Meta | 7~ Rules, Guidelines, and Rubrics~ Meet the Professors~Meet the Admins~Cafeteria~ Suggestion Box~Study Hall
Activity | 12~ Story Adoption Center~ What Helps You Write?~ Trivial Epics~ Description~ Character Development~ OC Rating and Discussion Thread~ Character Development Sheet "Guest Speaker"Contribute to a Lecture on Characterization in Dialogue~ Developing an Antagonist~ May Contest ~ End of Submission period ~ Results~ June Contest ~ End of Submission period ~ Results~FebFIMFanFicLove~Thirty Minute Writing Challenge With Prompt
- The Handy Dandy Writers Resource- The Best Time To Post A Story, With Science!
Lecture | 83General~ A Tool for Authors: DO IT WRONG ON PURPOSE!~ Plagiarism~ Practice Practice Practice!~ Glossary of Common Terms Around Fimfiction (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ The Legality of Fanfictions~ Ideas into words~ Finding Inspiration~ Techniques and Tips for Staying Focused On Your Writing~ Proper Etiquette~ The most important thing~ Canon~ Building a Reputation~ Stupid Stories and Why They Succeed~ Dissection of canon and fanfic~ Hazardous Topics~ Fan fics of other fan fics~Ten Suggestions to Improve Any Story, Part 1~Ten Suggestions to Improve Any Story, Part 2~Discovering Your Writing Style (Advanced)~What is Canon And What is Not~Writer's Block (The Solution)~Using Advice For Fun And Profit~What to Do Once You've Finished A Story~ Introduction to Writer's Tools
Genre Mechanics~ The Beginner's Guide to Genre Difficulty~ Sad Story~ Second Person Stories~ Horror and all its illegitimate offspring (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Writing a Quality Romance~ My Kingdom For a Horse (On Writing An Army)~ The "Dark" Tag/Genre and How Not To Overdo It~ Five Tips for Avoiding Brainworms in Romance Fics~ Writing Time Travel~ Writing an All-OC Story: Tips
Story Structure~ Story Descriptions~ Author's Notes~ A Guide to Story Forms~ Logical Progression~ On the Beginnings~ Dramatic Story Arc~ Subplots~ Monomyth (or, The Hero's Journey)~ Retroactive Continuity~ Foreshadowing~ Types of Conflict~ Conflict & Which ones to avoid (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Setting - Finding the Right Time and Place~Augmenting a Podcast on Beginnings (Field Trip)~Exploration, Progress, and Pacing~How To Create A Story~Setting The Scene~Closing The Scene~Deconstruction of Equestria Girls: A Lesson in Story Structure~Panel on Plot with Pen Stroke, GarOak, BronyWriter and PiquoPie~Scene Transitions~ Pony Take the Wheel: On Planning v. ImprovisationHow Pacing Can Influence Your Narrative
Writing Techniques~ Actions Speak Louder than Words~ An Ideal Process~ Story Pictures~ Showing vs. Telling (For the Millionth Time)~ The Three Types of Sentences in Storytelling~ The Way Of The Written Fist— errr— Hoof! (Combative Prose! Part 1)~ Tone~ The Hook~ Inadvertent master grade world building~ World Building~ "Brony slang" and why it sucks (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Why putting music into your story is comparable to shooting your piece of literature in the foot~ Good Themes, and their complimentors~Third Person Cinematic—The Terrible Perspective~Stream of Consciousness~Advertising~Taking The Character's Perspective~Do You Focus More On Action/Characterization in An Action Scene?~The Stubbornness of Perspective~Fanfiction the Community And You, an EFNW 2014 Writing Panel (Field Trip) ~Everything You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know About Writing Mechanics (Field Trip)~The Psychology of Expletives/Swearing In Writing~Atmospheric Music and Entertaining Music: The Difference~A Swift Buck To The Face (On The Subject Of Fight Scenes)~ How to Avoid 'Said'~ Exposition Tools
Editing~ Credibility and Checking Your Facts~ Twelve Techniques to Improve Your Writing through Editing~ Punctuation-in-Depth #1: Semicolon~ Punctuation-in-Depth #2: Quotations~ Punctuation-in-Depth #3: The Colon~ Punctuation-in-Depth #4: Italics and Underlining~ Dependent Clauses, or Why Your Commas Are (Mostly) Wrong.~ The Said Tags~ Paragraphs~ Rhythm in Prose~ Onomatopoeia~ Grammar with a Wrestler (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ Word Choice~ Adjectives/describing things~ Grammar~ Dialog~How Ctrl+F Can Make You A Better Writer~Punctuation Turns The Brain
Characters~ Equine Anatomy~ The Mary Sue~ What makes an OC? (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Cutie Marks~ OCs and how to use them (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Complete Your Story Before Posting~ Tips for Naming OC's~ Creating Deep and Believable OCs~ I Sit next to a Crazy Person (Memorable Flat Characters)~ Antagonists~ The Antagonist (Redux)~ Villians~Building Round and Realistic Main Characters~Balancing A Large Cast of Characters~How to Write Character Types~Writing Strong Female Characters~ How to Pinkie Pie (Faux Pas)– How To Write A God/Goddess~ Characterization in Dialogue~ Why Discord is a Gamebreaker
Sub-Lecture | 18~ How to Get More Views on Your Story (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ Story Updating and How You Can Continue A Masterpiece or Rush a Harbinger of Destruction~ Self-Theorized Judgement on What It Takes to Write an Interesting Scene.~ The Department of Redundancy Department~ Planning~ Go now and get a Journal (BeauZoe's rant) (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Originality (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Active Voice and Passive Voice.~ Names (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Spin-offs, unofficial sequels, alternate endings, etc. and why they fail and/or suck (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ The concept of "war"~ Why Humanized Universes Are Risky (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Crossovers (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Ellipsises~ Interrobangs and When and How to Use Them~How Many Words Should You Have?~How To Deal With Lack of Love And Appreciation For Your Content~Confidence~Knowing When It's Time To Post~Double Checking~Collaborations And Learning From The Best~The Misadventures of... "of"~The Expression of the Pony Body~ Beating Description Blues
Pro-Tip | 23~ TehAlphaGamer's Box of Memories. Hire an Editor! (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ THINKING BEFORE YOU POST/Do a little research next time! (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ (Re)Watch the Show~ A Great Ally in the War of Staying Original~ Klondike's Evening Ramble (Is also tagged Faux Pas)~ Enriching Dialogue Scenes~ Your Goal~ Writing for the Love of Writing and Not for Popularity~ Typing~ The Mary Sue Test (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ Relating and Developing a Connection to a Character.~ Multiple personalities~ Internet Urban Legends/Creepypastas and Why They're Horrible Ideas for Fanfiction (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ Niche Subjects and How to Draw Readers Into Them~ Stupid arguments and how they attract readers (Is also tagged Field Trip)~ insta-shipping (and why I hate you for writing it)~ 5 Tips for Writing Maud Pie~ Shipping!~ Pacing~ How to Vary Sentence Length and Why It's Important~ Death To "Very!"~ Burn Your Thesaurus!~ How To Stimulate The Creative Centers Of The Brain~ Sad Stories~ The Double-Edged Sword of Improvement~ Bad OCs~ Pony Names
Meta | 7
~
Rules, Guidelines, and Rubrics
~
Meet the Professors
~
Meet the Admins
~
Cafeteria
~
Suggestion Box
~
Study Hall
Activity | 12
~ Story Adoption Center
~ What Helps You Write?
~ Trivial Epics
~ Description
~ Character Development
~ OC Rating and Discussion Thread
~ Character Development Sheet "Guest Speaker"
Contribute to a Lecture on Characterization in Dialogue
~ Developing an Antagonist
~ May Contest ~ End of Submission period ~ Results
~ June Contest ~ End of Submission period ~ Results
~FebFIMFanFicLove
~Thirty Minute Writing Challenge With Prompt
- The Handy Dandy Writers Resource
- The Best Time To Post A Story, With Science!
Lecture | 83
General
~ A Tool for Authors: DO IT WRONG ON PURPOSE!
~ Plagiarism
~ Practice Practice Practice!
~ Glossary of Common Terms Around Fimfiction (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ The Legality of Fanfictions
~ Ideas into words
~ Finding Inspiration
~ Techniques and Tips for Staying Focused On Your Writing
~ Proper Etiquette
~ The most important thing
~ Canon
~ Building a Reputation
~ Stupid Stories and Why They Succeed
~ Dissection of canon and fanfic
~ Hazardous Topics
~ Fan fics of other fan fics
~Ten Suggestions to Improve Any Story, Part 1
~Ten Suggestions to Improve Any Story, Part 2
~Discovering Your Writing Style (Advanced)
~What is Canon And What is Not
~Writer's Block (The Solution)
~Using Advice For Fun And Profit
~What to Do Once You've Finished A Story
~ Introduction to Writer's Tools
Genre Mechanics
~ The Beginner's Guide to Genre Difficulty
~ Sad Story
~ Second Person Stories
~ Horror and all its illegitimate offspring (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Writing a Quality Romance
~ My Kingdom For a Horse (On Writing An Army)
~ The "Dark" Tag/Genre and How Not To Overdo It
~ Five Tips for Avoiding Brainworms in Romance Fics
~ Writing Time Travel
~ Writing an All-OC Story: Tips
Story Structure
~ Story Descriptions
~ Author's Notes
~ A Guide to Story Forms
~ Logical Progression
~ On the Beginnings
~ Dramatic Story Arc
~ Subplots
~ Monomyth (or, The Hero's Journey)
~ Retroactive Continuity
~ Foreshadowing
~ Types of Conflict
~ Conflict & Which ones to avoid (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Setting - Finding the Right Time and Place
~Augmenting a Podcast on Beginnings (Field Trip)
~Exploration, Progress, and Pacing
~How To Create A Story
~Setting The Scene
~Closing The Scene
~Deconstruction of Equestria Girls: A Lesson in Story Structure
~Panel on Plot with Pen Stroke, GarOak, BronyWriter and PiquoPie
~Scene Transitions
~ Pony Take the Wheel: On Planning v. Improvisation
How Pacing Can Influence Your Narrative
Writing Techniques
~ Actions Speak Louder than Words
~ An Ideal Process
~ Story Pictures
~ Showing vs. Telling (For the Millionth Time)
~ The Three Types of Sentences in Storytelling
~ The Way Of The Written Fist— errr— Hoof! (Combative Prose! Part 1)
~ Tone
~ The Hook
~ Inadvertent master grade world building
~ World Building
~ "Brony slang" and why it sucks (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Why putting music into your story is comparable to shooting your piece of literature in the foot
~ Good Themes, and their complimentors
~Third Person Cinematic—The Terrible Perspective
~Stream of Consciousness
~Advertising
~Taking The Character's Perspective
~Do You Focus More On Action/Characterization in An Action Scene?
~The Stubbornness of Perspective
~Fanfiction the Community And You, an EFNW 2014 Writing Panel (Field Trip)
~Everything You Didn't Even Know You Wanted to Know About Writing Mechanics (Field Trip)
~The Psychology of Expletives/Swearing In Writing
~Atmospheric Music and Entertaining Music: The Difference
~A Swift Buck To The Face (On The Subject Of Fight Scenes)
~ How to Avoid 'Said'
~ Exposition Tools
Editing
~ Credibility and Checking Your Facts
~ Twelve Techniques to Improve Your Writing through Editing
~ Punctuation-in-Depth #1: Semicolon
~ Punctuation-in-Depth #2: Quotations
~ Punctuation-in-Depth #3: The Colon
~ Punctuation-in-Depth #4: Italics and Underlining
~ Dependent Clauses, or Why Your Commas Are (Mostly) Wrong.
~ The Said Tags
~ Paragraphs
~ Rhythm in Prose
~ Onomatopoeia
~ Grammar with a Wrestler (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ Word Choice
~ Adjectives/describing things
~ Grammar
~ Dialog
~How Ctrl+F Can Make You A Better Writer
~Punctuation Turns The Brain
Characters
~ Equine Anatomy
~ The Mary Sue
~ What makes an OC? (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Cutie Marks
~ OCs and how to use them (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Complete Your Story Before Posting
~ Tips for Naming OC's
~ Creating Deep and Believable OCs
~ I Sit next to a Crazy Person (Memorable Flat Characters)
~ Antagonists
~ The Antagonist (Redux)
~ Villians
~Building Round and Realistic Main Characters
~Balancing A Large Cast of Characters
~How to Write Character Types
~Writing Strong Female Characters
~ How to Pinkie Pie (Faux Pas)
– How To Write A God/Goddess
~ Characterization in Dialogue
~ Why Discord is a Gamebreaker
Sub-Lecture | 18
~ How to Get More Views on Your Story (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ Story Updating and How You Can Continue A Masterpiece or Rush a Harbinger of Destruction
~ Self-Theorized Judgement on What It Takes to Write an Interesting Scene.
~ The Department of Redundancy Department
~ Planning
~ Go now and get a Journal (BeauZoe's rant) (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Originality (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Active Voice and Passive Voice.
~ Names (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Spin-offs, unofficial sequels, alternate endings, etc. and why they fail and/or suck (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ The concept of "war"
~ Why Humanized Universes Are Risky (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Crossovers (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Ellipsises
~ Interrobangs and When and How to Use Them
~How Many Words Should You Have?
~How To Deal With Lack of Love And Appreciation For Your Content
~Confidence
~Knowing When It's Time To Post
~Double Checking
~Collaborations And Learning From The Best
~The Misadventures of... "of"
~The Expression of the Pony Body
~ Beating Description Blues
Pro-Tip | 23
~ TehAlphaGamer's Box of Memories. Hire an Editor! (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ THINKING BEFORE YOU POST/Do a little research next time! (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ (Re)Watch the Show
~ A Great Ally in the War of Staying Original
~ Klondike's Evening Ramble (Is also tagged Faux Pas)
~ Enriching Dialogue Scenes
~ Your Goal
~ Writing for the Love of Writing and Not for Popularity
~ Typing
~ The Mary Sue Test (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ Relating and Developing a Connection to a Character.
~ Multiple personalities
~ Internet Urban Legends/Creepypastas and Why They're Horrible Ideas for Fanfiction (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ Niche Subjects and How to Draw Readers Into Them
~ Stupid arguments and how they attract readers (Is also tagged Field Trip)
~ insta-shipping (and why I hate you for writing it)
~ 5 Tips for Writing Maud Pie
~ Shipping!
~ Pacing
~ How to Vary Sentence Length and Why It's Important
~ Death To "Very!"
~ Burn Your Thesaurus!
~ How To Stimulate The Creative Centers Of The Brain
~ Sad Stories
~ The Double-Edged Sword of Improvement
~ Bad OCs
~ Pony Names