Welcome!
Hello, and welcome to the Pre-DH FicFest! This is a community for celebrating all the wonderful fics written prior to the release of Deathly Hallows.
Do you want to share a story that you managed to finish a few days before Deathly Hallows was released? Or a WIP you started last year? Or a favorite fandom classic? Or a one-shot written in between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix? This is the place for you.
This community is open to anyone who wants to pimp or recommend a pre-Deathly Hallows story, according to our bi-monthly themes. In order to keep this community open, all users need to follow a few simple rules. Please review them before you begin posting.
Our first theme will be: "Last Minute Fic Frenzy"
This will be a chance to pimp and rec stories that were posted between June 21, 2007, and July 21, 2007, just before the new canon was released. Posting for this theme will begin on Sunday, August 5, and will run through Saturday, August 18.
In the meantime, please spread the word about this community to your friends so that we can have as many people as possible show up to start pimping and reccing some great stories.
Community Rules
1) Only stories written and posted before July 21, 2007 can be pimped or recced.
2) WIPs that had at least one chapter written and posted before July 21, 2007 are allowed.
3) DO NOT post your stories on the community. Please post LINKS ONLY.
4) Please use the posting format listed below. A cut and paste version of this format will be posted every time a new theme is announced.
5) Use a new post for every single story you pimp or rec.More than one story can be recced in the same post only if all the stories in the post have the same ships and/or main characters, so that the posts can be tagged appropriately for easy searching.
6) Tag each post with the names of the main characters in the story, the main ships of the story (or gen), and the name of the bi-monthly theme you are responding to. This will make it easier to search the community for the sorts of stories you are interested in. If a tag does not exist for one of your characters or ships, comment to your post requesting a new tag and one will be created for you.
7) Feel free to comment about the stories being pimped or recced, but I’m sure the authors would appreciate if you commented at the site of their stories also.
8) NO FLAMES in posts or in comments.
9) Do not post discussions, questions, theories, essays, etc. This community is for STORY RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY.
10) Users will receive one warning for violation of the rules. If a second violation occurs, the user will be banned.
Posting Format
Title: provide title with link here
Author: provide author’s name and a link to their journal or website
Rating and warnings: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, list any warnings
Characters and Ships: list characters, and ships (or gen)
Summary: include a short summary of the story
Author’s Notes: include if you are the author, or
Why you should read this: if you are recommending a story, explain why you like it and want to recommend it.
Do you want to share a story that you managed to finish a few days before Deathly Hallows was released? Or a WIP you started last year? Or a favorite fandom classic? Or a one-shot written in between Goblet of Fire and Order of the Phoenix? This is the place for you.
This community is open to anyone who wants to pimp or recommend a pre-Deathly Hallows story, according to our bi-monthly themes. In order to keep this community open, all users need to follow a few simple rules. Please review them before you begin posting.
Our first theme will be: "Last Minute Fic Frenzy"
This will be a chance to pimp and rec stories that were posted between June 21, 2007, and July 21, 2007, just before the new canon was released. Posting for this theme will begin on Sunday, August 5, and will run through Saturday, August 18.
In the meantime, please spread the word about this community to your friends so that we can have as many people as possible show up to start pimping and reccing some great stories.
Community Rules
1) Only stories written and posted before July 21, 2007 can be pimped or recced.
2) WIPs that had at least one chapter written and posted before July 21, 2007 are allowed.
3) DO NOT post your stories on the community. Please post LINKS ONLY.
4) Please use the posting format listed below. A cut and paste version of this format will be posted every time a new theme is announced.
5) Use a new post for every single story you pimp or rec.More than one story can be recced in the same post only if all the stories in the post have the same ships and/or main characters, so that the posts can be tagged appropriately for easy searching.
6) Tag each post with the names of the main characters in the story, the main ships of the story (or gen), and the name of the bi-monthly theme you are responding to. This will make it easier to search the community for the sorts of stories you are interested in. If a tag does not exist for one of your characters or ships, comment to your post requesting a new tag and one will be created for you.
7) Feel free to comment about the stories being pimped or recced, but I’m sure the authors would appreciate if you commented at the site of their stories also.
8) NO FLAMES in posts or in comments.
9) Do not post discussions, questions, theories, essays, etc. This community is for STORY RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY.
10) Users will receive one warning for violation of the rules. If a second violation occurs, the user will be banned.
Posting Format
Title: provide title with link here
Author: provide author’s name and a link to their journal or website
Rating and warnings: G, PG, PG-13, R, NC-17, list any warnings
Characters and Ships: list characters, and ships (or gen)
Summary: include a short summary of the story
Author’s Notes: include if you are the author, or
Why you should read this: if you are recommending a story, explain why you like it and want to recommend it.