In message <199510280529.WAA09515@hsc.usc.edu>, Ed Sharpe writes:

       I have a question.  Why?

       What I mean is why do you write fan-fictions?  i can't be
for the money now, can it?

Why does one climb a mountain?   Because it is there.

 Zen koans aside, for some authors it's a sort of tribute to the writers
of the original series.   Sometimes it's just the creative results of the
"what if?" type questions people ponder about.  I started becuase I felt
the need to return something to the community of other fanfic writers who
provided more great stories in the universes that I enjoyed originally.
Now I do it "just because", as a creative outlet and way to keep myself
busy.  For some people certain ideas "beg to be written".

Different people write for different reasons.

	-DaR
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Dan Root - dar@andrew.cmu.edu