Wow, you just summed it all up in a fantastic and entertaining presentation. There is so much crap out there and I have seen at least one (but usually several) of your examples in everyone of the crappy DBZ fics I have seen.

It's so hard to pick a "favorite" so to speak. They are all so true. I couldn't stop saying "That is so true" for each example. The americanization (cars and brand names, ect), OOCness, the excessive intros and ANs.

Well, I could go on forever. Thank you very much for sharing this wonderful display of "things that needed to be said" now if only all the bad fic writers would read it and just cease to exist.

This is so true but yet awesome. How... DID YOU THINK OF THIS.

All right, I'll admit it. I'm guilty of a few of these, in moderate degrees, of course. Good thing none of those stories are up yet, right? Thank you for enlightening me as to my story's tragic flaws. You are my Buddha.

On a more serious note, great use of satire! It brings to mind Jonathan Swift's "A Modest Proposal."

fucking hilarious... props to you! someone had to say it.

"Goku soon came out of the house and they all loaded up into their Jeep Liberty and drove off into the Arizona sunset."

Oh dear god, I actually SAW THAT IN MY HEAD! IT WAS HILARIOUS! I saw Krillin waving a giant American flag in the back ground for fuck's sake! BRILLIANT! :D

all too true... needs a different title though, being: how to make a really bad fanfic... cause really, I have seen those mistakes, well everywhere

oh, and step zero, include in the summary some variation of "i suck at summaries"

HEY! That was just WONDERFUL! You made me laugh like crazy! (even when I made two points in my first fic) You're right!

mmhh... Congratulations... No that's one of your notes... (lol) I should say "Great Job" Really!.

Sincerely,

Eyr.

O.M.G! Hahaha that was the funniest thing ever! :D

-crying with laughter-

Well done XD Loved how Bulma was described in step 12 XD

This is freakin hilarious.

HAHAHAHAHA, I almost died laughing this, I had to keep holding it because I am at work. This was wonderful, witty and so true which makes it even better. Oh wow, I just loved this. Great job!

Umm... most hilariously true thing I've ever read on this site. Bravo- this should be required reading for anyone about to write a DBZ fic- it would save me a lot of time throwing-up...

~illegiblewriter

HAHA, that was hilarious. I love DBZ, B/V and write fanfics myself, but can tell you I have run into a lot of that. I mean the poor kids that write this sort of stuff, well they try...maybe you were a bit too cruel, although on the other hand...

...you forgot one:

How to write a really bad DBZ fic:

Write a highschool A/U story :S

It was funny but I hope it was all in good humour.

If not, then after all your derisive comments pertaining to those who enjoy reading and writing Dragonball Z fics, to take the time to write a 'fic' that goes to great lengths to lambast the aforementioned authors is quite pitiful.

I actually enjoy reading DBZ fics and I think each author has something different to offer their readers.

To 'madame starfire' or whatever: If you despise DBZ so much then taking the time to read a story pertaining to that anime and reviewing it is, quite frankly, sad.

Dragonball Z is, and will always be, the King Of Anime.

Akira Toriyama was a genius.

That's why Masashi Kishimoto idolised him and spent his youth trying to draw his Dragonball characters.

So, without him, that rubbish show 'Naruto' that so many people inexplicably adhere to, wouldn't even exist.

LMAO! nice... it's just...*wipes tear from eye* beautiful *crys* hehehe *laughs* good one though