[FFML] [Ranma] [something-or-other] [Xover] Ranma Talks It Over

[Mike Ching]

From: Ed Simons <easimons at cris.com>
>Apparently even Fox doesn't want to be 
>associated with his own fics anymore. ^_^

Either that, or it's one of those insidious new Stealth fanfics that we can't see on email.

Niven's Law for Writers #2: Never be embarrassed or ashamed about anything you choose to write. (Think of this before you send it.) 

From: "The Eternal Lost Lurker" <lurkerdrome at sbcglobal.net>
>Say that after you've endured CKK for ten years
>like the most veteran among us have. I *dare* 
>you.

Nnnnh. So that means I have to pester you guys for a decade with bad fics before I get any responses to any single one of them...? Oh no, wait. The ML address/program itself kills my fic submissions (happened 2-3 times on the old ML). Nevermind.

> From: al'eyx <nbriche at free.fr>
>no C&C given to any story has ever 
>resulted in a better subsequent submission.

Well, what constitutes "Better"? in the end, the writer is free to accept or reject C&C suggestions at his own risk. I used to have my friends C&C my fics, and they ended up WORSE than before, mainly because they took it as a permit to rewrite my story -their- way.

In the end, the only way a writer can get better is if he -reads-. That's the only way you can pick up styles of writing that you can use. You can't be a writer of any degree of capability if you don't read. Period.

@CKK--=STRONG= suggestion: put your fic-writing aside for a few months and go read some mainstream fiction, in particular those that have won awards of some sort or other. You'll thank me for it.

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