Explain this for me ?

[Iamnotabot]

so can any one give me a brief explain of each catagory ?

Like whats "adapted from" is ?
Whats the diffirent between "side story" and "spin-off" ?
Does sharred universe works when the universe of the mc from their world apeared in each other story ? Like a cross over of universe.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

Not sure what adapted from means in this context. Usually, its putting a story in a different format.

A side story usually features members of the main cast, but its not related to the main story.

A spin-off is often a whole new story with a new MC, but it can feature the old MC. An example would be Boruto.

Prequel is story before the story. Sequel is continuation of the old story.

Alternate story is keeping the same cast but making a seperate version. Say that the original ended up with a singular lover in a harem story. The alternate might be the harem ending.

Shared Universe usually means a completely different story with different cast, but it takes place with same magic/tech. Maybe even the exact same world.

 

[LilRora]

Adapted from is like created using different media. Think what anime adaptations or movie adaptations do. It is supposed to match the original as closely as possible, but realistically it doesn't always work out like that.

Prequel and Sequels are stories that respectively precede or follow the events of some main story, typically with the same characters but unrelated plot. If plot of each volume is distinctly separate, it can also be used for consecutive volumes of a single series (like the 1st and 2nd are prequels to the 3rd, and 4th up are sequels).

Side story is a separate story set in the same world. May be connected to the main story through characters or events, but can also be completely unrelated and instead expand on worldbuilding. As the name implies, it's relatively short.

Spin-off and Alternate Story are similar, both describe what would have happend if the story was different in some ways. They may be very similar, but can also diverge completely at some point. I believe the difference between Spin-off and Alternate Story is that the latter does not interfere in the worldbuilding and established lore, instead pulls the story in a different direction from the same starting point. A Spin-off can do a lot of things, up to things like a completely different world but same characters or vice versa.

Shared Universe does not specifically refer to one story, it can be used to group together stories that exist in the same Universe. There is usually one original story, but it's not necessary.

Main story I believe is the base for some distinctly separate Sequels, Prequels, as well as Short stories, and perhaps some vaguer cases. On Scribble Hub specifically, I think this is supposed to be used to indicate that the story is not standalone, but to be honest I've never seen anyone use it.

Note that, on Scribble Hub, you're making references with those tags. If you make a sequel, you tag the main story as a prequel in its description, and you tag it as the sequel in the main story's description.

 

[Echimera]

In the context of SH, adapted from could also be used to denote that something is a final version that's based on a rough draft that's also still on the site as a separate story.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Huh. Never noticed that tab before. Thanks for pointing it out.

• Adapted From usually means the idea was not originally yours - either you based the story on someone else's works (but it's not a fan fiction; the final few books in the "Wheel of Time" series were Brian Sanderson adapting a novel from Robert Jordan's work plus an outline they worked out together before Jordan's passing), or it is based on a true (or allegedly true) story, like The Amityville Horror or Whitley Streiber's alien abduction stories. Or you took something like a Norse Saga and adapted it to modern prose (both J. R. R. Tolkien and H. Rider Haggard did this). A novelization of a movie or TV series would also merit this tag, I suspect.
• Prequel means it happens before another story - either it that story sets a foundation or introduces characters that directly impact the story with this link.
• Sequel means it happens after another story, but is connected by events or characters to that story.
• Side Story is just that - a story that is not a part of the main narrative but may take one or more characters out of it to do something (and this "something" may or may not be related to it) - kind of like a side quest in a video game or adventure module.
• A Spin Off is a story that grows out of another one. Maybe a character takes on a life of their own and merits a story of their own. This is more common in television than in literature AFAICT (Some examples there are Happy Days was a spin-off from an episode of Love American Style, and had its own spin-offs in Laverne and Shirly, Joanie Loves Chachi and Mork and Mindy; The Jeffersons was a spin-off from All In The Family, as was Archie Bunker's Place and at least one other show, I think Good Times; more recently, NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigation Service spun off from JAG (Judge Advocate General) and had multiple spin-offs of its own).
• Alternate Story is a What If...?!? deal, if you're familiar with those comics or the animated series on Disney+; you take an event within one story and have it go differently... OR you pull a stunt like the person who did the 50 Shades of Grey books and rewrite them with a completely gender-swapped cast (apparently because she can't form an original thought, just rewrite other peoples' ideas or her own).
• Shared Universe means the stories take place in the same world and events may cross over between them. This is common in comic books (and is why Spider-Man, the X-Men and The Punisher can show up in each other's books, as can the various members of the Justice League in the DC universe), and was the core idea behind a series of novels called Thieves' World from the 80s and 90s (two authors set up the outline of the world, and invited others to write stories set there - some crossed over into each other, some took part in a series-wide event, some were stand-alones). On television, the "Law and Order" franchise has several examples of this - Law and Order: Criminal Intent was a spin-off of Law and Order (apparently itself a sequel to Homicide: Life in the Streets), just as Law and Order: Organized Crime was a spin-off from Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, but Law and Order: Special Victims Unit, In Plain Sight, Law and Order: UK and the other one or two I've forgotten were all Shared Universe stories as they did not directly tie into the Main Series (but occasionally have character crossovers).

 

[Valmond]

This about answers that.