On Mon, 18 Nov 1996, Adam Barnes wrote:

Sebastian Weinberg wrote:

I've got an idea for all of you with too much free time on their
hands (And I know you are out there).  It was sparked by this:

 On Sat, 9 Nov 1996 22:57:34 -0800 (PST) Mouse said:

: On Fri, 8 Nov 1996, Adam Barnes wrote:
:
: > TOP TEN REASONS FOR BRUTALLY KILLING A FANFIC AUTHOR:
:
: > 7. Their fic begins "Well, I never saw/read the anime/manga, but my
: > friend told me all about it..."
:
: If someone mentions this one more time I will do it I swear! I have never
: seen any anime or read any manga! ^_-

Now how about this...

If you have a friend who is interested in writing, why don't you
give him or her a selection for fanfics, let them read all, and
then tell him or her to write another fic, based purely on the
knowledge gained from these fics.  If a lot of us do this, we
might learn something from this.

Then again, we might not.

Anyway, let's try.

Sebastian (I already know somebody to try this on)
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Ahh, yes! I see I missed this! therefore I am updating my list

TOP ELEVEN REASONS FOR BRUTALLY KILLING A FANFIC AUTHOR:

[snip]

8. Their fic begins "Well, I never saw/read the anime/manga, but my
friend told me all about it..."

7. An author suggests that someone who has never seen/read the
anime/manga write a fanfic

[snip]

Would this be a good time to remind the list that I was the one who
suggested that Mouse write a fanfic?  It wouldn't?  Oh, okay...  ^_-

And yeah, I'm now a bona fide fanfic author.  I wrote Springtime for
Brain in Megatokyo.  8)

Damon Casale, scyth@prolog.com / scyth@andrew.cmu.edu
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