On Mon, 27 May 1996, Mike W. Loader wrote:

1. - DO NOT make yourself any kind of fighter. Even if you happen to be a
black belt in RL (I dabble in Escrima, myself), make your fictional avatar
totally unskilled.

Ok, so one bad tick for putting myself as a fighter. Hey, I did it with 
three other friends in it! Besides, it has to do with the plot, sorta.

2. - DO NOT have yourself walk out of the fic feeling glad the whole thing
happened. Even if the characters fail to make your life miserable, don't
write it as a good experience.

Not gonna happen with my story.

3. - DO NOT use yourself as a deus ex machina, a solver of problems.

Ok, another tick for me.

4. - DO NOT form any serious relationships with a character.

Alright, that's three ticks now.

5. - The whole genre of self-insertion is best done as a comedy, better as
a parody, and poorly as drama.

Does this count as another bad tick for me?
 

Of course, there are exceptions to all of the above rules.

I hope my story is one of those.

Mr. Ji - *sigh* Don't make it a lemon. I really mean that. I've never
flamed an individual in my life, and I'd really hate to start now.

Call me Jack. ^_- I'm not going to make it a lemon. I might just add a 
side story to it that is a lemon, silly!


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