In order to make it easier for moderators and those who write and read the fan fiction stories, we are going to separate the comments from the stories. We are asking everyone to follow these guidelines:

For story writers:

Post your new story as you normally would, but also post a companion comment thread in the Fan Fiction Comments forum where people can post comments for you to read. Once you have created the comment thread, post a link to it in the first chapter of your story. (For example, if your story is called The Chief and the Princess, then you would create a thread in the Fan Fiction Comments forum called The Chief and the Princess - Comments.) You can refer to some examples that have already been created to see how it works.

For stories that have multiple chapters, as most do, simply reply to your existing story thread to add new chapters. Don't forget to check the comments thread to see what people have to say about your stories. Since the Fan Fiction Comments forum will be pruned regularly, make sure to save any comments that you want to keep.

For story readers:

Whenever you want to provide a comment to a story writer, please make sure that you click on the link to the comment thread (at the beginning of the story) and make your comments there. If you forget and reply in the story thread in Fan Fiction, your comments will not appear in the thread (because of the new full moderation process) and the author will never see them.


We hope that everyone likes these improvements to our fan fiction area. The result will be a continuous story that is easy to read, without all of the interruptions caused by reader comments, and should make Fan Fiction more enjoyable and constructive for everyone.