On Sun, 14 Apr 1996, Ben Kosse wrote:

     I hope that you read this and can see where I'm coming from. I agree
that you must write in whatever way you can do best (I just sit down and
write, others plan their story before touching it). But, fanfics require
that the author pay attention to someone else's characters and universe. Not
following those will usually detract from the entertainment value of a story.

	But isn't it just as wrong to follow an EXACT set of someone 
else's guidelines?  Is it forbidden to tamper with characters just 
because someone else created them?  If so, then half the stuff written is 
a hideous perversion of the truth and everyone who wrote them should be 
executed.
	The point I'm trying to make is that while giving advice is good, 
TOO MUCH advice can weaken an author to the point where it no longer 
becomes that author's work.  And THAT is a bigger sin than any anyone has 
listed, myself included.

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