The Writer's Guide to House of Anubis Fanfiction

Hello! If you just clicked that link, you want to know the do's and don'ts of writing House of Anubis fanfiction. You've come to the right place! In this guide, I'll show you what to do when writing slash, OCxCanon, and more!

In this first chapter, I am going to detail things every fanfiction writer should know. If you don't just write HoA fics, you can use this chapter for reference. Let's begin!

1. Disclaimers

What would you say if I told you you didn't need to disclaim your HoA fanfiction? Or, for that matter, fanfiction in general? That's right, folks! Unless you're selling your fanfic in any way, shape, or form, you don't need to disclaim your fic. The wonderful people at have things taken care of. Even if you do feel the need to state that you don't own HoA, please don't do anything like the following:

Fabian: Do I have to do this?

Me: Yes! Yes you do!

Fabian: Fine. Deminny doesn't own HoA.

What's wrong with that, you may ask? It's annoying. We'll cover more self-insertion in later chapters.

2. Spelling and Grammar

Okay, seriously. Is it so hard to press the shift (or, if you're me, caps lock) key? Capital letters at the start of sentences and proper nouns is how you're supposed to write. so don't write like this. Write with capital letters!

Now we're going to cover run-on sentences. Please, please, PLEASE use semicolons. It's the button for regular colons without pressing shift. So instead of this:

Mick smiled he really liked Mara.

Or this:

Mick smiled, he really liked Mara.

Do this:

Mick smiled; he really liked Mara.

Or even this:

Mick smiled. He really liked Mara.

See? Is it that hard to put in one or two extra characters? Nope! Chuck Testa!

Thirdly, we're going to cover spelling. Please spell correctly. Most computers have a built-in spell-check device that will appear whenever you make a mistake. Don't ignore it. Please. It's important.

3. Terms you need to know

There's going to be a lot of these.

Mary-Sue: A character portrayed in an over-idealized way. We'll go over these more later, as well as the little know but absurdly common Relationship Sue. Note that all Mary-Sues are OCs. See Canon Sue.

My Immortal: The single worst fanficton. EVER. If your fanfiction gets compared to this, please start over. Thanks.

A/N: Author's note. Please, please, please don't put this at the beginning or with little notes in the middle of the story. Put it at the end if you have to put one at all.

Yaoi: Also known as slash. The pairing between two male characters, and not just friendship.

Yuri: The female equivalent of yaoi, also known as femmeslash.

Flame: A negative review often meant to stir up a response. Often, constructive criticism reviews are mistaken for these.

Fluff: This fic has no negativity. It's simply happiness.

AU: Alternate Universe. If a fic is AU, it doesn't take relationships, plot elements, or anything of the sort in to account. It has many sub genres. For example, a HS!AU is an AU fic set in a high school.

!: ! is used to denote a change in a character. For example, Vampire!Fabian would be a vampire version of Fabian, Evil!Patricia would be an evil Patricia, etc

Badfic: This story is absolutely horrible, but it's written that way on purpose. It has bad grammar, Mary-Sue characters, and even more things to make it utterly horrible. Often, these are written as a parody.

Lemon: A fic containing explicit sexual content. These aren't technically aloud, but that doesn't mean they aren't plentiful.

Canon: This is something real that happens in a work. Mara and Mick kissing during training, the cup being underneath the stage-that's all canon.

Character Death: Exactly what it says on the tin: a major or minor character dies. Not an OC. List this in warnings, please.

Songfic: A fic based on a song. Lots of these are very emo; just an observation.

Troll: Someone online who wants to annoy you. They want to get a rise out of you. Don't feed them; that is to say, if you get a troll review, don't react to it. Otherwise, the troll wins.

Trollfic: See badfic. It's debatable whether My Immortal is this or not.

OC: Original character. NOT to be confused with OOC. Make sure yours isn't a Mary-Sue, if you have one.

OOC: Out of character. If Mara's not smart- If Mick's not athletic- If Nina isn't Mary Sue- they're OOC.

Canon Sue: A character in the original work that qualifies as a Mary-Sue. Nina is this.

OTP: One True Pairing. Your preferred pairing in a work. Fabina seems to be this to a lot of people.

Oneshot: This will only have one chapter. A twoshot will have two chapters; a threeshot will have three. Anything else is just a normal fic.

POV: Point of view. Nina POV would be 1st person from Nina's point of view; Eddie POV would be 1st person from Eddie's point of view, etc.

Ship: Noun: A romantic relation ship between two characters. Verb: To support said relationship.

Shipper: Someone who ships. See above.

Ship Tease: HoA is full of this! The teasing and hints of a relationship that hasn't happened yet, necessarily.

Spoiler: To the untrained viewer, a spolier may be new info. Put this in the description, please.

Trope: A concept that the audience of absolutely anything will recognize. TvTropes acts as a wiki for these.

Deminny's Super-Special Notes!

This guide was originally supposed to be for Big Time Rush fanfiction, but House of Anubis needs it way more. Trust me. That being said, don't flame me. I'm just trying to help, not hurt.