How to create a good request?

1. The first step in creating a compelling proposal is an idea. How can we attract talented writers without a compelling idea? Think about what kind of fanfic you would like to read. Imagine how your fleeting idea would look like in a full-fledged fanfic. If nothing good comes to mind, feel free to discard the bad idea. One of the key aspects of the idea is originality. Sometimes you can come across such a request — “I really liked such and such a song, write a fanfic based on it. I’ll just kiss it.” Boring and irrelevant. Do not do it this way! Undoubtedly, this is very interesting, and such an application may find its author, but not more than one. 2. Title. There’s so much you won’t find here. I beg you, at least don’t write like this: “I didn’t come up with the name.” Your idea may be endlessly interesting, but the first thing authors pay attention to is the title. This will immediately turn them off. I found several similar applications — not a single job! Well, at least in this regard you have been warned. Let’s continue. I understand that while writing you may have a strong desire to read a paper on your work, but you should not write something like “Write me a fanfic about such and such a fandom!!!!!!!” Nasty! That’s not necessary either. For the same reason as the previous one. What can I recommend? You have a rough plot of the work, right? Then highlight its main idea and insert it into the “Title” column. This is how the application will attract the attention of the authors. If you don’t have a developed plot yet, make one! Remember, the popularity of the application depends only on you. 3. If you remember the sequence of creating a request, then the fandom and characters come next. There’s no doubt you can do a crossover. Approach fandom responsibly. Authors rarely just skim through all submissions. They search for them by specific fandoms. So why remove your great request from the authors' view? By characters. If you have a fandom-related query, there should be no difficulties here. Just write down the names. Although if you want to change roles, then do not forget about modifiers. For example, teacher! John/student! Mary. There are of course other nuances. If you have an original, then recording names is optional. In this column it is better to show the affiliation of the characters. For example, teacher/student. Author names are not always required. But! If you have a full-fledged story with a huge number of characters, then indicating names will be appropriate. 4. Next comes the description of the idea itself. I have only one piece of advice here — describe your story in as much detail as possible. Seriously, you shouldn’t write briefly and fit into a few lines. If you want the author to write the work exactly as you imagine it, add more details. Write a few pages, don’t be shy, the authors will only thank you. 5. Well, one last thing. Genre, rating and tags. Indicate them as specifically as possible and exactly as you want. If you want to read something tough, with scenes of violence and blood, but don’t give it a G! On the contrary, if it is something cute, then NC-21 will be inappropriate. By tags. Don’t be afraid to write about ten. This way you can describe the contents even more accurately. *** Well, I would like to end with an example. A few days ago I wrote an application. She ranks third in trends. Considering that the first two are also mine. Its name is one hundred and first generation. Almost all genres. All ratings are allowed. There are six marks. Pairing specified. I also counted the number of characters in the description — 1890. Of course, this is not much, but at least it is something. As you can see, I took into account all my advice and in a few days I scored 9 interested in and 8 bookmarked on this application. And this is not little. In general, the scheme is proven. Good luck with creating great submissions. Let me remind you that you can find other articles on writing on my profile.