Fan Fiction's Ten CommandmentsAuthors anonymous/unknown; compiled by Nancy Brown
1- THOU art a fanfic writer, not God. Unless thy name is Joss Whedon (or Roddenberry or Weisman) thy stories are not canon, nor are the characters all thine own. Disclaim them as such. 2 - KEEP the newsgroup holy; do not repost thine stories each week. That is the purpose of the archive. 3 -THOU shalt not take the First Amendment in vain. Thou dost have the right to express thine opinion. One doth not have the right to do so simply to cause a flame war. 4 -HONOR thy spellchecker and thesaurus. 5 - THOU shalt not release a story that another hast not proofread. 6 - PUTTING thine friends and thy self into thine stories can be vastly entertaining for all. Telling the world all thine fantasies through thy character is a little disturbing. Telling thine fantasies about thine friends through thy character could be grounds for stalking charges. Use thy best judgement. 7 - THOU mayst commit adultery with thine characters as thou might please, but thou shalt post a "Mature Readers Only" warning. 8 - THOU shalt not use another author's characters in thine stories without permission. 9 - THOU shalt not play in another author's (or authors') universe without permission. 10 - FEEDBACK is thy greatest friend. Learn to both give and take it constructively, and thou shalt live long and prosper mightily.
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