Can you not be a girl who is attractive but doesn't know it?
If there's been a war in the last few years, create characters with scars. Like, I've seen Time War fanfictions where everyone is as hot as the sun.
1D fanfic writers: AUs where Harry Styles and you go to the same college/school are overdone.
HP fanfic writers: Y U TRY TO BE HARRY'S SISTER ALL THE TIME?!
Divergent fanfic writers: Yea, you want to join Dauntless even though you're the flimsiest person alive. Ever. We get it.
YOU ARE READING
Tips For Writing Fanfiction
RandomExactly what the title says. (If you have questions, you can PM me. I'll try to help. Or, you know, take any insults you want to throw at me.)