Self-proclaimed Genius Bored

Ignore the title. I was bored, so I proclaimed myself a genius.

Wait...what am I talking about? Great, I'm so bored I can't even form complete sentences.

Well, I can form complete sentences, but sentences that make sense , that's a total different story out there.

Today, someone wrote a poem and posted it on a website. I went to read it, and it was good. From there I got my inspiration and I made a rather (similar) poem.

Well, looking back and reading it, I think that, aside from the fact that it is the longest poem I'd ever written (1 1/2 pages!) it was a piece of trash.

I can't believe I spent 45 minutes writing a piece of trash... talk about a complete and utter WASTE OF TIME.

Later, I tried to write another poem, only to delete it in anger because it was another piece of trash.

Well, wanna-be writers DO have bad days, just like fashionistas who have bad hair days.

So I turned to reading good ol' fanfic.

Note: the following may refer to some mangas, etc. So if you aren't a fan, or you'd never read them before, kindly do not read.

Out of boredom, I shall list down a few faults idiot wanna-be writers make.

1) Character is out of character.
That's like a death penalty. Because, although a fanfic is written by you(name is self-explainatory, fiction made by fans) I don't think you should, in your eagerness to write something, make a character from a manga(or wherever you lift the character from) out of character. The other fans reading it might go amok and hate it (but the brainless people may love it)

Example: You are writing a fic about Kyoya from Ouran High School Host Club. Kyoya is potrayed as an aloof and reserved person in the manga, so if you go and write him as a jovial and loud person....well, I suggest you re-read the manga again.

I understand those fics may be hard to write, (I know, I've written one, it got favourited and reviewed) but PLEASE control yourself and limit those fantasies to your head until you understand his character and are able to write it from his perspective.

2)Do not, for God's sake, write the title and the fic in bold capital words. Neither do you italicize and bold the whole goddamned fic.
You may want attention from people to read your fic,(well it IS attention catching) but it is extremely annoying. Unless necessary, do not do so. If you love the Caps or shift key so much, kindly don''t post your fic and make people suffer.

3)Check, check and check for grammatical and spelling errors. Re-read it.
You might be very excited to submit your fic, but PLEASE re-read them, or use Microsoft word to check for spelling and grammatical errors. I HATE fics with glaring errors. If it's minor, it's fine, but if the errors are so extensive to the point where there is a spelling or grammatical error in every sentence, I suggest going back to school and learn how to write.

Your composition teachers may have nagged at you to do the above for your composition examinations. So please, do so. Besides, if your fic is free of grammar errors and spelling errors, but is uninteresting, people might still read it. There's nothing that screams "NO EFFORT PUT IN!" then errors.

I once read a fic called "Painful words". Everything was italicized, bolded, capitalized, and had severe grammar and spelling errors. I thought the work was aptly named -- Reading it was certainly painful.

4)The importance of paragraphing
Do NOT bunch your words altogether without paragraphs. It stinks. For some people, as a general rule of thumb, a paragraph containing more then 5 sentences is a sign you need to write a new one. The proper rule is, as long as everything there relates to the topic sentence, you'll be fine. But do not write essay-long paragraphs.


5)Don't you even THINK about copying a song's lyrics, pasting it then write a few sentences. Ta-dah!Instant fic. Please do not use the excuse that you are a first-timer to excuse your pathetic writing.

Even if the song has something to do with the fic, you shouldn't dump the lyrics together with a few explanatory sentences.

For example, let's use a couple pairing, Cho Chang and Harry Potter. Pretend that below is the fic. XXX is a song's lyrics.

XXXXXXXXX

Nothing could deter his love for her, they were a couple meant to be. Harry looked into Cho's warm eyes, filled with adoration and love. They were angels in a tainted world, and nothing was going to change it.

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Please. What are you, 5?6? If this is your so-called 'first time', wow, are you in primary one? That's the first time I wrote something.....

Please. If you are refering to your first fanfic, even I can do better then that. My first fanfic was 1600+ words, all originality, no copying or lifting, no author's note.

Where did your creativity go? Geez, did you fail english?

In the world of awful writng, there are, of course, more mistakes I haven't covered. I'll just leave you with the five big errors for now. Sayonara!