The DO's and DON'T's of writing a fanfic

If you havn't read the post before this, go read it or else you're gonna be thinking, "whoa, thats random."

Ok, most of these simple do's and dont's of writing a fanfic can pretty much apply to writing almost anything in general, except for a few (you'll be able to tell)
Ok, so, here it goes.

DO
1. Read your reviews. they can help you improve on your writing or motivate you to write more. It can also motivate you to happy dance like a maniac since you thought your story was bad and some people are saying they LOVE it in comments.
2. Listen to the right music. It helps you get into the right mood.
3. Post new chapters often. Or else people get restless, or they forget about your fic. Or they want to murder you if you're taking too long.
4. Keep everyone in character. If you make them too mushy people tend to get annoyed (I do) Reference the original if you have to. ( people have said they liked how I wrote Fang in my fanfic =D )
5. Remind people in your author notes to comment, and make your author notes funny or else people will just skip over them.

DO NOT

1. Stay signed on to AIM while trying to write. If it wasn't for a few certain friends that are on IM ALL THE TIME I probably would have finished a novel by now. lol. (You guys rock, don't worry. hahah)
2. Listen to piano while trying to write a chase scene. It just doesn't work. (I'd suggest "Me Against the World" by Simple Plan for that, or the Alex Rider soundtrack =)
3. Make Max and Fang ditch the "Fangmobile" because people tend not to like that. (Even though I PROMISED to bring it back later. Sheesh, fanfic readers *shakes head*)

Tah-Dah.