Subject: Re: [FFML][Fic][R1/2] Quantum Destinies - chapter 6
From: David Johnston
Date: 9/4/1998, 8:20 PM
To: David Johnston
CC: Always Man <always_man@hotmail.com>, ffml@fanfic.com

Always Man wrote:

After the initial interest in the story, my C&C seemed to dry up.
If you like it, or have any thoughts, on it please let me know.

No one is posting C&C because the last few chapters aren't interesting.
You were off to a strong start--an interesting environment and spin on
the characters, and you stayed focused on what made it interesting.
You've moved away with what makes your fic interesting, and I warned you
about falling into this trap from the very beginning.

He is, of course, wrong.  Very few people comment continuously on every
chapter of a series, and that means that C&C slows down after the first
couple of chapters.  I am not, for example, going to continue to beef if 
I'm upset about someone's portrayal of Akane, even if I have a shine to 
her above my computer, after the first time, because the point would 
have already been made and would require no belabouring.  


Get things back on track immediately, or else this fic will continue to
meander until you get bored and stop working on it.

The funny thing is, by his standard, R. Takahashi was herself meandering 
and engaging in pointless diversions throughout the run of Ranma 1/2.
This probably indicates that she should continue to write professional 
since she isn't up to his standard of fanfic authorship.  


I was toying with the idea of using a variation of your world for
writing a fic of my own, but I have yet to come up with a premise that
excites me.