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When you submit your story to the site it will be failed if you do not add a synopsis in the description.
So, what is a synopsis?
Let's ask Dictionary.com!
Synopsis:
3. a brief summary of the plot of a novel, motion picture, play, etc.
This is a synopsis:
Twilight goes for a walk in the Whitetail Woods and encounters a mysterious creature.
This is not:
This is my first fanfiction ever and I love FS/AJ so please read and rate!
All that is telling the reader is that the story is shipping.
But "shipping" does not a story warrant.
If you cannot add a synopsis of your story to the description, it will be failed.
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Yay! A blog from Wlah!
And people actually forget about this? Well....doesn't that make me sad.
The examples were made up by myself, I did not reference any actual descriptions.
Personally, I would really like to see the synopsis be the ONLY thing allowed in the description.
Something tells me the FIMFiction mods are getting a bit aggravated with stupidity.
Wait a second...
Wlah can be smart too?
Dun dun dun.
UGH! finally!!! i was getting tired of telling people that they need to actually WRITE something in the description!!!
good addition.
Well
How is anybody going to want to read your story if theres not a clear a description about the story itself. It just seems silly on how people do that just shipping on the description. Well even if you wanted to make a statement about this topic I'm sure not everybrony wouldn't even care to give a damn about it.
Maybe there could be a separate box for Author's Notes and Comments that could go up with the story description?
I was hoping Wanderer would do it.
>>235390
This is actually a pretty good idea, in my opinion.
Is... is this a real issue
? Does this actually happen
? Why
? Who
? WHAT IS GOING ON
!?
>>235402
So I'm not good enough?
>>235408
Awww, i didn't say that...
This is actually a problem!?
Sigh.
Maybe I've been hanging around with academics for too long, but the average person continues to astound me. I mean, seriously. I haven't written a story, or anything fictional, in most of a decade. All I know how to write are technical reports and project proposals.
And I think this (and most of the rules here) is obvious.
Never seen the English word Synopsis before.
But now I know what it is too! 
More to learn.
Even that I did not know what it was, I still write something related to the plot of the story in the description before (if I put in) links and credits.
A good description helps to get the reader into the right mood for the fiction.
I give this five moustaches!
>>235408
No, it's just that wanderer...
Well..., he's just better.
I mean, come on, look at him.
I have nothing to say that has not already been said. People worry me sometimes.
Thank you.
>>235390 I believe the word "Blog" will work just fine.
A thousand times yes! Why do we get so many without a freaking summary?
>>235484
the eager and ignorant are full of certainty. And great are their numbers!
>>235481
But if you write your synopsis, and then write (see blog for note), and the blog entry is the one-line "Completed my first story! It's a cool crossover!" then most people aren't going to click through.
>>235481 i think thats a wonderful idea because if most people are as lazy as me (and im about average) will NEVER click a blog post like that...
Finally, a synopsis blog. We can already tell if it's your first story just by looking at your profile or by how many people downvote it
Way to bring the hammer down.
>>235560 Well, I don't know what to tell you, and I don't think the admins are gonna do anything like that soon.
>>235614 yea i know... but its still a good idea to keep in mind
As far as I am aware the only thing in a description of a story should be... you know... description of the story. Why is that such a hard concept to grasp for some people?
>>235621 I do enjoy the idea, let's hope that one day they'll take it into consideration. :3
>>235406
This is what happens when your website features virtually zero quality control.
>>235640
No, these guys only allow stories with at least 1000 words and a chapter. One that doesn't break any rules.
NOW FANFICTION.NET on the other hand, yeah, you want poor quality, talk to Fanfiction.
I wonder if i could make a joke out of this....
I got nothing.
>>235655
Virtually zero quality control. The rules here are so lenient that we have to have this on the front page.
But I'm glad you posted this. I'm so tired of the Read Now!'s and Please Comment!'s.
>>235669
Wait. You mean there are people who don't describe their stories?
Really? I'm being dead serious here, i didn't think people actually did that. I thought it was a joke of some sort...
Wow that is surprising. I guess common sense isn't so common anymore.
To anyone wondering if this really is an issue, the answer is of course yes. The vast majority of users don't reads the rules... on a site about reading and writing no less...
Perhaps now that they have to put effort into their synopsis, we can see a slight increase in quality?
Maybe?
I can hope.
>>235673 Woah, dead serious? That's some serious seriousness, man.
>>235675 We will all hope with you, Omega.
>>235701
Please tell me, what can i do to help lower the fatality rate of description lacking stories?!
>>235667
As far as I'm aware, Fimfiction is meant to be a repository of MLP:FiM fanfics. Kinda like ponibooru was a repo of images.
We have our screening mostly to avoid spam and disgusting stuff like a random troll/gore pics.
Actually adding real quality control (with rules, boundaries and what goes and what doesn't) would, imo, change what fimfiction is, and just make the site a wannabe EqD.
Again, strictly in my opinon - the final say is always knighty's.
>>235713 You can donate to my cause. I accept cash, check, or credit. All you need to do is go to the nearest abandoned building you see, and give the money to the first squatter you find. It's probably me. Don't be surprised by my long beard (even though I'm a Pegasister), bathrobe, and numerous peices of aluminum in my shopping cart.
Remember, this is for those poor, nondecriptive people. Who died.
>>235732
It's a worthy cause.
>>235729
There's nothing inherently wrong with an "anything goes" system, but to someone who takes writing seriously (which I would if I actually wrote fanfiction), it's discouraging to see half of the posts on the front page devoted to basic rules because people are morons.
I don't necessarily want an EqD clone, just a place where "serious" aspiring writers can post their stories without feeling bogged down by people like the hypothetical writer in Wander D's posts.
>>235772
1. Make use of the groups feature
2. If your story is good or has potential, you will be taken seriously especially when you seek out criticism. (I assume by serious meaning one would want to seriously improve and not necessarily be seriously famous/popular.)
3. The quality of the stories others submit shouldn't have any effect on a serious writer's endeavors.
The good stories become apparent through stat tracking and the feature box. This site isn't really bogged down. There are enough critics and vets on this site who have time to judge serious stories. The number of bad fics does not change this.
People actually need to be reminded this?
Ugh...
Still, it's nice to see a news blog from you, Wlah.
>>235838
The site itself may not be bogged down, but the mere fact that "How to format your story" is even necessary... I find that discouraging as both a reader looking for fanfiction and as a hypothetical writer looking for a community to post my own stories. It's kind of like Rarity and the redneck window washer in Sweet and Elite.
>>235886 what's discouraging? Most of the blogs don't apply to the sensible site users; all it should tell you is that the site is popular so several overhyped joes and janes will send in a story without knowing what they're doing. If I had a meme picture to help illustrate my point, its caption would be "Welcome to the internet!"
Your alternative is Fanfiction, which is much worse, and EQD is if anything the antithesis of what you want. EQD only wants good fics from writers who don't really need help. They're not there to nurture or help develop aspiring writers. You don't want to exclusively use EQD as a writer UNLESS your goal is only to be well-known in the community. If that's your only desire in writing, then go to EQD but only when you're already a great writer. If you want instant collective feedback from an interested readerbase who will hep you improve, then Fimfiction is what you want.
From the reader-only perspective, the only disadvantage of the average quality of stories is waiting for new good stories to come around. Other than that, the site gives you dozens of ways to wade through muk via search engine filters. Check this out - most the EQD stories are just links to Fimfiction anyway, so it's already all in one place. If you *actually* want to write, which it sounds like you don't, then the last thing you should do is worry about what other writers are doing and focus on your own projects.
If we go by the sweet and elite analogy, I'm not sure who represents what. I assume the redneck represents bad fics, whereas Rarity represents good fics. The elitists are the readers, who think that the redneck (bad fics) reflect poorly on rarity's character and judgment (good fics). I'm gonna go out on a limb and say readers aren't that dumb/shallow. That analogy is poor anyway because there was nothing wrong with the window washer other than the elitists being snooty to Rarity for knowing him, which is totally immature to begin with.
>>235979
I guess all I'm really saying is that I don't feel 100% comfortable using the same site as those who don't know what they're doing. For the analogy, I pictured the redneck as the bad fics and Rarity as myself, and the elitists as my own consciousness (I'm a bit of a
IRL).
And no, I probably won't be writing anything in the near future, partly because I'm my own worst critic, but it's always on the back of my mind.
I can't help but feel that this blog possesses an extent of sarcasm.
-prepares for snarky remarks-