This chapter is to help jump start your fan fiction.

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 Starting Your Fan Fiction

There are many types of fan fiction in Harry Potter world, but these are the most common:

• 1st Generation- In Hogwarts with Snape, James, Lily, etc.
• 2nd Generation- In Hogwarts with Harry, Hermione, Ron, etc.
• 2nd Generation 2- In Hogwarts with no outside contact with Harry, Ron, Hermione
• 3rd Generation- In Hogwarts with 2nd generation's children
• Tom Riddle fan fiction- In young Voldemort's era, with him being an influential character
• Dumbledore fan fiction- In young Dumbledore's era, with him being an influential character
• Founder-fiction- about the Hogwarts founders
• Other

(Of course there are other fandoms but as this is HIH I started with HP)

These are good starting ideas if you don't know what the setting for your fan fiction is going to be quite yet.

* NOTE- these are only suggestions. Please be creative! That's the most important thing about fan- fiction. Please feel free to use any variation of those starters as your own

Also, some good ideas to get your story really flowing:

- Love triangle

- Death of a near-main character

- Huge plot twist involving the daily life of the main/sub-main character

  That should give you some ideas to start your fan fiction. 

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Also, Unless the main plot is over and it is the end of your book, it is not a good idea to knock off your main character in the middle of a book. Even J.K knew that. (;