The Off-Canon Approach

The Off-Canon Approach is an essay by Kara Wild, written in February 2000.

Background
The Off-Canon Approach was written during a time of repeated debates between "canon" writers and "off-canon" writers. Canon prescriptivists felt that every fanfic storyline must remain within the confines set by the show and preferably be written in scripted format. Off-canon encompassed everything from slightly off-canon to very off-canon. Wild's essay was a response to the canon prescriptivists, notably Daniel Suni.