After seven seasons, Without a Trace is being cancelled.  I know a lot of us started watching the show for Vin's sake, then stayed because we got interested in the characters.  (Hmm, that reminds me of a western several years ago, that I started watching because of Darien Lambert and Vincent, and then stayed because I fell in love with the new characters in the old west.)

 

On the other hand, fanfic author/editor Pearl Stickler once claimed you should only write fanfic for shows that were off the air, because that way a later episode couldn't do something that contradicted your story, which could and did happen if you wrote for shows that were still being broadcast.

 

Susan M

 

PS  Pearl was the editor of Syzygy (multimedia gen) and Avon's Gadget Works (B7 adult), and wrote in such universes as B7, ST, and S&H. 

Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love.
Then you do it for a few friends. Finally you do it for money.
Moliere