On Thu, 11 Apr 1996, Nightelf wrote:

So...what makes a good fanfic?

Characters...KNOW YOUR CHARACTERS, DAMMIT!!!!  Sorry.  With the stories I

Amen to that.  Bad characterization is the death of fanfic.

"Sunrise" - serious fanfic, with a dark mood throughout most of the story,
though it has its bright moments.  I chose a prose format, and tried to make
it as descriptive as possible.  I seriously focused on the characters,

Worked very well, I thought.  And was short, without being too short.  I 
wish I could write short pieces like that...Most of my efforts at 
shortness end up being big stories with stuff left out :(

this newest crisis some people would (and did) disagree with.  The primary
influence on the structure of the story was John Biles' classic, "Putting
Your Heart in the Right Place".  It was that feel to the story - that
sentimental humor - that I wanted to instill in my fanfic.  However, I didn't

Woo Woo!  Thanks! :)


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