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This forum is for posting your written work - Pokémon or non-Pokémon, fanfiction, original fiction or even nonfiction, it can all go here. (Poetry has its own sub-forum, though.)
Posting Your Own Work
Your work may be rated anything from G to R (fiction K to M). That means it may not contain explicit sexual content. R-rated (M-rated) fiction must contain the rating in the title, or if the offending content is limited to only a few chapters, a warning before those chapters.
Mild sexual content in non-pornographic stories is allowed, but please spare us the graphic details (it is usually the case that sex works better in fiction when it is only implied, anyway) and anything with a plot that serves the sex rather than sex that serves the plot counts as porn even if you try to word things euphemistically.
If you are posting a one-shot, use the One-Shot prefix; when you post a chaptered work, use the In Progress prefix, and change it to the Completed prefix when you have posted the final chapter. This serves to better allow people to find the kind of piece they are looking for and will clear up possible misunderstandings.
If somebody criticizes your work, remember that they are helping you, not being mean. Listen to what they say and learn from your mistakes. However, if reviews are unconstructive and unhelpful (see below), you are of course free to report them.
You may double post or bump your fic thread if you are posting a new chapter.
Reviewing Others' Work
Rule number one, two and three is that you should at all times be constructive and helpful. If you find mistakes or parts you feel could have been done better, by all means point them out to the author. If you loved the story and find absolutely nothing wrong with it, you may not be able to point out any mistakes, but then at least type up a fair bit about what it was that you liked so much, things that got you curious, particular quotes you really liked, characters you like and dislike, etc.; the rule of thumb is that after writing your review, it should be absolutely clear that you read the story you're reviewing. If you could take that exact review and copy and paste it exactly as it is as a reply to some other fic, it is a bad review. Thus, reviews like the following would be regarded as spam:
Yes, the last one too. Point out those grammar mistakes, tell them what parts should be fleshed out, give examples of the characters being flat and teach them how to paragraph instead of just leaving a review like that. Most importantly, none of those reviews would help the author know how they can improve; that is, they are not helpful or constructive.
On the other hand, no scale is put on how positive or negative a review is, as long as it can clearly be classified as in some way helpful. Purely-positive reviews can help a writer realize their strengths, which can be a very important thing. Purely-negative reviews may sting when you get them, but if they're constructive they will help in the long run.
Obviously, any review that displays an overly disrespectful or rude attitude towards the writer will be treated as any other such post and warned.
Posting Your Own Work
Your work may be rated anything from G to R (fiction K to M). That means it may not contain explicit sexual content. R-rated (M-rated) fiction must contain the rating in the title, or if the offending content is limited to only a few chapters, a warning before those chapters.
Mild sexual content in non-pornographic stories is allowed, but please spare us the graphic details (it is usually the case that sex works better in fiction when it is only implied, anyway) and anything with a plot that serves the sex rather than sex that serves the plot counts as porn even if you try to word things euphemistically.
If you are posting a one-shot, use the One-Shot prefix; when you post a chaptered work, use the In Progress prefix, and change it to the Completed prefix when you have posted the final chapter. This serves to better allow people to find the kind of piece they are looking for and will clear up possible misunderstandings.
If somebody criticizes your work, remember that they are helping you, not being mean. Listen to what they say and learn from your mistakes. However, if reviews are unconstructive and unhelpful (see below), you are of course free to report them.
You may double post or bump your fic thread if you are posting a new chapter.
Reviewing Others' Work
Rule number one, two and three is that you should at all times be constructive and helpful. If you find mistakes or parts you feel could have been done better, by all means point them out to the author. If you loved the story and find absolutely nothing wrong with it, you may not be able to point out any mistakes, but then at least type up a fair bit about what it was that you liked so much, things that got you curious, particular quotes you really liked, characters you like and dislike, etc.; the rule of thumb is that after writing your review, it should be absolutely clear that you read the story you're reviewing. If you could take that exact review and copy and paste it exactly as it is as a reply to some other fic, it is a bad review. Thus, reviews like the following would be regarded as spam:
Yes, the last one too. Point out those grammar mistakes, tell them what parts should be fleshed out, give examples of the characters being flat and teach them how to paragraph instead of just leaving a review like that. Most importantly, none of those reviews would help the author know how they can improve; that is, they are not helpful or constructive.
On the other hand, no scale is put on how positive or negative a review is, as long as it can clearly be classified as in some way helpful. Purely-positive reviews can help a writer realize their strengths, which can be a very important thing. Purely-negative reviews may sting when you get them, but if they're constructive they will help in the long run.
Obviously, any review that displays an overly disrespectful or rude attitude towards the writer will be treated as any other such post and warned.
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