http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/-t1.htm A forum linked with our fanfiction efiction part of the site, The Hogwarts Quill. All challenges and discussions take place in here. Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:44:25 GMT 10 http://i121.photobucket.com/albums/o205/hogwarts06/banner2-3.png http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/-t1.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-dreaded-mary-sue-t9108.htm Amy
http://pottersues.livejournal.com/

They basically find a Mary-Sue from the Potter world of the day. It's funny stuff. Seriously makes you wonder how people come up with these characters...]]> The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 13 Feb 2008 14:35:32 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-dreaded-mary-sue-t9108.htm#285097 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-dreaded-mary-sue-t9108.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/do-you-have-an-oc-t377.htm romance lover Do you have a regular Oc that you use all the time? Whats the background? how do they tie into storys/or Rp's? The Hogwarts Quill Sun, 05 Mar 2006 09:14:13 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/do-you-have-an-oc-t377.htm#4381 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/do-you-have-an-oc-t377.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/original-fiction-t5419.htm Amy Does anyone write original fiction? In the past I've written a few original things, though that was when I was around thirteen or fourteen. I haven't written anything original for a while, though I had very good intentions to do NaNoWriMo last november. I got hit with an idea the other day though, for an original story, which I really want to write. So I might have a go at that. I'm having problems starting it though. I really really like the idea, so I want to write it down the best I can, ... The Hogwarts Quill Mon, 04 Jun 2007 19:23:10 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/original-fiction-t5419.htm#172416 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/original-fiction-t5419.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/unusual-fanfiction-story-lines-t6631.htm Elfie Dumbledore We have all come across some really weird and unusual fanfics before, so I thought that we could discuss it here in our very own fanfic forum.


One which I keep coming across recently is pregnant snape fics (and artwork)! Now I love Snape but I think this is reaching so far into the mad world of fandom that it is too weird not to mention. ]]> The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 08 Aug 2007 20:24:28 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/unusual-fanfiction-story-lines-t6631.htm#195236 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/unusual-fanfiction-story-lines-t6631.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/what-are-you-writing-at-the-moment-t10007.htm Elfie Dumbledore What are you writing at the moment?


I dont know about all of you but I know that myself and Amy write a lot and rarely finish them so we are always writing something different and going back to other ones.

What are you writing at the moment?
]]> The Hogwarts Quill Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:20:09 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/what-are-you-writing-at-the-moment-t10007.htm#323057 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/what-are-you-writing-at-the-moment-t10007.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/promote-your-fanfics-t3835.htm Elfie Dumbledore Have you recently added a fanfic onto Hogwarts Quill and want to promote it? Then here is the thread! Make sure you give the following information: Code:[b]Title: Rating: Genre: Warnings: Ships: Summary: link:[/b] Please remember, this is only for fics on Hogwarts Quill (HE's Fanfic). Any other fanfic pages of yours can be added to promote your websites in the fanfic thread. The Hogwarts Quill Sat, 06 Jan 2007 21:36:45 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/promote-your-fanfics-t3835.htm#133389 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/promote-your-fanfics-t3835.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-drabble-a-day-t11767.htm Amy A Drabble A Day Welcome to A Drabble A Day, where we can all keep our creative juices flowing by writing drabbles. How is this going to work? I will give a prompt at the end of this post, and whoever sees it can take the prompt and turn it into a drabble. They should then post their drabble in the thread, and give a new prompt at the end. Then someone will see that prompt, make a drabble, give a new prompt etc. etc. At the end of every week, I will come to the thread and look ... The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:06:55 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-drabble-a-day-t11767.htm#434102 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-drabble-a-day-t11767.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/who-reads-your-fanfic-t8665.htm Amy Who reads your fanfic? Do you show it to anyone in real life (ie. outside of HP forums and archives)? The Hogwarts Quill Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:42:16 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/who-reads-your-fanfic-t8665.htm#270665 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/who-reads-your-fanfic-t8665.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/challenge-what-if-t11033.htm Elfie Dumbledore CHALLENGE : What If... I thought it was about time some more fanfiction challenges were put up. This is the first out of three Im putting up tonight. All entries must be submitted onto the quill site and the link to that story put here. The challenge Your challenge is to start writing a story about one of the following; a) What if Neville had been the chosen one after all? What would be different? You can pick any part of the timeline of HP for this. (Hogwarts Era - AU) b) ... The Hogwarts Quill Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:14:29 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/challenge-what-if-t11033.htm#384613 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/challenge-what-if-t11033.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-1-t11814.htm Rigby Dumbledore Chris Van Allsburg wrote the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, he presented it as a series of pictures with a story title and a prompt, but left the story telling up to the reader. Stephen King even used one of the pictures as a story for one of his collections. So this first challenge is to look at the picture below, and using the story title and prompt write a one shot and upload it Hogwarts Quill. When titling the story please do so in the following way: Rigby presents Mr. Linden's ... The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:04:18 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-1-t11814.htm#436618 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-1-t11814.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-2-t11815.htm Rigby Dumbledore Chris Van Allsburg wrote the book The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, he presented it as a series of pictures with a story title and a prompt, but left the story telling up to the reader. Stephen King even used one of the pictures as a story for one of his collections. So this first challenge is to look at the picture below, and using the story title and prompt write a one shot and upload it Hogwarts Quill. When titling the story please do so in the following way: Quote:Rigby presents Just ... The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:10:55 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-2-t11815.htm#436619 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/the-mysteries-of-harris-burdick-challenge-2-t11815.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-unique-experience-come-add-a-chapter-t11978.htm Elfie Dumbledore A Unique Experience A Unique Experience is a collection of chapters written by various authors for HE's big event of 2008, The HE Olympics. It is based upon Hogwarts castle as HE'ers see it. If you would like to add another chapter to this story, whether you have done so yet or not, then please look below to see what chapters need filling. Once written, please pm elfie dumbledore on the main Hogwarts Experience site with your chapter, its title as given and your author name on ... The Hogwarts Quill Mon, 17 Nov 2008 21:44:25 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-unique-experience-come-add-a-chapter-t11978.htm#441327 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/a-unique-experience-come-add-a-chapter-t11978.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/writers-aid-t3830.htm Elfie Dumbledore Do you have writers block or need any help with writing your story then this is the thread to be.

Please use this thread for help and suggestions only, not as a general chat thread. ]]> The Hogwarts Quill Fri, 05 Jan 2007 22:29:43 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/writers-aid-t3830.htm#133091 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/writers-aid-t3830.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/reverse-dictionary-t8883.htm Amy
http://www.onelook.com/reverse-dictionary.shtml]]> The Hogwarts Quill Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:08:26 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/reverse-dictionary-t8883.htm#280657 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/reverse-dictionary-t8883.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/ficsavers-t8912.htm Amy I've had this website saved in my favourites for a while now, but never had need to use it - but I just did, and it's great! It lets you save entire multi-chaptered fanfics in one go, so that you can then read them offline. It has a few HP specific fanfiction archives, and a few multi-fandom archives. All you do is put in the story URL or ID, click save, and it gives you a downloadable zip file with the entire story. It saves as .html docs, so you can even read the files in your ... The Hogwarts Quill Sun, 03 Feb 2008 13:49:31 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/ficsavers-t8912.htm#282073 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/ficsavers-t8912.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/recommend-a-story-t3837.htm Elfie Dumbledore Have you read a fanfic (any site) which you think is brilliant and others should read? If so post it here. Remember to fill in the following: Code:[b]Name of story: Author: Rating: Genre: Warnings: Summary: Link: Why Would You Recommend It:[/b] The Hogwarts Quill Sat, 06 Jan 2007 22:03:59 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/recommend-a-story-t3837.htm#133409 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/recommend-a-story-t3837.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/how-long-have-you-been-writing-fanfiction-t3831.htm Amy How long has everyone been a fanfiction writer? What motivated you to write your first fic? Do you think you have improved as a writer thanks to fanfiction? I've been writing fanfiction for some time - my first fanfic was posted way back in 2001 on fanfic.net, and then I posted for about a year. I'm never telling anyone my old author name though! I then got back into writing fics in November 2005, and have been writing ever since. Back when I first started writing I don't know what ... The Hogwarts Quill Fri, 05 Jan 2007 23:26:07 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/how-long-have-you-been-writing-fanfiction-t3831.htm#133104 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/how-long-have-you-been-writing-fanfiction-t3831.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pet-peeves-t8063.htm Amy What are your pet peeves when reading fanfiction? That is - those things that crop up in a slew of fanfics that just really, really annoy you. Here are a few of mine: -Sirius and James sleeping with/kissing/going out with every girl in Hogwarts. Not realistic and just plain annoying! -Peter being absent from Marauder-era fics, or made out to be a blathering idiot. He was there, and he was their friend at that time, no matter what happened later. -Bad grammar, spelling and ... The Hogwarts Quill Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:57:37 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pet-peeves-t8063.htm#245552 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pet-peeves-t8063.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/your-first-fics-t8666.htm Amy
My old account on fanfiction.net still exists, and occasionally I go back and read the fics there, ones that I wrote between the ages of 13 and 14.

It's weird, but also quite heartening to see that I *have* improved as a writer.]]> The Hogwarts Quill Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:43:53 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/your-first-fics-t8666.htm#270667 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/your-first-fics-t8666.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/prologues-chapter-length-t5652.htm Amy I'm asking this in reference to the original fiction I'm currently writing (or trying to), but it can also apply to fanfics as well. What do you think is the right length for something to be? Forget for a moment about fanfic archive self-imposed chapter length restrictions, and think about what you like to read/write in terms of chapter length. I wrote a prologue for my story earlier, and it's incredibly short - less than 200 words. But it does everything I need the prologue to do - ... The Hogwarts Quill Fri, 15 Jun 2007 14:14:20 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/prologues-chapter-length-t5652.htm#175298 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/prologues-chapter-length-t5652.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/music-drabble-writing-exercise-t10238.htm Amy Music/Drabble Writing Exercise 1. Pick a character, pairing, or fandom you like. 2. Turn on your music player and put it on random/shuffle. 3. Write a drabble related to each song that plays. You only have the time frame of the song to finish the drabble; you start when the song starts, and stop when it’s over. No lingering afterwards! 4. Do five of these, then post them. Do this as many times as you like, posting the results in this thread. It doesn't necessarily have to be five ... The Hogwarts Quill Thu, 24 Apr 2008 00:14:52 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/music-drabble-writing-exercise-t10238.htm#332789 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/music-drabble-writing-exercise-t10238.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/word-count-updates-t8893.htm Amy
Current Project
Today's word count: 1,055
Total word count: 2,540]]> The Hogwarts Quill Sat, 02 Feb 2008 15:56:33 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/word-count-updates-t8893.htm#281225 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/word-count-updates-t8893.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/plot-bunnies-t5425.htm Etta okay i need to free up some space in my Fics Folders (i now have 8!) so here we go small ones first me thinks: 1. The soft lavender silk of the fine tight fighting dress robes clung to the blonde headed woman as she hurried along the cold, empty dark and wet street to the end cottage with its thatched roof and low doorframe. She pushed the picket fence gate open and hurried down the gravely pathway, knocking on the front door hurried. 2. The cold piercing wind slapped at her face ... The Hogwarts Quill Tue, 05 Jun 2007 09:48:41 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/plot-bunnies-t5425.htm#172507 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/plot-bunnies-t5425.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/general-fanfiction-discussion-t8963.htm Amy
I've just been bitten by a plot bunny - the first HP fic idea I've had in months and months.

Must write down. Must write down.

]]> The Hogwarts Quill Sat, 09 Feb 2008 20:56:39 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/general-fanfiction-discussion-t8963.htm#284085 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/general-fanfiction-discussion-t8963.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/fanfic-writer-to-published-author-t8662.htm Amy The original fiction thread moved sort of in this direction yesterday, so I thought it'd be good to have a topic on it. What do you think of fanfic writers who go on to be published authors? Do you think their fanfic past hinders or helps their career as a published author? I know of two fanfic writers from the HP fandom who have gone on to be published: Cassandra Clare and Abraxan. I wouldn't buy Cassandra Clare's book on principal, but I wouldn't not read Abraxan's because she ... The Hogwarts Quill Tue, 15 Jan 2008 18:44:24 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/fanfic-writer-to-published-author-t8662.htm#270502 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/fanfic-writer-to-published-author-t8662.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/storyright-t5462.htm Amy I found this earlier on my search for a writing forum, and it's pretty good. www.storyright.com Basically it takes you through all the planning stages of writing a story (be it original or fanfic) and planning your characters. I used it earlier to start mapping out my new idea, and it really helped. There's one section where you have to sort of put yourself into the character's shoes and answer a series of questions as the character. The problem is it's only free to use for ... The Hogwarts Quill Wed, 06 Jun 2007 21:53:44 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/storyright-t5462.htm#172853 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/storyright-t5462.htm http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pick-a-brain-t8667.htm Amy
Perhaps you can't quite remember something that happened in PoA, or you need to find out the British slang for money.

Use this thread to pick other people's brains!]]> The Hogwarts Quill Tue, 15 Jan 2008 21:45:14 GMT http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pick-a-brain-t8667.htm#270672 http://hogwarts-experience.heavenforum.com/the-hogwarts-quill-f104/pick-a-brain-t8667.htm