Wednesday, February 9, 2011

Rule number 1: Always follow the Disclaimers

When inspirtation hit you, you want to turn that idea into a fanfic. Well, now let's get started. You can turn it into a normal story or crossover, depending on what you choose. But there are rules that need to be followed before you can submit your story on a site or forum: The Discilaimer.

The Disclaimer is a thing that states that you do not own material from a game, TV show, book, anime, etc and say the name of the companies that own them. If you refused to follow the disclimaer rules, you may get sued, or worse, get your fanfic off a site or get arrested, which is even worse.

Here's a exmaple of a disclimaer. (Note: Sorry, can't spell sometimes.)

Disclaimer: I do not own (Insert Name of game, anime, TV show, etc here) or it's characters, their respected companies do and will no way steal the copyrighted material for profit.

This is one of the rules that need to be followed if you want to make a fanfic. In case you're wondering what a fanfic is, it's a fan made story based on favorite anime, games, Tv shows, etc.

So there you go, the Disclaimer rule.

Here's a tip: If you have a Original Character you made or OC, you can put in this: I do however own my OC (Insert name of person, or people here).

I'll cover the OC part in a later post. Stay tune for more tips, rules or tricks!

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