Although GUTB ticked off a lot of people (with cause) when he first
appeared, I think that he is changing and that some people are now
unjustifiably hard on him.  Case in point - 


At 06:27 PM 8/11/98 -0800, Kaoru L. Shimitsu wrote:

This fic begins with an interesting premise, but it degenerates into a
another cheap Ranma/Akane feelings drama. It should have centered on
Kodachi's new environment, how she interacts with the school madness,
and the problems revolving around her being accepted into the Fuurikan
social life.

   Yet again, you bash needlessly without truly understanding the art of
Writing.  I have as yet to see anything written from you, or anything that

has

been COMPLIMENTED by you... In my view, this denotes that you may or may

not be a

flaming Hypocrite.

  Not being a writer in no way discredits GUTB as a critic.  As has been
discussed before on the FFML, to be a good coach does not require having
been a good player.  Anyway, GUTB's criticism is valid.  I'm not saying
that I agree with it, but he specified what he felt was wrong and what
would be better.  

The prose are awfully bloated. Cut out the filler. For instance:

   Filler is what makes us Identify with the characters every day life,

It helps

us understand their small habits and makes them more real to us.  To

Mirror our

own lives is to create something that the reader can identify with....

that the

reader can understand.

Most of that was worthless filler. Do we really need to know about how
Kodachi had to rummage around her backpack? Is the schedule important?
Does it matter how quickly she got to class, or that she did or did not
waste any time? Do we need a blow-by-blow description of every action
and thought that passes through her head for just changing classes?

   See my above statements, it is a definite YES.  Details that you find

tedious

and unneeded are what makes a story identifiable to the readers own real life
situations.  I still wonder why you joined this list in the first place.
   And I am beginning to question that it might be the fact that you could
needlessly trash peoples hard work to make yourself feel better.
   Once again, I have been a bit harsh in this posting, and I apologize to
everyone else with exception to The Guy Under the Bridge.  I do not feel

remorse

or sorrow for saying such things, I feel they needed to be said.  Others may
disagree, and I am prepared to be flamed for it.

  Again, GUTB gave a proper criticism of the story.  BTW, apologizing to
everyone else except GUTB is pointless.  

This is scene is utterly pointless.

   If a scene were utterly Pointless, the Writer would not have written

it.....

this gets into the above statements of Filler being one of the more important
pieces of any good work.  After all, if we all had action and dialogue

without any

exploration of simple day to day habits or thoughts, then it would be a

dry and

pointless story indeed.

  More detail on why the scene is pointless might be helpful, but again it
is a legitimate complaint. 

Thanks, Lawson, for another bizarre characterization. How does this
stuff become canon?

   I must say, I am beginning to find every email of yours unworthy of

this list,

as you are of no productive purpose whatsoever to my judging.

The comment on Richard Lawson is the one completely unjustified part of
GUTB's critique.  


                                                    dml