Lurker shouted something like...

PLAN a fic? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

Boy, you don't plan the fic...the fic plans you.

Seriously though, I have to agree with Lurk-one here.  My fics, for
instance, don't come from anywhere else but the cranial nerves up here on my
head (and neck of course).  Although spontanuity is deadly, and difficult,
some of us work best that way.  The whole Silly series I wrote, each
installment are written well within 10 to 20 minutes from the moment I write
the title on the e-mailer.  Yes, no drafts, no outlines...just keeping in
mind what you presume is the final goal.  (in this case, Ranma or Akane
expressing their you know what.)

For the really long ones, setting goals is far more recommended than doing
outlines...etc.  For instance...there is a final goal in a fic.  (in Ranma
fics, basically having Ranma get one of his fiancee, or the other way
around.)  In each installments, there are individual goals,  like in the
first installment, think of a good introduction.  Forget the typical "Hi,
Hello" be innovative.  Strike an interesting way to introduce a predicament.
Next installment is where the story is weaved.  Basically follow a cause
effect strategy, but not sequentially.  Not having the cause in a series of
paragraphs then the next paragraphs is the effect.  (Quite bad by the way.)
Story threads are the best way of doing it.  (Always breaks the monotony,
and makes the ready really crunch their brains on what's going on.)  If
you've seen a daytime soap, it's something like that.

Oh, and use the KISS principle.

Oh, well.  Lets try it... I'll time myself

4:00 am

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The autumn moon shone brightly that evening.  Anyone staring at the vast
expanse of space and stars that night would never find a more marvelous
sight.  Even if the cold wind was blowing hard up on the roof, Ranma found
it quite refreshing to stay up there, all alone.

"It is peaceful tonight."  Ranma turned around, seeing his friend, Tenchi
Masaki coming up the roof.  "What are you doing here?"

"Nah, I'm just a little tired.  That's all."  Ranma looked back up the sky.
Tenchi sat down beside him, staring as well.  "What's happening downstairs?"

"Huh? Oh, everyone seems to be watching Washu's new big screen TV."  Tenchi
looked towards the lake and the pier, the lights from within the house was
making the waters dance lively to the tune that could be heard faintly from
the house.  "I think everyone is having a great time."  Ranma sighed,
muttering something that Tenchi failed to hear.

"Yeah, but that won't last long."  Ranma sat up, stretching out his arms.
He had been up the roof for quite some time now, maybe he needed to get
back.  "Shall we go back?"  Tenchi hesitated.  "What now?"

"Everyone downstairs is drunk.  That special sake the goddess Urd brought
made everyone turn..." Tenchi sighed, "well, really abnoxious."  Ranma
grimaced, thinking and imagining how everyone must feel right now down
below.

"Hi, can I joing the two of you?"  Makoto sat down, taking off the bonnet
cap he had been wearing.  "Whew, those girls can be such nuisance.  Don't
you think?"  Both Ranma and Tenchi nodded.  "I sure pity Shinji."  A
concerned look appeared in both Ranma and Tenchi.

"What happened to him?" Ranma looked at Tenchi and then back at Makoto.
"Don't tell me..."

"Yup, He's drunk as Rei is."  Tenchi grimmaced, the christmas party was
turning into a night of mischief.  "Good thing Keiichi already took him to
his room.  Misato couldn't do it anymore, drunk as she was."  Ranma clenched
his fist in frustration.

"So what do we do now?"  Keiichi suddenly appeared up on the roof, with
Belldandy accompanying him.  "Bell, are you drunk?"

"Of course not, Kei." Belldandy sluggishly floated beside Keiichi.  Ranma,
Tenchi and Makoto looked precariously from a distance.

"Man, Bell too?" Ranma muttered something again.  Tenchi wanted to cry, even
his father and grandfather were shameful examples of the Masaki shrine and
family.  Makoto too felt helpless.

"There you are.  What are you doing here, Tenchi?"  Ryoko appeared all of a
sudden behind the three, surprising them out of their wits.

"Ryoko!  You scared us!"  Tenchi winced as Ryoko fell into his arms,
carassing him like as if he was her toy or something.    "Ack.  You ..."
Tenchi held on to his nose, the fumes where too much for him.

"Ranma?  What are you doing up here?"  Akane struggled to climb up, when she
fell it was Ranma's quick reflexes that saved her again.  "Thanks.  So why
aren't you partying?"  She had her arms around him as if she was weak in the
knees and had no strength to stand up.   Ranma too winced at the smell of
sake.

"Gee.  It's a good thing Ifurita doesn't drink."  Makoto slid down the roof,
landing in the second floor terrace.  He left Ifurita and the goddess Skuld
there, but when he returned they were gone.  He looked for them from that
view point.

"Skuld!  This ice-cream is delicious!  I can't believe I haven't tasted
anything this delicious in a long time."

"Hey, that's my ice-cream!  Give it back!"  The voices coming from below
made Makoto fear for his life.  Ice-cream battle was one of the worst known
wars in human kind.  "Give it back I say!"

"No! I want all of these!"  A purple haze of electricity sparkled just
beneath the terrace.  Makoto wanted to scream.

Ranma jumped off the roof, carrying a drunk Akane with him.  Tenchi
haplessly endured the bumpy ride Ryoko gave him as they too floated down
from the roof.   Yosho,  a bit out of it himself motioned for the four to
come inside.  With a few dozen girls dragging them in, who were they to
complain or resist.

Keiichi sat down on the roof.  Belldandy sat with him, their arms
interlocked.  "Um Bell, don't you think you had enough?"  She looked at him
quizzically.  "Um, I mean."

"One last, please.  Keiichi."  He sighed, what ever did he do to deserve
this, he asked himself.  "Please.  You do it much better than Kiyone or
Asuka."  Who was he to refuse a goddess?

"Ok, one last time, right?" Belldandy nodded cheerfully.

Keiichi cleared his throat.  "Fly me to the moon..."

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The End.

4:33 am

Gee..What the hell did I just write?  Oh, well..Ranma1/2, Oh My Goddess!, El
Hazard, Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tenchi Muyo! are copyrighted by their
respective owners.