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About fanfics, i would like to know exactly what limitations there re. On chapters, pages, etc.

Also, are there any limitations against cursing, violence?

Nope.

Well, there are limits.. but they're pretty extreme (snuff pr0n, mainly).

I think our longest-running fanfic is Star-Crossed (see the new Cleaned Fanfic forum).

Cursing is an everyday occurrence in normal threads - why would it be limited in fiction?

As far as violence goes, gore is not looked down upon.

~ver

I dont think my fic can be called p00rn. Only one, breif shower scene.

I thought that cause the fanfics are more serious than two people just talking on the boards, that violence and cursing might be frowned upon. Considering that most sci-fi fans, like moi , curse like a sailor, i was probably just being overly concerned.

18-Till-I-Die wrote:I dont think my fic can be called p00rn. Only one, breif shower scene.

I thought that cause the fanfics are more serious than two people just talking on the boards, that violence and cursing might be frowned upon. Considering that most sci-fi fans, like moi , curse like a sailor, i was probably just being overly concerned.

More'n likely. I, myself, put sailors to shame.

~ver

verilon wrote:

18-Till-I-Die wrote:I dont think my fic can be called p00rn. Only one, breif shower scene.

I thought that cause the fanfics are more serious than two people just talking on the boards, that violence and cursing might be frowned upon. Considering that most sci-fi fans, like moi , curse like a sailor, i was probably just being overly concerned.

More'n likely. I, myself, put sailors to shame.

~ver

You should hear how i sound, sometimes .

I was also wondering, if the story is not really a fanfic, but an original science fiction work, is it ok to file it in this forum? Cuase my story isnt exactly 'fanfic', per se, it is sci-fi though

Yes. Fanfics is just the default name of the forum, because that's the majority of the work featured. Original fiction is 100% fine.

18-Till-I-Die wrote: You should hear how i sound, sometimes .

I was also wondering, if the story is not really a fanfic, but an original science fiction work, is it ok to file it in this forum? Cuase my story isnt exactly 'fanfic', per se, it is sci-fi though

Of course! Like I said in Gandalf's thread (about exactly the same thing that you just asked o.O), all my fiction is pure - the only fanfiction I've ever written are some really bad lemons. ^^;

In terms of cursing, I like to stick to the conventions of the series that I am writing about so my Star Trek/Wars cross overs are usually very clean, I think that Starcrossed has at most a handful of curses and one graphic sex scene in the entire story. It's just the way I like to write, while in the Matrix fanfic I curse all the time because that is in the spirit of the series I am emulating, but as many here have pointed out, to each their own.

Spanky The Dolphin wrote:Yes. Fanfics is just the default name of the forum, because that's the majority of the work featured. Original fiction is 100% fine.

Good, that's nice and versitile! I was just looking through the stories and i saw the Stravo Got His Grove back and Lensman vs. Culture. So i dont think my story will be that long, maybe like Lensman/Culture.

Any tips or advice is welcome, since this is the first time i've really put up any of my stuff in it's entirety, aside from some short stories.