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The Underrated Story Index - On 2 week hiatus
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Welcome to the Underrated Story Index which is here to shine a much needed spotlight to those underrated stories that exists on these boards.
We all have encountered it at some time or another. We work hard on a story and when we finally post it here, it garners very little attention, if any at all. Now, writing fan fiction is fun, but we all must admit that it is hard to find the urge to keep on writing when ones readership is lacking. Why does it happen? Well, that question has a lot of answers but that is not the main purpose of this thread.
So what is the purpose of this thread?
It is simple, really. This thread is designed to a highlight underrated stories on these boards that deserve more attention and a wider readership. This will also be a place where writers can gather and discuss how they handle their underrated stories, share tips, offer support etc.
But first off, some rules:
- NO NEGATIVITY. This thread handles very loaded topic within online fan fiction, that of readership, and I will not have this index derailed into a “woe is me”, “I’m a bad writer”, “nobody gets me” torrent of complaints. Any signs of negativity or hostility to the community will only get this index locked which will ruin the good work it is supposed to do. Again, NO NEGATIVITY towards your fellow writers, the readers or the community.
- NO FIC PIMPING. Please refrain from posting any links to your stories in the thread. If you feel that your story is underrated, please contact the index sock via PM.
Those two are the most important rules which will ensure that this thread stays on track and is pleasant for everyone. Otherwise, the other rules of the community apply, i.e. nothing that violates the Terms of Service.
How does this index work?
To function properly in giving underrated stories the proper amount of attention, this index will feature ONE underrated story every week and when that week has passed and a new story will be featured. To make this easier for everyone, please send your underrated stories to the index sock. If chosen, the sock will send a PM back to you, asking you to write something down about your story, what it is about and why people should read it.
Whilst it’s hard to pinpoint in numbers what is/isn’t an underrated story, this index has set up some criteria so to make the process of choosing stories easier. Here they are:
An underrated story is one that has been on the boards for at least 3 weeks and hasn’t managed to garner a readership of four members that comment or more after every update. If your story falls into this category, then it is eligible to be featured in the index and you may submit it via PM to the index sock for evaluation.
The index sock’s word on what stories are featured is final. Please refrain from resubmitting links to the same story. It could be a case that the story in question being put in line to be featured another week. Constant resubmissions will only lessen any chances of a story being featured.
The current caretaker of the index is yodas_waiter
And a special thanks to The_Face for helping me setting up this index and coming with some extremely helpful advice. It wouldn't look half as good without his input 
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HELPFUL TIPS FOR STRUGGLING WRITERS
Apart from being an index that highlights underrated stories, this will also be a place where struggling writers can find advice and support from fellow writers. I have started a list with some helpful tips on how to cope with an underrated story and how you can turn it around. Have you got any other tips? Please, come and share with us and help to fill out this list for the benefit of everyone!
1. STAY POSITIVE! Sure, a lacking readership can be frustrating but if you start writing your story with a negative attitude towards it, it will show and it will not make it anymore interesting for readers.
2. KEEP ON WRITING! Giving up on your story will not increase any chances of it gaining readers. Keep on writing and there’s a chance that it will attract someone.
3. WRITE VIGNETTES AND ONE-SHOTS! Vignettes and one-shots are an excellent way for a writer to showcase his/her skill. These are usually short, one page stories that don’t take long to read so there’s a good chance that several readers will check out your story. If they like it, it could lead them to check out your other works.
4. READ OTHER PEOPLE’S STORIES! How you expect people to take interest in your story when you don’t take interest in other people’s work? For this community to work, one must take the time to read other people’s work.
5. GET ACTIVE! Join discussion and show your face around in the Resource forum. Take on challenges. There are several threads here that post different challenges. It is a great opportunity to test your creative limits as a writer.
Here are links to some thread one can check out to help with ones writing or that offer good challenges. There are also several character/genre based indexes on this board that offer good tips. If anyone feels that this list is missing something, please submit a link and I’ll make sure to include it:
The Plot Bunny Thread
A great place to find good ideas for stories or share your good ideas
PT Write/Rewrite
A fun challenge where you can win colours!
Twenty-Five Rules For Writing Successful Fiction
An interesting workshop which provides many good ideas on how to write good and succesful fiction
Creche Thread
A place where struggling writers can find a mentor who can help them improve their writing skills and who can offer support. I can heartily recommend this place.
Essential Guide to OC’s
Original character (OC) writers tend to often be underrated. This is a thread which shares helpful tips, has great discussions and have fun monthly challenges!
The *NEW* First Sentence Challenge
A fun challenge which flexes your creative muscles!
No, really, how do you get people to read your fics?
A thread filled to the brim with great advice
The Literary Sketchpad – The REBORN Vignette Challenge Thread
An excellent place to find good vignette challenges.
The Missing Scene Roulette Challenge
A very fun roulette challenge which makes one play around within the movies. Good fun!
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ANNOUNCEMENT 4th of July 2008
Well, I'm off on my holiday tomorrow and no seemed willing to take over the reins of the index temporarily so the index will be on hiatus for two weeks.
That means that no new stories will be added to the index nor will there be any new featured stories during these two weeks. The index will be up and running once I'm back again.
Of course, don't let this stop you from checking out the stories that are already indexed!
Take care and I will see you all in two weeks
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Back on track. Here's this weeks featured story:
Shards of the Heart: When Worlds Collide by Darth_Leia_6669
Two years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent to the outlying planet of Omnyou to help the planet make the transition from an empire to a democracy, and to prepare them to join the Republic. Well, that was the official request. Once they arrive, they are teamed with a very unusual group that the Government is unaware of to find the leader of a rebellion with plans bigger than anyone knows.
This is a crossover with Ruroni Kenshin and the Dragonriders of Pern, and also includes several original characters. I am trying to make it so that you don't need to be familiar with either story to follow this one, and both stories are AU's as well. It has action, suspense, drama, and whatever else the muse deems worthy!
An intriguing concept which is a great read. Please check this story out!
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Index for Before the Saga
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Freedom in Bondage by Alexis_Wingstar
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Those Eyes! by Alexis_Wingstar
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Index for the Saga
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A chick on every planet by earlybird-obi-wan
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Diary of a mentor by earlybird-obi-wan
Diary of a young healer by earlybird-obi-wan
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The Enforcer by yodas_waiter
The Enforcer is the story about the young Imperial noble Hector Viralte, who discovers that he has latent Force sensitivity. This revelation turns his comfortable lifestyle upside down as Hector tries to come to grips with the immense power he wields whilst at the same time trying to keep his place in a society which hunts down those with Force sensitivity. Having failed to join the Imperial army, his life ambition, Hector decides that the only consolation is to uphold Imperial law by using his powers under the alias of the "Enforcer". This puts him on a crash course with most of the Imperial society...
The Enforcer is an homage to the classic super-heroes such as Batman, Spiderman, Iron Man etc. with a Star Wars-y feel to it whilst at the same time trying to poke fun at the various super-hero clichés. The story features a fair amount of drama, intrigue, humour and, of course, action. In short, it has something for everyone.
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In absentia by DarthIshtar
Star Wars has come to a whole new level. On our very own board there is the untold story of an Imperial officer and his family. It has humor, scandal, political intrigue and a courtroom thriller and is even close-captioned for the hearing-impaired!
No, seriously. In Absentia is the diary of Ive, the wife of a bridge officer on Captain Needa's Star Destroyer. She is an Alderaanian-born Imperial loyalist raising her hearing-impaired seven-year-old daughter on Empire-era Corellia. This deals with everything from the challenges of being a military wife to rumors of rebel activity in their own city. It takes place during the year in which the Battle of Hoth happened, so the war is in full stride and there's no telling what the outcome is. I have many ideas, of course, but you'll have to read the ending to find out.
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K
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The Last Twilight by cdmcc
Here's what he has to say about the story:
Well, The Last Twilight is a noir detective mystery set on Coruscant between AOTC and ROTS. A lowly private detective gets drawn into murky affairs of the upper classes of the planet. As he starts to dig a bit deeper, a number of secrets start to unravel and soon he finds the need to watch his back. Meanwhile the galaxy starts the slow, hot burn to all out war. Familiar characters will make an appearance as suspicion falls on many.The real hero of the story is the planet and those who make it the centre of the galaxy.
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Mother's of the desert by Quigonjecca
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Shadow of Your Smile by Alexis_Wingstar
Shards of the Heart: When Worlds Collide by Darth_Leia_6669
Two years before the outbreak of the Clone Wars, Anakin and Obi-Wan are sent to the outlying planet of Omnyou to help the planet make the transition from an empire to a democracy, and to prepare them to join the Republic. Well, that was the official request. Once they arrive, they are teamed with a very unusual group that the Government is unaware of to find the leader of a rebellion with plans bigger than anyone knows.
This is a crossover with Ruroni Kenshin and the Dragonriders of Pern, and also includes several original characters. I am trying to make it so that you don't need to be familiar with either story to follow this one, and both stories are AU's as well. It has action, suspense, drama, and whatever else the muse deems worthy!
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Tender Shadows by Musical-Wingstar, (The Musical Jedi and Alexis_Wingstar)
Koria recently lost her husband, Awin Cor, to the war with the Separatists. As she grieves, she throws herself into her senatorial duties, and is reunited with her mentor Master McCal. With dark times ahead, they will have to turn to each other for survival.
When they escape Coruscant after Order 66, the two must find a way to keep going. Koria is feisty and passionate. Tobias McCal is dedicated to the Jedi Way, including the rule of no attachment. Will they drive each other crazy, or will the two mesh into a cohesive partnership? Will they stick together, or go their own way?
Whatever happens, it will certainly prove interesting. Force help them!
Threads of a Broken Heart by Spyman290
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V
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Without a single drop of Rum by Quigonjecca
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Index for Beyond the Saga
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B
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Causality by Stroja
Comfort and Consolation by mrjop2
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Fear and Love by Earthknight
Fear and Love is a romance/comedy set in a Post NJO alternate universe. Ben wants to tell Tahiri that he loves her while Jacen and Jag want to propose to Tenel Ka and Jaina. Problem is: the three men fear that Tshiri, Jaina, and Tenel Ka will reject them.
The story is to show the fear that some guys feel when they deal with stuff like marriage proposals or revealing feelings to a woman. It's about conquering that fear and to see if it will lead to success or failiure. For Jag, Jacen, and Ben, you will see if it ends happily for them...or sadly.
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Grown and Still Growing by Alexis_Wingstar
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Heartache and End by Earthknight
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Jedi Generation Book 1: Rebirth by mrjop2
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Making a life by zonzo
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Star Wars Episode VIII: Mysteries of the Sith by mrjop2
Star Wars Episode VII: Resurrection of the Sith by mrjop2
Star Wars Episode VII: Resurrection of the Sith is the first of the Second Sith War trilogy and my vision of what a third movie trilogy would be like. It ignores most of everything that takes place after the Kevin J. Anderson trilogy except for some of the well known characters.
Many years have passed since the Galactic War was won and the Empire was defeated. The remnants of the Empire and the New Republic had found a way to co-exist for over fifty years, but now the New Republic is in danger of breaking out into another civil war, and all of it stemming from the assassination of Supreme Chancellor Leia Organa Solo and Ambassador Han Solo from years past. Some fear that the Imperial Order is responsible for sabotaging all attempts for peace.
As the Jedi fight to keep a civil war from brewing, a young Jedi woman named Jacina is sent out to bring in a possible eye witness to the brutal assassination for questioning. Her quest will unveil a new evil that is slowly creeping from dark side of the Force. She will discover the true enemy may not be the Imperial order, but a Sith Master known as Sithious who is proclaiming himself to be the god of the Sith. Is there any truth to his proclamation?
Star Wars Episode IX: Rise of the Chosen One by mrjop2
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Verlangen by Earthknight
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*Hold*
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*Hold*
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This is a great idea, yodas_waiter. [face_thumbsup]
You'll be recieving a PM from me soon. 
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 Shiny!
It's a good idea.
next time I stumble over an overlooked gem, I'll know where to report it to.
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Great idea. I'll be keeping an eye on this.
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Great idea and this will help around awards time.
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Excellent idea for an index!
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What a wonderful idea! 
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Awesome idea! Someone like me could really use something like this right about now.
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