This post links to board topics where fanfic writers have asked for advice, or been given advice, or generally where the topic is relevant to fanfiction without being a story itself. I've sorted them into the following categories: Snippets of character or story, Help requests, Writing advice, Mary-Sues, Discussion, Fic competitions, requests, challenges and exchanges, Recs, Site links, and Polls.

Please note the other pinned topics Subforum rules, Plagarism reporting guidelines (fanfic edition), Fanfic Header (now with an explanation for each component), and Sorted Fic Index.

Corrections and additions to the list are appreciated muchly!

Snippets of character or story

DB OC profiles, thread started by Sarah Frost. A chance to get feedback on OCs; links to some other Sue topics.

Character Quiz, thread started by Skylii.

Ninja Dragon starts a thread for posting fanfic samples.

Help requests

Help Me Pick The Title For My Fan Fic, posted by Ninja Dragon. Old thread.

Fanfic help, posted by Sarah Frost. Thread for asking for advice.

Kereea requests fic advice. Old thread.

Advice request for a Lance fic, posted by Amethyst Fire. Old thread.

Request for a beta for non-existent fic, posted by Sarah Frost. Old thread.

Writing advice

DemonicFury links to writing advice partly written by her.

General writing advice, posted by Sarah Frost.

Mary-Sues (or Gary-Stus)

Dragon Booster Mary-Sue Litmus Test, posted by Sarah Frost. A quiz that in actual fact tests to what degree your character fits those cliches considered particularly Sueish by the author at the time of writing it.

Everybody hates Mary-Sues...or do they?, posted by Skylii. Discussion on Mary-Sues, and whether they're really that bad.

Yet Another Mary-Sue Topic, posted by Sarah Frost. Gives advice on creating non-Sue characters.

Link to an old report of Artha as a canon Sue, posted by Sarah Frost. Some general discussion in the comments.

Discussion

Airshadow starts a second discussion on writers' block.

So What Ideas Do You Have? Neemers asks people for their ideas.

Airshadow had fanfiction.net problems. Old link.

Airshadow questions the untold stories behind fanfics.

Slash in DB, posted by Angelicdemon04. Discussion centres on slash's right to exist rather than the nuances of its existence.

Question about writers' block, posted by Airshadow. Some discussion.

Problem with FF.Net, posted by Shadowcat. Old thread.

Question about unfinished fanfiction, posted by Airshadow.

Mod announcement, posted by Sarah Frost when she started moderating the fanfic forum.

Old FF.Net DB fic count, posted by Skylii back in 2005.

An old contest's results, posted by Airshadow. Old thread. Airshadow also had another question for her readers.

Areal Ravendark's character quiz.

Fic competitions, requests, challenges and exchanges

Poll to determine the outcome of Liliwen's fanfic contest.

General thread for the above, started by Sarah Frost.

Fanfic requests, thread started by Sai.

Dolphinliss' fanfiction contest announcement in honour of the board's second anniversary; contest results.

Crack, thread for suggesting unusual pairings.

Crack: dragon edition, thread for suggesting dragon pairings.

Brightclaw tries a round robin competition. Old thread.

Recs

Dragon Booster Recs, posted by Sarah Frost. Thread for recommending goodfic.

Archive recommendations, posted by Sarah Frost. Thread for recommending completed goodfic to go in the Archive.

Site links

Category announcement at FF.Net, posted by Mari when we finally got a place at the site.

Writers' resources, posted by DargonXKS. Share links and writing advice.

Deviant Art and fanfiction.net links, posted by Natalilly. Thread for users to share their own.

Airshadow links to her FF.Net profile.

Fracshun's Fan Art & Fiction on Dragon-City.Org, posted by the Furox. Regularly updated, and includes some fics not found on the board or fanfiction.net.

Link to old DB C2 on FF.Net, posted by LightningFlash back when there wasn't a category on the site.

Link to DB fanfic site, posted by Shadowcat. Contains a few older fics; has not been updated since 2005.

Old link to a fiction site, posted by Shadowcat. Dead link.

Polls

Crystal Wildfyr wants to know what story to "tipe" next.

FF.Net and other sites vs here; Sarah Frost asks how they compare.

Sarah Frost asks how you use this section.

Liliwen polls people on which story to write next.

Liliwen polls people on which story to write.

Kereea polls people on which parody to write. Old thread.

Dragonboostergirl wants to know which title she should choose. Old thread.

Pursoot asks which story to do first. Old thread.

Poll on a crew name for a planned fanfic, posted by Thrakos. Old thread.