On Wed, 10 Apr 1996, Roy R. Rim wrote:

Not that my opinion matter much, but I find writing fanfics much easier 
than writing a regular story.  Since you're basically writing to an audience that 
is fairly well acquainted with the main characters, descriptions of those character 
do not have to go too much into detail, as well as their particular actions.
	Now of course this doesn't mean you shouldn't put in description.

Yeah, fanfic writing is easier than starting a story from scratch but it 
does offer it's own set of unique problems. Unlike your own original work 
you can't explore the characters in unique way's as easily as you can if 
you make your characters from scratch. For example if I write a story 
with Kasumi saving the world with incredible martial art's skill I would 
probably have to explain why she's so diffirent from her excepted 
character(which requires long winded explinations..). So the fanfic field 
does provide some problems, though any good writer can easily sove any of 
these problems....

BTW Roy, I just finished War of The leaves. Another great chapter!!Please 
keep them coming (I still wanna know what's up with Genma..)

Ja ne!!

Richard Beaubien
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Mizuno Ami-chan forever!!!