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| McJunker |
Author has written 24 stories for Harry Potter, Misc. Books, Tangled, American Gods, Avatar: Last Airbender, Greek Mythology, Lord of the Rings, Cthulhu Mythos, Starship Troopers, Pokémon, Hunger Games, Lost, Battle Royale, and Red Dawn. Rules for writing that I've taken from other, better writers, or that I've learned the hard way: 1. Any following rule may be broken under the right circumstances. 2. If your story has an antagonist, then for god's sake make him feel like a threat. Nothing's more boring then being unable to imagine how the hero could lose. 3. Don't be afraid to do horrible things to your characters. If everything is going fine in the hero's life, then you're doing your job badly. 4. Clarity is essential. The audience doesn't comprehend what each character wants, what obstacles stop them from gaining it, and what they're doing to succeed anyway, the story is much harder to read. 5. Don't hesitate to blatantly steal from other, better works. If there's a plot element an episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender that fascinates you, then feel free to use implement it in your story about Doctor Who fighting the Cybermen. Hell, Shakespeare wrote perhaps one original play in his life, but he still did a bang up job, because he took older stories and made them his own. 6. Allow the plot to build before the climax. Imagine how boring Lord of the Rings would be if Tolkien had gone straight from introducing hobbits to the Crack of Doom in 1,000 words. 7. Each character should have a different "voice", or "world view". If the hero, the villain, the sidekick, and the love interest all witness the same event, they should all have different reactions to it. It makes the story more realistic, and more interesting besides. 8. If you have writer's block, stop writing- it's your brain trying to tell you that it's running on fumes. Continue thinking about the story, though, and pick it up again later. I've found that switching projects every time one runs dry works pretty well. Just in case you ever wanted a first hand account of a war in Afghanistan: http://www.fictionpress.com/s/3077662/1/Downrange | |||||
1. The Battle Cry of Freedom reviewsA young American joins a grassroots resistance movement against the Russian occupation. Rated T for swearing and nongraphic violence.Red Dawn - Rated: T - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,306 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 5-24-13 - Complete2. Eleven Inch Holly Phoenix Feather reviewsThe wand chooses the wizard. And some wands fancy themselves insult comics.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 657 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 3-28-13 - Complete3. Absalom in the Time Viewer reviewsNew magical technology allows users to view how the victims of Voldemort's reign died. One Muggle man uses it to view his Auror son's last day alive.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Family - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,772 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 3-16-13 - Complete4. Snape's Eternal War » reviewsA collection of Snape's letters to Dumbledore. It's like every year there's some new attack on common sense.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Humor - Chapters: 3 - Words: 3,117 - Reviews: 15 - Updated: 10-27-12 - Published: 6-3-12 - Severus S. - Complete5. Who Do You Like For It? reviewsTwo Imperial officers discuss their bets as a the next Battle Royale looms nearer. A response to MessengerOfDreams' challenge on Reviews Lounge, Too forum: Write a story consisting onyl of Dialogue, a minumum of 727 words long.Battle Royale - Rated: K+ - English - Chapters: 1 - Words: 727 - Reviews: 1 - Published: 10-21-12 - Complete6. A Jewish Fistfighter in Panem » reviewsA jewish kid from the mean streets of District 3 is chosen for the 71st Hunger Games. He'll do anything to go home again.Hunger Games - Rated: M - English - Drama/Spiritual - Chapters: 3 - Words: 7,406 - Reviews: 5 - Updated: 9-24-12 - Published: 8-8-127. The Redemption Engine reviewsA murderer seeks redemption while in the custody of the Others.Lost - Rated: T - English - Drama/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,779 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 9-21-12 - Complete8. Four Men with Skull and Snake Tats reviewsFour Death Eaters playing poker during the First War.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Crime - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,262 - Reviews: 4 - Published: 6-1-12 - Severus S. - Complete9. Hey! You Have to Fight, Now! reviewsA low level trainer picks a pokemon battle with a high level trainer. Hilarity and horror ensue.Pokémon - Rated: K+ - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 1 - Words: 636 - Reviews: 7 - Published: 5-15-12 - Complete10. The BugKawa Invasion reviewsA radio operator on Klendathu gets slaphappy over the net.Starship Troopers - Rated: K+ - English - Humor - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,023 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 5-6-12 - Complete11. Riddle Opens Up and Shares a Little reviewsA polite young man seeks therapy in the days before Voldemort's rise to power.Harry Potter - Rated: K+ - English - Drama/Hurt/Comfort - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,810 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 4-14-12 - Voldemort - Complete12. Mud, Blood, & the Sound of Guns All The World Over reviewsThe Muggle governments and the Wizarding world drown the world in blood. It's not a question of good versus evil- it's a question of us versus them.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Tragedy - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,244 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 4-7-12 - Complete13. Jeong Jeong at My Lai » reviewsThe collection of evidence for and against the celebrated Fire Nation Admiral, dealing with his alleged actions at the Earth Kingdom village of My Lai.Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 5 - Words: 6,866 - Reviews: 14 - Updated: 3-7-12 - Published: 1-7-12 - Jeong Jeong - Complete14. Shapechangers and Espionage reviewsA story from the First Wizarding War. Infiltrators try to crack the headquarters of the order of the Phoenix, and it does not end well for anyone.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,957 - Reviews: 6 - Published: 2-28-12 - Complete15. The Secret of Eternal Life reviewsSomething is offering eternal life. The same way that mobsters would offer a shopkeeper protection. If there was a rating one notch past M, this fic would be there instead.Cthulhu Mythos - Rated: M - English - Horror/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,163 - Reviews: 5 - Published: 2-25-12 - Complete16. Thirty Terrible Ideas for LOTR Fanfics » reviewsRunning dry on ideas for new stories? Just lower your standards and step inside.Lord of the Rings - Rated: K - English - Humor/Parody - Chapters: 2 - Words: 2,241 - Reviews: 41 - Updated: 2-19-12 - Published: 1-17-12 - Complete17. Fire for Effect » reviewsThe war has been going on now for 70 years with no end in sight. One young Fire Nation soldier has one hell of a journey ahead of him- and one hell of a past behind him.Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: M - English - Adventure - Chapters: 11 - Words: 36,147 - Reviews: 20 - Updated: 2-19-12 - Published: 10-6-11 - OC18. The Order's Chronicles reviewsFour short stories concerning the first war against Voldemort. Sort of a mix of espionage and drama.Harry Potter - Rated: M - English - Drama/Mystery - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,518 - Reviews: 2 - Published: 1-31-12 - Complete19. Sisyphus! or, the Pitiless Duck of Olympus reviewsThe myth of Sisyphus revisited, American Gods style.Crossover - Greek Mythology & American Gods - Rated: M - English - Humor/Supernatural - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,571 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-29-11 - Zeus - Complete20. Honey Badger reviewsThe invasion on the Day of Black Sun from an OC's point of view. One-shot.Avatar: Last Airbender - Rated: T - English - Humor/Adventure - Chapters: 1 - Words: 5,083 - Reviews: 3 - Published: 11-6-11 - OC & Haru - Complete21. The Black Company in Middle Earth » reviewsIn those days, the Company was in service to the Eye of Barad-dur. . .Crossover - Misc. Books & Lord of the Rings - Rated: M - English - Adventure/Fantasy - Chapters: 16 - Words: 69,045 - Reviews: 120 - Updated: 10-22-11 - Published: 1-19-11 - Complete22. Let Immortality Begin Again reviewsAn immortal man is thrown into the Pacific Ocean to drown for eternity. One-shot short story.American Gods - Rated: T - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 2,164 - Reviews: 21 - Published: 5-12-11 - Complete23. Mother Gothel Searches for Truth reviewsMother Gothel deals with an intruder. Horror ensues. One-shot.Tangled - Rated: M - English - Drama/Horror - Chapters: 1 - Words: 1,769 - Reviews: 10 - Published: 5-3-11 - M. Gothel - Complete24. The Third Wizarding War: The Story of Miles Brand » reviewsThe story of a Muggle-born criminal, a Pureblood supremacist, and an ex-Auror on the run during in the Third Wizarding War. Expect a lot of violence and some swearing. Mostly canon compliant.Harry Potter - Rated: T - English - Drama/Suspense - Chapters: 15 - Words: 26,156 - Reviews: 11 - Updated: 3-6-11 - Published: 12-7-10 - Complete
