Every couple of months, someone writes one of these silly Essays.  So, upon
seeing this one, the following thought crossed my mind: "Here we go again."

While all the points were somewhat valid, I think that anyone thinking of
writing an SI must realize that a self-insertion MUST BE WRITTEN JUST LIKE
ANY OTHER STORY.  That means that above and beyong ANYTHING else you
consider, you have to take a good long look at the story you're writing.  If
your story "sucks" AS A STORY, then it's going to "suck" as a
self-insertion.

That's it people.  Everything else is just window dressing on the above.

Now can we avoid these threads in the future?
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Christopher Angel
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