Welcome to Fanfic 101!

Your professors are Celli and JenC, with Assistant Professor Jayne and various guest lecturers.

Our "credentials" as professors:

Celli's fanfic
(new as of 04/09/04)

Jen's fanfic
(new as of 4/01/03)

Jayne's fanfic

NEWS! Jen has been recommended to the preliminary ballot for the Bram Stoker Awards, courtesy of the Horror Writers Association. She's not on the page yet--that's last year's ballot--but as soon as we have more info we'll let you all know. Yay Jen! :)

We love fanfic. Vignettes, epics, Mary Sues, missing scenes, AUs...as long as it's interesting and done with love, we'll read just about anything.

But there are some things that we can't help but notice over and over (and over) again. Flaws in good stories that make them harder to read. And it's frustrating to start a story that might be our new favorite--and stop halfway through because you just can't read one more paragraph with bad spelling. Or whatever.

So, on this page you will find general rants about writing problems, as well as suggestions from us on how to fix them. Stay tuned for new "lessons"--and if you have a pet peeve you'd like us to talk about, or a story you want workshopped, let us know!

NEW!

As of 9/01/2003

* Professor Celli writes: Author's Notes, or, How to make Sure I Never Read Your Story

OLD!

* Assitant Professor Jayne writes: An Editor by a Different Name Still Uses Red Pen: Beta Reading and You

* Professor Celli writes: Whose Story Is it Anyway?: Challenges, Fanon, and Injokes

* Professor Jen writes: "He said what?!": Mastering the Art of Dialogue

* Guest Lecturer Robin writes: woman without her man is nothing or how should i punctuate

* Guest Lecturer Robin writes: I Love Writing

* Guest Lecturer Jennie writes: Homework is Half Your Grade!

* Guest Lecturer Chris writes: Truly Picky British-to-American and American-to-British Giveaways: How to Sound Like You Went to Oxford (or UCLA) Even If You Didn't

* Guest Lecturer Lizbet writes: Alternatives: Why What Didn't Happen Is So Much Fun