Help:Writing a Series

The hardest part about creating your series is getting ideas.

But here's one note: you don't even need to make a series! Just make an individual episode for a start. If you want, you can make your series out of that.

Creating the Page
An ideal series page should have all of the following:
 * An overview - a short summary of what it is about.
 * An Episode Guide link - Standard practice is to put your episode guide--a list of your series' episodes--on a separate page titled "Series Name Episode Guide". Link to it from your series' page.
 * A list of characters - Throw in a list of your hero characters, villains, and Omnitrix aliens.
 * DVDs and Video Games - If you have a DVD or video game for your series, list it on the page.

What Should It Be About
Generic series are titled "Some Guy 10" and follow some guy with his Omnitrix1 as he fights villains. But you can be creative! Make a completely new character! Your series doesn't even need an Omnitrix as long as it is based on Ben 10 in some way.

What Is "Canon"? What Is "Fanon"?
There are two definitions of canon on this wiki: Fanon is another word for "fan fiction". The preferred term on this wiki is "fan fiction". It is anything written by the fans of something. This wiki is for Ben 10-type fan fiction.
 * Anything from real Ben 10 - Anything from Ben 10, Ben 10: Alien Force, and Ben 10: Ultimate Alien.
 * Anything part of the storyline of any series - Example: some episodes are in a series, yet are out of the storyline. They leave no continuity.

What Are Categories and How Do I Use Them?
Categories are special tags that can be put in to the right of the screen during editing. You can also add categories to a page at the bottom outside of edit mode. Categories help users find your page. Add the "Series" category to your series page.

Some people make categories for their series. In fact, others have separate categories for the series' episodes, aliens, villains, etc. Ask an admin to help you set up a category for your series. Do not do it yourself.