On Thu, 5 Sep 1996, David M Lerman wrote:

 I would also appreciate it if some of the authors could email me some lines
about their motivations. Why do they write fan fiction? What determines what
type of stories they write? What draws authors to a particular anime series?
What changes have occurred in your perception of the base anime since as a
result of your writing? How do you regard the issue of OOC? And answers to
any other questions that you feel I should have asked.

Ok, motivations.

Someone asks, or I send an idea and someone likes it.

Why do I write.

Keeps my mind busy and active.

What determines the story.

Anything.

Why I choose the series I do?

I like the idea of the series, or it's something I am involved with in my
research projects.  Ask Bert.

My perception of the base.

Always remains unchanged.

OOC attitudes.

It will occur somewhere.  I follow the ways of the Chi-di.

 I would also like both authors and readers to send me some comments about
what they like about fanfic stories and what they dislike. What do you like
to see in a story? Why do you read fanfics? Likewise, feel free to answer
any additional question that you felt I should have asked.

Read anything, enjoy it all, and try to understand it.

Disturbed sometimes about cultural inacuracies, but that will always
occur, and it will occur in some option of the space time arenas of
existence.

I like them all, and I read to understand.  Writing is the most important
activity in the world.

Hitomi

Ichinohei Hitomi
Hitomi@terminal.autobahn.mb.ca
http://204.112.189.3/~hitomi
"The beginings of wisdom is the ability to always ask questions."