On Fri, 21 Jun 1996, "Mike W. Loader" <mloader@scs.unr.edu> wrote:

This is a gripe I hear all the time on the ML, and one I only partly agree
with. Admittedly, C&C for other anime is rare - but this isn't necessarily
the ML's fault. Fanfiction _requires_ , by it's very nature, the reader to
be familiar with the series. Let's face it, anime plots are long,
convoluted, and full of complex and implausible events; it's simply
unreasonable to expect a reader who's never seen the series to just dive
right in and enjoy it.

	I suppose so.  I try to explain the plot of Ranma 1/2 to someone else 
before and they all think I'm nuts.  I try to read some of the BGC or Sailor 
Moon fanfics, but they simply don't make any sense.  

  All I can say is: don't be discouraged. Name recognition takes time to
achieve.

	Okay, I'll try that.  

  And now, let me give you all a little tip on how to increase the amount
of C&C your stories get: WRITE C&C ON OTHER PEOPLE'S STORIES!!!!! People
remember things like that, and will be more likely to return the favor.
This doesn't mean you should try to kiss up to them...just that your
should give a critique.

	Yeah, that's what I'm doing right now, and I hope it'll work.  Thanks 
for the encouragement, then.  I'll continue to write.  Still, C & C will be 
appreciately when I start posting fanfics again.

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"RANMA NO BAKA!" Akane Tendo, Ranma 1/2

"Power only breeds war ... I wish I'd never been born." Celes Chere, Final 
Fantasy 3

Don Wang <dwang@sprynet.com>
RPG, strategy game, and Ranma 1/2 fan.