How to Get People to Review Your Fanfiction
BearyScary from The Hopefully Forgotten State Relationship Condition: This is non my beautiful wife!
November 11th 2012 at 9:24:40 PM
Simply keep writing, I guess. That's how I finally got reviews. Also, writing consistently for a fandom, specifically a pop fandom, helps, but that doesn't thing as much as writing for what yous want to write. 
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Nov 11th 2012 at 9:53:47 PM
Advertise your fic equally much every bit you can. Spread the discussion, and ask readers who like it to tell their friends almost it. Posting information technology in places other than fanfiction.net also helps get feedback, but will actually decrease the amount of reviews you get at fanfiction.net, since the people who come across it will answer to it where they see it at.
Nov 26th 2012 at 12:17:40 PM
Well, I did information technology only by constantly writing. Also, address your reviewers sometimes considering information technology helps them want to keep on reviewing for every chapter, knowing that they're helping the author of something they like, which means that in add-on to any new reviewers, yous proceed the older readers that have reviewed already. Simply don't let them take the story for themselves though, just as a alarm.
Another tip for crossovers is to work the two things you are crossing over together. Instead of just saying 'what if ____' and going off on that, try to meld the two. For example, at that place was i very well written Infinite Stratos and Armored Core fanfiction that instead of saying "what if (proper noun) was an IS airplane pilot and had an Armored Core way IS Unit", the worlds of Infinite Stratos and Armored Core were composite together, allowing fans of both series to enjoy information technology rather than the Armored Cadre addition taking over and being the chief focus.
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Nov 26th 2012 at ii:39:29 PM
Yeah, simply write as much every bit yous tin so you can grow your audience. Request for reviews - nicely - is also an alright way to get.
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February 24th 2013 at 2:01:04 PM
Make certain that your description of your story is the all-time you can make information technology. That little department that people see before they actually click on your story? Put time into making it a really good, attractive representation of your story, not just yet some other "I suck at writing these, simply read it." because about people won't. You have just a niggling space to concenter people into reading your story, make the most of it. Make certain that you have all the appropriate tags likewise.
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an virtually human nature
The Modern with the Migraine
Feb 24th 2013 at 3:51:36 PM
There are two ways that pretty much guarantee you'll get reviews:
i) Get added to a pop drove/community, thereby getting lots of people to click on your story based on someone's recommendation.
two) Find a expert forum community with a Review Tag. This is how I have gotten almost all of my reviews on my crossovers. The trade-off is that then y'all have to write reviews for people who probably only accept one fandom in common with y'all. And unless you're actually lucky (like I've been) Sturgeon'south Law will be in full effect. The group I establish for Mass Event only has about half the writers who are in the 95% crap category.
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LoniJay from Australia Human relationship Status: Pining for the fjords
Feb 25th 2013 at ane:59:32 AM
So far, I've found the best fashion seems to be to review other people's stuff. Then they go see what you've written.
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FullParagon Doing it the right style. from Citadel Infinite Relationship Status: Aircraft fictional characters
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Feb 25th 2013 at 2:39:42 PM
Dang it blue, don't go scaring people off my stories now!
Anyway, one way to become reviews is to ASK for them. Sometimes, a unproblematic "I appreciate all feedback, especially reviews!" is enough. Writing for a popular fandom does help, every bit does not writing crossovers and keeping things rated T or less. Pandering to the audience will also assist you go views. IE, write a popular ship, use popular characters.
The most important part though is be good at it. If you lot are a bad writer, don't worry. There are lots of people out at that place who can assist you increase your power. Listen to their feedback and keep writing so that your arts and crafts improves. When I started writing fanfiction, I got no reviews, my work was horrible and I got depressed and nearly gave upwardly.
And so I scrapped my old work, started writing a new fic and joined a community that supported me and helped me abound as a author. Now I am much more successful review wise.
The ends never justify the means. Practice it the right way, or don't do it at all.
Jul 2nd 2013 at 1:09:44 AM
I would say merely go on writing. I know that sounds impaired, but I believe there'south always room for improvement, and I've seen people who have been writing for a long fourth dimension get better. In one case they have a very pop story, people start reading and reviewing their older works. Making your summaries interesting also draws in more than readers, especially if yous're writing about something no one else has done before. Maybe you should collaborate with someone else.
edited 2nd Jul 'xiii 1:x:36 AM by allboyband
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Relationship Status: Showing feelings of an almost human nature
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Jul 2d 2013 at 3:51:52 PM
Later on six months of steady writing at present, I recall I'll add some more points to my previous post.
3) Update on a regular schedule, not randomly. Whether that's once a week, every other week, in one case a month, or whatsoever, make a schedule and keep to it as much every bit possible.
4) Get someone to beta your fic. Having good spelling and grammar makes it more likely that someone will read your fic past the first two paragraphs. The occasional fault is ok, but consistently lousy writing is not.
v) Write a expert summary. If you can't, ask someone to help y'all with it. Nether no circumstances have a summary that says, "sorry, this summary is crap" or annihilation forth those lines - if yous can't write 2 sentences to describe your story, I'm not going to read two words of information technology.
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Jul third 2013 at 11:06:29 AM
Information technology's a game of cocky-promotion, i've constitute. Online writing is similar owning a shop: you could have the coolest store in the earth and still go broke if y'all suck at getting people in the door.
Like an above affiche said, interesting summaries are important. People always want to see certain things in fics (shipping existence the biggest describe, which got me trapped in that realm and pulled me rapidly away from Gen), or addressing topics from the story that hogtie readers (Ensemble Dark Horse with a mystery past, attempt to flesh it out, etc). If yous're crossovering, focus on promoting how different characters from the 2 sides interact with each other.
Edit: All of this is presuming that your writing is skillful enough to merit reviews, plainly, but ane can discover on FF.net that even poorly written fics, if they're dealing with interesting subject field matters, will get reviews. Information technology's the ones with awkward or spartan summaries, or that are clearly focused on uninteresting ideas (fifty-fifty if well-written), that are going to sink y'all.
edited 3rd Jul '13 11:09:06 AM past Ogodei
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Jul 3rd 2013 at xi:14:57 AM
"...even poorly written fics, if they're dealing with interesting subject matters, will become reviews."
Yeah, that's very truthful.
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Jul 3rd 2013 at three:46:25 PM
Information technology'south all nearly presentation (bold the story is practiced). Rule one: A good summary and a good championship. Higher up all, at that place shouldn't be spelling or grammar mistakes in either of them. The summary should tell the reader what the story is about, just don't add too many fandom terms there. Rule ii: Never ever write either in the summary or the a/north anything negative about your ain work, peculiarly not in the first chapters. It will only brand the readers recollect "well, if the author isn't satisfied with it, than it tin can't exist skillful". Rule iii: For multi-chaptered fics make certain that every chapter has at leas thou words, without the notes. Two reasons: Shorter chapters don't allow the reader to really sink into the story and a lot of feel ff-readers will simply cheque the overall number of words and the number of capacity and when they see 10 capacity but but 7000 words (or less) they will most likely give your story a pass. Rule 4: Don't beg for reviews. Y'all tin can write an encouraging note that you are open up for criticism, but don't pout about a lack of reviews or hold the next chapter hostage until y'all have reached a certain number. Writers who seems to be more interested in review than in writing leave a very bad impression. Rule 5: Speaking of a/north, don't go overboard with them. The less you lot employ them, the better. Especially don't practice this affair with a imitation dialogue about your fic as a/north, many readers see that equally juvenile and are annoyed when they accept to read through a ton of stuff until finally the story starts. Rule 6: Are there thematic lists in your fandom? If there are, it might exist a expert idea to ensure that your fic is on the list which fits the theme y'all are writing about. Dominion vii: Just write. If yous are practiced, people volition find yous sooner or later. If you aren't, you'll acquire while y'all write. Rule 8: Peculiarly for Crossovers: Consider that there might be people reading the story which are not familiar with all the shows you are referring to. Brand certain to explain plenty about the characters that they can keep up. Promise that helps....
SciFiSlasher from Admittedly none of your business organisation. Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Jul 3rd 2013 at eight:32:21 PM
I'm never a guy who gets and so desperate I take stories/chapters earnest till an X corporeality of reviews comes in. At that place has been only i time in the history (as of nonetheless) of Inheritance of the Slashers I had a big gap between updates. I as well review other stories and considering of that, make friends with people on FF. net and kindly ask them to cheque out IOTS, equally well equally being open up to any criticism in my A/Northward's.
I'm trying to change my summary, since to exist very honest, I kind of modeled it after the summary for Turn of the Tides, a Halo/Inheritance Bike crossover by Captiosus (also one of my favorites). I struggle with making information technology audio unique, though, without it also having any corny one-liners. Whatsoever tips on that?
Maybe the rating (it's M) has something to do with it, but from my betoken of view, M is the perfect rating for information technology.
Should I also ask people from all corners of the net to review? I mean, I am on a fan fiction forum...
"Somehow the hated accept to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Jul 21st 2013 at 4:07:33 PM
Makokam'south Precocious Trounce in the Kicking Ass universe offers a bonus chapter to readers who review more than a certain percentage of the chapters over a certain amount of time. (EX: If you review 8 chapters out between ten and 25, you get a bonus chapter) It seems to piece of work, because he/she averages over twenty reviews per affiliate.
edited 21st Jul '13 4:08:31 PM past HarryBCDresden
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your concern. Relationship Status: Y'all'RE Trigger-happy ME APART LISA
Jul 29th 2013 at 8:40:39 AM
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So how exercise those reviewers get the bonus chapters? Does the author PM them the whole chapter?
Too, anyone here interested and want to review?
"Somehow the hated take to walk a tightrope, while those who hate do not."
Jul 29th 2013 at 9:28:24 AM
I dislike review-whoring.
ten Reviews to the next chapter -etc.
It doesn't do anyone whatever good. Don't do it.
Wait. What. I typo'd and accidentally created a second profile? Set up information technology.
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business concern. Human relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME Apart LISA
Jul 29th 2013 at nine:59:40 AM
I do non concur chapters earnest for more reviews. And I am non trying to review-whore, I simply don't understand how people find it then hard to type a 40-word review, or even something as simple as "cool" or "could exist improve". Even most of the people who are Favoriting and Following my story don't seem to bother.
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who detest do non."
Jul 29th 2013 at 10:23:10 AM
five-10% of readers reviewing is lucky.
A whole cluster of views volition be people looking at it... then deciding not to behave on. Or getting bored, or reloading the browser - or a dozen other things.
Or you can review other people'due south stuff.
Look. What. I typo'd and accidentally created a second profile? Fix it.
SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business concern. Relationship Status: YOU'RE TEARING ME Autonomously LISA
Jul 29th 2013 at ten:39:34 AM
I take reviewed another people'due south stories and they have reviewed Inheritance of the Slashers in turn, and I keep good relations with those authors, but it's a small amount of people.
"Somehow the hated have to walk a tightrope, while those who detest exercise non."
BlueNinja0 The Mod with the Migraine from Taking a left at Albuquerque Human relationship Condition: Showing feelings of an most human being nature
The Mod with the Migraine
Jul 29th 2013 at 4:03:24 PM
I dislike review-whoring. - Dartz
I agree, though I have no trouble leaving an "I dear reviews!" author notation. Considering it's true; I do like reviews. But my work on a story isn't dependant on receiving reviews or anything forth those lines.
I just don't understand how people find it and then hard to blazon a 40-word review, - Sci Fi Slasher
It's possible that a lot of people don't realize how dainty it is for the author to get a new review. I certainly didn't until I had gotten a ways into publishing i of my stories. Before that, I wasn't expert at leaving reviews (and I nevertheless don't review every affiliate normally, but I do leave at least occasional reviews).
That�s the epitome of privilege right in that location, not considering armed nazis a threat to your life. - Silasw
Ellowen My Ao3 from Down by the Bay Relationship Status: Crazy Cat Lady
Oct 27th 2013 at 9:56:59 PM
I usually give really terrible cliffhangers and the hope that people who exit feedback get a preview a few days before the chapter is released. That's worked well for me, most of the time. cliffhangers in full general, considering readers like to leave a sign of " if y'all abandon this I'll hunt y'all down" and "holy shit did that just happen?" and " if you kill of my favorite character I'll weep/ please don't kill (favorite grapheme)"
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October 27th 2013 at 10:51:46 PM
To me it is not nigh the number of reviews, but virtually the kind of reviews. I am always giddy when someone writes that the characters are IC and I love reviews which bespeak out flaws.
Oct 27th 2013 at 11:14:18 PM
I find that the number and types of reviews tend to vary on where you post your work. On fanfiction.net, y'all'll be lucky if you meet a unmarried review for every hundred people to view your piece of work. On forums, yet, you can expect anyone who has something to say near your piece of work to do so. Spacebattles.com is particularly piece of cake to become reviews on. Just don't expect them to put kid gloves on; if people see something they don't like in your work, they tin can and will tear into it. This has pb to the majority of the retcons in my fic.
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SciFiSlasher from Absolutely none of your business. Relationship Status: You lot'RE TEARING ME APART LISA
Nov 11th 2012 at vi:48:34 PM
Hey, I've written a total of seven fanfics, and 2 more are coming. The problem is, I've created a new crossover fic called Inheritance of the Slashers, and a 5th chapter is in production, but at that place are only three reviews!
How can I increase reviews for this story of mine? Most crossover fics I run into have well over 10 reviews, even the ones with merely 1 chapter. Please, requite me some communication!
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