On Sun, 25 Feb 1996, polaris@interpac.net (Jon K. Hayashi) wrote:

What qualities make a good fanfic?  What qualities make a bad fanfic?  Is 
there
any sort of quantifiable that beginning writers can use or is it simply "I 
liked that one."?  How much of it is mechanics vs. type of story vs. genre?

For me it tends to be a I just liked it for the most part.  Staying true to 
the original characters is not a big requirment for a story I like as long as 
the changes can be explaned in a reasonable way.  The only big thing that I 
like is that the story is complete or atleast each chapter ties up most of the 
smaller subtreads.  Also clearity is important.


                      Thomas Kinnen * Ft Myers, Fl * USA
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