On Fri, 22 Aug 1997, Travis Butler wrote:

I write for the fun of it; because I
happen to enjoy writing and enjoy what I create.  I don't post most of my
stuff to the FFML anymore (for several reasons; main one being that a lot
of it is original work, not anime fanfiction, and I've generally seen bad
reception of original work on the FFML - namely, no one reads it). 

I've seen that as well, though I can't say I'm terribly surprised. There 
are a number of outlets for original fiction, but only a few for 
fanfiction; it's understandable that people who come here for anime 
fanfiction prefer to read anime fanfiction.

True; however, there are few outlets for original fiction of an anime
flavor.  (Such as the 'Campus Chaos' story I posted a while back.  There
were only about two or three people who even noticed it, so I didn't
bother to post the second part or finish the third part.)

Unfortunately, original anime/manga-flavor writing sort of falls into a
grey area.  The only anime-writing forums around are primarily based
around fanfiction for existing storylines; non-anime-writing forums are
usually less receptive to anime-flavor writing.  What's someone with an
original story idea to do? :/

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