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We all have read a lot of fanfictions regarding this book turned TV show: The Vampire Diaries. And most of us are familiar with how the story of Elena Gilbert and the Salvatore brothers go.
But the undeniable point is that th...
One of the mostly found errors of writing fanfiction: scarce or probably no research.
It actually pisses me off to read fanfics where the author thinks he/she is too cool for carrying out research on the said topic. And trust me that's where the whole plot goes downhill.
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I understand that researching is a hell of a job especially when you to go through so many seasons and episodes of TVD each with a major event of its own. I understand and I sympathize with you guys.
But you know what, we're living in the era of science and technology so that really isn't that big a problem.
It has become quite easy for you to find out things. All you have to do is google it up or go into the TVD Wikia pages which will certainly provide you with any kind of fandom related info you want.
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And I also know that all of you are well aware of this information. But some of you still won't bother to open the Internet for this purpose.
Mostly all the researching drains us out and nobody wants to spend a full two or more hours stuck to a laptop screen googling facts and at the end of the research process, everyone's like:
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But what's worse is that if you don't pay any heed to research, then your work turns out crappy and cringe worthy. More so, you get hundreds of comments each of readers telling you to go learn your facts or something.
And trust me, you don't want to see criticizing comments in your Notifications.
Because it lowers your self esteem and confidence at writing.
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Research is quite an important aspect of your story.
Believe me you wouldn't want to come across a fanfic with a messed up timeline and no idea of what is coming up next in the chapter.
Like imagine someone writes a fanfic on the Salvatores and in it Damon is shown imprisoned in Augustine while Stefan has no inkling about him because he's in Chicago with his new found mates Klaus and Rebekah.
Now that can not happen because Damon was trapped in the Augustine in the 1950s while Stefan met Klaus and Rebekah in Chicago in the 1920s.
So, basically, mixing up the time line not only confuses the reader but also makes him/her lose interest in the story.
The only thing you can do to avoid this is to cut off some time from watching Youtube videos or doing Facebook/Instagram/Twitter and give some of it to researching.
Trust me, you will be amazed by the results after you write a fully researched story.
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[You might not believe how much I have to research first before writing each chapter for you guys on this book. I have to make sure that all I am stating is based on facts and proves to be of some help to people who want to write TVD fanfictions].
