Subject: [FFML] Re: [SM/Ranma] All the Small Things-Prologue & Chapter 1
From: "Miller, Bert" <bert.miller@unisys.com>
Date: 4/6/2000, 2:06 PM
To: "'Slacker'" <r_heins@yahoo.com>, Fanfiction Mailing List <ffml@fanfic.com>

Well written, technically, and quite readable.

It's not clear that you're going anywhere terribly
interesting, though.  You might want to think of a
deeper hook for your readers.  To expand a bit on this:

Ranma/SM crossovers are a dime a dozen.  That does not
mean that yours _can't_, or _won't_ be interesting,
but it does mean that your potential readers need
something more to be persuaded to read _your_ story
(as opposed to one of the other half-a-dozen SM/Ranma
crossovers posted every week).  You might offer:
 1. An innovative setup or plot
 2. Compellingly excellent execution
 3. Humor

(One of my points here is that only a vanishingly
small audience will read this story _because_ you've
crossed over these two series.  And, given your lack
of proper tags in your header, you won't reach most
of them.  [See my header for example.])

You don't seem to fit into any of my three categories.
Your plot might indeed be very innovative, but I
can't yet tell (if so, let a few more hints get out
in the early stages).

Characterization seems okay, but not compelling or
vital.  Your Nabiki is mildly interesting.  Your
Ranma is not; I just don't care about him, and,
given where you seem to be going, I suspect I need
to.

Legend:
	<thoughts> 
        (sidenotes)
	_emphasis_
	[panda signs]
	*other languages*
	//sound effects//
	While in cursed form, Ranma=Ranma-chan, 
Ryoga=P-chan, etc.
      Ready? Good! Let's do it!

Some readers consider lists like this to be very
distracting.  They're almost always unnecessary;
just introduce each convention with the appropriate
verb.



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