.

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

:9

DO NOT POST STORIES HERE. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE. THERE ARE ALREADY THREADS FOR THESE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613

For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

If you are not looking for a review, and just want to post individual story threads, please be sure to post in your initial threads stating that you do not want one. That way, we won't be wasting reviewers' time.

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

THIS THREAD IS FOR DISPLAYING INFORMATION. DO NOT POST STORIES OR ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD. THERE ARE ALREADY THREADS FOR THESE PURPOSES:
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613

For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers/authors: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>70893
>>71093
>>71271
> "DO NOT POST STORIES HERE. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE."
...is easily misinterpreted as "do not post stories or ask questions on this board," since the sticky's purpose is to display information pertaining to /fic/. Hence, I workshopped the line a bit. How do you like it?

Posting without my name because I don't think it deserves to be plastered at the top of the front page (it's already on the front page most of the time).

EQD said :
Basic editing for punctuation, quotes, etc.
Show don't tell issues
Pacing issues
Scene setting help
Tense shifts
Fanon and reader references
Pseudo weather report
Even reading the next few sentences, I have no idea WHO is 'in frame'.
We go from scene setting of some mystery colts playing baseball, to exposition about their new friend
We're being TOLD he's shy, not shown it.
The pacing of this paragraph is LIGHTNING fast

hope I'm posting this right, this is kind-of confusing to me.

This thread is for the purpose of displaying information. DO NOT POST STORIES OR ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD. There are already threads for these purposes:
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers/authors: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>72019
Okay, what's wrong with this picture? Didn't see the big words in bold right above you? Or did your finger slip, and you hit the submit button thinking you were in a different thread?

Please do not post stories or ask questions in this thread. There are already existing threads which serve this purpose.
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask A Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
For a list of reviewers & review threads: see "The Review Board" (http://bit.ly/rtOSx7) For live communication with reviewers/authors: use The Training Grounds IRC channel (see http://tinyurl.com/TrainingGroundsIRC-Howto for instructions). If you wish to be a reviewer and listed on The Review Board: please contact Twilight Snarkle by email (his address can be found in this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z).

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread) they are strong suggestions. If you need constructive criticism, posting your fanfiction in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it, and avoids clogging up the board. If you are not looking for a review but just want to post your story for presentation, please be sure to post a disclaimer in your initial thread stating that you do not want one, and include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>72019
Try posting your story in either a review thread or the training grounds (>>68803). You are likely to attract a lot of negative attention by posting in here.

Tags: [Slice of Life]/[Comedy]/[Random]/[Adventure]

Synopsis: Apple Bloom, inspired by her comics, suggests that the Cutie Mark Crusaders should become spies, but Scootaloo and Sweetie Belle don't think much of the idea. This is Equestria, for Celestia's sake; a land where happiness is the default setting, and the word "enemy" is so rarely used it needs a good dusting.
But it seems that Apple Bloom's suggestion is timely; when weird events start occurring around Ponyville, it looks like they'll soon be up to their ears in mysteries. And who knows just how far they will have to go to unravel them...

Link: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/4568/1/Cutie-Mark-Espionage-Agency/%26quot%3BEss-pee-own-arge%26quot%3B

Chapter to Review: "Ess-Pee-Own-Arge"

Comment/Request: Generally passed muster at Equestria Daily, but I'm highly concerned with Apple Bloom's accent. Any advice on how to represent Apple family accents in general? Also, I'm writing the next chapter, and I'm worried about style and presentation. Is this opening a little too "busy"? How is the pacing? Any feedback on either point will be incorporated into my next chapter.
I would like Midnight Shadow (recommended for new writers) or MintyRest (presentation) to review this first chapter, please.

>>> 72805

Sorry about that. I followed up on your links and have now posted it on the http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 page, with changes.

Purely because the Sensual Fiction guys seem to be left out for not being part of the cool kids club, their thread can be found here;

>>72639

They're happy to look at any ship fics, although they tend to specialise in second person shipping.

>>73052
So basically, you're saying that they're not important because they're not a review thread?

DO NOT POST THINE STORIES FOR REVIEW IN THIS THREAD. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD. THERE ARE OTHER THREADS FOR THESE PURPOSES ALREADY MADE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>73058
No, it's not important because it's a thread that very few people use and produces very little content in the overall scheme of things (at least at this point in time; I won't deny it had a fair bit of traffick in its heyday).
If you feel the need to complain about it, do it in the IRC and leave this thread to its purpose. This isn't the place for you to be making mountains out of molehills.

Keep in mind I'm a high school student. This was already rejected by EQD. Before you read this, I'd like to go over somethings-

He's suffered major PTSD, and was trapped in one small area motionless for an extended period of time. it was only the will of a god that he's alive.

The explosion that happened in the middle that rendered Luna and Celestia powerless was not by him, but by the same god who trapped him. He's powerful, but not as strong as they are. He's an alicorn because the sage character, the Guardian, made him that way. He's capable of unicorn magic, but to a degree like that of Twilight. I could reveal so much more, but that would spoil the fun. ;)

>>73149
DO NOT POST THINE STORIES FOR REVIEW IN THIS THREAD. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD. THERE ARE OTHER THREADS FOR THESE PURPOSES ALREADY MADE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>73149
>Please direct your attention to the big, red letters in the OP and the scary, threatening words at the top of this one
A good writer must be a better reader. Perhaps you should practice the latter before commiting to the former?
Feel free to use the links provided in this post to find your way to the proper threads for this. Also, attached documents are frowned upon. It is heavily suggested that you familiarize yourself with Google Documents and post with it instead.

You guys really ought to just lock this thread, the way 4chan does with their board-rules stickies. That is possible, isn't it?

DO NOT POST THINE STORIES FOR REVIEW IN THIS THREAD. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS IN THIS THREAD. THERE ARE OTHER THREADS FOR THESE PURPOSES ALREADY MADE.

• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>73173
An excellent suggestion. However, that's not possible without frequent mod interaction since the generals need to be updated with new iterations every few weeks. I've also proposed the idea of making the generals un-autosage-able or even having an entire page dedicated to the generals (think something like page -1), but neither have attracted much attention.
To be frank, the mods have promised a number of other updates to several boards and have yet to deliver on any of them. It's like dealing with the government: They make promises to earn your vote (and your silence), then drag their feet for every step of five consecutive marathons uphill through a foot-deep river of molasses on a cold January day.

Also, if you're planning on replying to this, please copy/paste the message above my reply or take your suggestions into the IRC where it can be discussed in real-time.

Please DO NOT post your fanfiction in this thread. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666
Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>73199
Sorry to steal your thunder. I just thought the image wasn't totally PC, as funny and relevant (to your response) as it was.

I'm new to this, and I don't know if i'm even posting this right. But I wanted this checked over so I could get it submitted to Equestriadaily. That's about it. Tell me if i did something wrong.

PLEASE DO NOT POST THINE FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666
Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>73389
Read the thread, please; notably, the "do not post fanfiction in this thread" that was writ large in the post just above yours.

Please DO NOT post your fanfiction in this thread. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>68613
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666
Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://oat.nu/tq02v You can also go to Pony Draft (http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/) for reviews.
Want to talk with reviewers? Join the Training Grounds IRC channel: http://oat.nu/ttgirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

Hello.
I've never been to this website before, but I heard about it when I came to my idea about featuring my work(s) on Equestria Daily.
They recommended this website to send in my prior submission for review.
But you see, the layout of this site is (I intend no offense) very confusing, and maybe even unorganized.
So, I would really like some help in figuring out how to go about asking someone to review my prior submission, if you will.

>>79084
I direct your question to the post immediately above yours, specifically the line that reads:
>Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://derpy.me/S1nFp
If we have a vice here, it's certainly not lack of organization. Thank you for helping us help you help us all. Please consider deleting your post. Once it is gone, I shall delete this one as well.

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>66025
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z
Want to have alternative site for reviews? Visit Pony Draft: http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

Updated with the new IRC room, which admittedly is pretty much just the Training Grounds IRC except migrated. It'd be nice if more came in, of course.

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z
Want to have alternative site for reviews? Visit Pony Draft: http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

> Updated StoryForge link. Old thread autosaged.

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z
Want to have alternative site for reviews? Visit Pony Draft: http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

Just thought you guys should know - the irc chat link doesn't work. Any chance of manual server details for those of us with proper clients rather than a web link?

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Story Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers/review threads: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 / http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z
Want to have alternative site for reviews? Visit Pony Draft: http://ponydraft.blogspot.com/

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>79783
Server: irc.canternet.org
Channels: #fic,#ttg

may I ask if there are any threads or places on this board where I could possibly find an editor ? I had one, but he ended up not being able to do so and while i have tried to do my best I am not particularly good at editing

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc (#fic on irc.canternet.org)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>81622
Acheron. You can find his thread with the "Search /fic/ threads" option.

>>81636
thank you very much sir

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to chat? Join the totally unofficial /fic/ IRC channel: http://derpy.me/ficirc (#fic on irc.canternet.org)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>81713
Try posting your story in either a review thread or the training grounds (>>80754). You are likely to attract a lot of negative attention by posting in here.

can someone tell me any good Trixie fics?

PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR FANFICTION IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
• Story Idea General: >>79400
• Recommendation/Request General: >>43456
• Short Story General: >>50615
• The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread: >>78757
• Guide to Making a Fic Thread >>66666

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>82465
You may find yourself best served by visiting thread >>43456 , as listed on the post just above yours. Please take the time to read this thread before venturing forth!

PLEASE DO NOT POST THY FICS IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.
>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>repost for new pre-reader thread

One quick question....where do you post if you want cover art for a fic?

>>84017
LOL

>>84018
It's a legit question.

>>84020
Most likely /art/, people here are not artist. They will most likely not give you a yes, but in here you are most certainly going to receive a no.

Now, copy the fic directory post after you have read this.

Thank you.

>>84022

Thank you. As for the fic directory post, I don't know what you mean. I'm sorry, but I'm quite new to this 4chan/ponychan posting, and do not know the terms.

Call me a noob if you'd like, I know what I am.

oHai. I'm making my first post here and wondering how I would go about getting a review done specifically. I haven't posted on any board like this, so... yeah.

>>84114

Here's a doc on the reviewthreads. Make sure to read their rules first before posting and if they are taking fics

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1y_ATzvyAAWt0qdKKQ4yvChkbb-JDFpBkpo9b5xrFPgg/edit

PLEASE DO NOT POST THY FICS IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.

>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

>>84128
WRONG! TRY READING THIS STICKY!

PLEASE DO NOT POST THY FICS IN THIS THREAD. That's not what this thread is for.

>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

READ THIS AND THE OP FIRST. DO NOT ASK QUESTIONS HERE. DO NOT POST FICS HERE That's not what this thread is for.

>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

Looking for help on your fic? See the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7 or the list of review threads at http://derpy.me/S1nFp
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

[In the interest of making this thread and its following posts as visible as possible, I suggest that each post after this one should accompanied by a attention-grabbing image, or better yet, an animated .gif such an explosion or a vacuum cleaner enjoying some blow.]

DO NOT POST STORIES IN THIS THREAD. That's not what it is for. BEFORE POSTING: consider using one of the following general threads:
>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a /fic/ story project thread

Post your story in a review thread if you are seeking feedback or criticism. (see the list of review threads here: http://derpy.me/S1nFp or the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

Attention: I thought it would be good to put the sticky endpost in a public doc now:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1iEeqrG_m5pUK4dliClxrzDrJdn_M0fy-LsGxKNjNhAg/edit?pli=1
That could be something mods could open and copy/paste from when informing users on other boards where to post about fanficiton. It would be especially helpful for staving off single-purpose "hey can you recommend me a good fanfic" threads. If you want to help maintain it, send an email to any of the TTG maintainers, listed here:
http://bit.ly/rWZr4z
I thought about making this publicly editable, but decided against it since we need the list of threads publicly available to mods (i.e. so they can post links to Recommendation General in threads that are basically “hey guise do you know if there are any good Octavia shipping fics” threads and then lock them) and allowing just anyone to edit could result in people putting in links to just anything.

The moderator copy, for pasting into threads elsewhere on Ponychan:

>>/fic/79400 Story Idea General
>>/fic/43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>/fic/50615 Short Story General
>>/fic/83238 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>/fic/66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

Tags: OC Shipping, Occasional Grimdark
Synopsis: The Canterlot Music Competition. The biggest showing of musical talent in all of Equestria! Ponys come from all over to compete for both fame and the 10,000 bit grand prize! But this year, things are different. For two of the contestants, there's life on the line. Who will be the victor?
Links:
FIMFiction: http://www.fimfiction.net/story/6323/The-Canterlot-Music-Competition
Google Docs: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1HB8m0LcoG2hoGDEFeKYnIRlw5JCjauur-0r-tdI4RK0/edit?hl=en_US
Chapters to Review: Just the prologue
Comments (From an EqD Pre-Reader):
Sentences could flow together a little better in places. The very first pair, for instance.

Not a fan of that section/time break.

Having some trepidation about the insertion of these OCs into Ponyville, yet I don't feel like it's enough to hold this back.

I saw the note about the gangster's speech. It's... weird. I wouldn't hold this back for that either, but it does make it seem like everything he says is either emphasized or stilted, which is almost a mode of speech but doesn't quite work.

This is severely eh. It just feels slightly off, yet not enough to go, "Okay, here's what's wrong." Might need a second opinion; at this point, all I can suggest is ponychan for a review, with no specific angle to approach from, and a first chapter since this is just a prologue.

DO NOT POST STORIES IN THIS THREAD. That's not what it is for. BEFORE POSTING: consider using one of the following general threads:
>>79400 Story Idea General
>>43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>50615 Short Story General
>>86726 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a /fic/ story project thread

Post your story in a review thread if you are seeking feedback or criticism. (see the list of review threads here: http://derpy.me/S1nFp or the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.
The moderator copy, for pasting into threads elsewhere on Ponychan:

>>/fic/79400 Story Idea General
>>/fic/43456 Recommendation/Request General
>>/fic/50615 Short Story General
>>/fic/86726 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>/fic/66666 Guide to Making a Fic Thread

DO NOT POST STORIES IN THIS THREAD. That's not what it is for. Before posting, see if one of the generals has what you want:
>>79400 Story Idea General (The Story Forge)
>>88521 Recommendation/Request General
>>86726 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a /fic/ Story Presentation Thread

Post your story in a review thread if you are seeking feedback or criticism. (see the list of review threads here: http://derpy.me/S1nFp or the list of reviewers at http://bit.ly/rtOSx7)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

DO NOT POST STORIES IN THIS THREAD. That's not what it is for. Before posting, see if one of the generals has what you want:
>>79400 Story Idea General (The Story Forge)
>>88527 Recommendation/Request General
>>86726 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a /fic/ Story Presentation Thread

Post your story in a review thread if you are seeking feedback or criticism. (see the list of review threads: http://derpy.me/S1nFp or the list of reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.

Tags: [Comedy][Shipping][Human]

Synopsis: A human is transported into a Ponyville by a bolt of lightning. Ponyville has never seen anything like it before and avoid it, afraid of his stature. With the help of the Mane 6 and Spike, the human must earn Ponyville's friendship until a way back home is found.

Links:
Part I- Arrival
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13537/1/Equestria%27s-First-Human/Part-I--Arrival
Part II- Introductions
http://www.fimfiction.net/story/13537/2/Equestria%27s-First-Human/Part-II--Introductions

Comments/requests:
Here's the pre-reader's comment:
1) Inconsistent formatting.
2) Multiple grammatical errors.
3) Missing punctuation.
4) Tense changes.
5) Telling.

How can you fix these?

1) Either indent every paragraph or have no indentation
2) Go to ponychan and have it looked at.
3) Same as three.
4) Make sure everything is in the same tense.
5) Ponychan will point out these instances.

My comment:
I have gone through these chapters and corrected most of my mistakes and errors. I just want to be sure if there is anything i had missed.

DO NOT POST STORIES IN THIS THREAD. That's not what it is for. Before posting, see if one of the generals has what you want:
>>91817 Story Idea General (The Story Forge)
>>88527 Recommendation/Request General
>>92343 The "Ask An EqD Pre-Reader Anything" Thread
>>66666 Guide to Making a /fic/ Story Presentation Thread

Post your story in a review thread if you are seeking feedback or criticism. (see the list of review threads: http://derpy.me/S1nFp or the list of reviewers: http://bit.ly/rtOSx7)
Want to be listed as a reviewer? Email Twilight Snarkle. His email can be found on this list: http://bit.ly/rWZr4z

While the suggestions in this thread are not hard rules (the mods won't ban you for making a new thread), they are strong suggestions. If you want constructive criticism, posting your story in a review thread is the most reliable way to get it. If you want to show off your story, include tags/synopsis in your thread's OP.