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Certainly this will not be a total waste of time to read before you ask...
 

     Though I wouldn't say that I know every little answer to every little question that needs answering I would be happy to help in any way possible.  Questions that often crop up will slowly add to this page but until I actually get repeat questions the generic garbage I come up with will have to do.  Still, I hope these will be... at least slightly helpful... maybe.

 

  • I think I have a really great fanfiction.  It has an original plot and I keep relatively close to the characters' true selves.  However, I can't seem to get anyone to review my fanfiction!  What is it I'm doing wrong?

Seems like you have a case of the no-review blues!  It may be that your fanfiction isn't as original or IC as you really think, but that is probably not the case.  More likely, you have a pairing/plot that is too extreme for the normal crowd to latch onto or you are simply posting your story in all the wrong place.  If your story is specialized, try to find a forum dedicated to that fandom/genre/pairing and post it there.  Even finding a place that is only a general specialization (such as a Harry Potter forum rather than just fanfiction.net) for your Ron/Luna fanfiction is better than leaving it where it will be shunned by the huge droves of Ron/Hermione and Neville/Luna fans.

If you still don't have an audience after that, send it to a more experienced writer (e-mail them before sending to make sure it won't be a bother!) and have them look it over for you.  They can give you advise on what you may be doing wrong and how to fix it.  They'll probably even give you a good review to boot!  Just don't badger them--if they said they will read it, they will.

  • Will you read my fanfiction?/Are you a BETA reader?

Sorry for those of you who want me to BETA for you but no, I am not a BETA reader.  I don't feel qualified to do such a thing.  Still, I will read your fanfiction if you wish and I will review it for you.  However, if you want me to help you correct every mistake then please ask me to do a chapter analysis along with it.  It is sort of like a BETA read, only I will only do such a thing for one chapter (not counting the Prologue or Epilogue).  On this point I stand firm.  I am a busy person and as I said before, I am no BETA reader.

 

Have a question for Cager that isn't expressed here?  Just e-mail me at the address candidcager@hotmail.com and include "Candid Cager" somewhere in the title and I will get to your question as soon as I possibly can!