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The (un)Official Harry Potter Fanfiction Thread
For all your fanfiction needs



This thread is for everyone who likes fanfiction. The readers, the writers, the shippers, the sporkers, the betas, everyone is welcome…even people who don’t like fanfiction can come and discuss why, as long as they’re civil.

In this thread you can do anything; recommend stories, or look for recommendations, you can discuss plot bunnies, share your own stories, look for C&C, search for a beta…anything, as long as it has to do with fanfiction, adheres to the TOS and relates to Harry Potter.

Please remember to read the rules before posting, and have fun. =)

Reserved for the Greatest Recommendation List of All Time xD

::Note:: We can't control what you may find out there on the internet. We will never knowingly direct you to anything over PG13 but after the first link we have little control over what you may find. As always, surf safely, look carefully at story ratings and warnings, and don't read stories you know you shouldn't wink
Great Communities:

The Babbling Chronicles

The funniest parts of the worst fics you'll ever find, all laid out for your reading pleasure n.n

Accio_rs_fics

Need to find a Remus/Sirius story you forgot to bookmark? Or do you just want some recs? The lovely people at Accio_RS_Fics can help you out n.n

HD_ficsearch

Look for Harry/Draco stories here smile

HP_FicSearch

Need a fic, or a certian kind of fic, but can't find it? This is the place to ask n.n

StagNight

Who doesn't love James Potter? This is the place to go for slash, het and gen fics featuring our favorite stag n.n

(Any other Harry Potter LJ communities you love? PM me with a link n.n)

Rec Lists

(Coming soon...)

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So anyway, up to this point I’ve only ever read fanfiction, I’ve always been hesitant to write it, mainly because I’m scared of mutilating the characters and having people laugh and me xD

But anyway I’m coming up to my yearly summer depression where I can’t draw worth s**t, and I haven’t been on the computer enough to RP much, so one of my friends is trying to convince me to write something. I’ve had a few plot bunnies running around in my head for a while now, and I was just wondering how any writers here get started on a story?

That’s the main thing holding me back 3nodding

n.n Glad you think so!

I thought that you could still find the Draco Trilogy online, you just needed a password? razz

It was like 'leather' or something xD

I should add that to the Rec List if I can find it...Gah! I can't remember it's ships. xP

I'll look through my favorites to see if I still have a link to the site...

I've read more Harry Potter fanfiction than I have fanfiction of other genres. That being said, I've found HP fanfics to be either wonderful pieces of literature, or aweful dregs that should never have been written.

I've been a fairly loyal fan of the SSHG pairing for many years now. Lately, though, and I don't know why, I've been getting to dislike it more and more. I think it's because after you read so many stories in a certain genre, you've read them all. So, recently, I've been reading chapters of stories I've already started in that genre, but not starting any new ones. I've been exploring a bit. To tell you the truth, exploring scares me. While SSHG stories may not be the most cannon (I accept that) I've found them to be some of the better written.

A few things in fanfiction bother me. One thing is the insertion of new characters. I know it's inevitable, but if a new character doesn't strike me as interesting right away, I'll walk away from a story right there. I also really dislike it when characters from Harry's time go back in time to when James and Co. were in school. I have really only liked one story where that took place, and it wasn't the generic, "Oh hi! I'm here and everyone accepts me!" bs. that is normally present in those stories.

I believe I've read well over 100 fanfics in the HP genre. I do have a few favorites. One, I can't link because it's rated R. It's about a dementor, specifically the one on the train in Harry's 3d year. It's very cute, and funny, and written in almost exactly Jo's style. In fact, were parts of that story to get out on the internet, it may well be mistaken for the 7th book. Well, except for the part in which the Dementors reenact scenes from Les Miserables...