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keep the memories. when your craving days come to an end, you�ll want something to look back on. save your old train tickets and hotel receipts and put all your little reminders in a big box. something to show your children one day. don�t just store your craving snaps on photo bucket. get them developed and make a big photo album to flick through when you�re feeling nostalgic. write a craving diary or book of reviews to remind you of all those little details of craves you would have otherwise forgotten as time goes on

8
network. successful cravens know the right people. they are on first name terms with the pa, bodyguard and driver. don�t make enemies. all cravens bitch about other fans, but keep your nasty remarks to your closest circle of mates only and act nice to their faces. you never know when you�ll need to use them for information, it�s not a good idea to burn bridges with people. there are plenty of cravens i completely detest, but i�d never tell them to their faces. i just bitch behind their backs instead then phone them up for a crave when no-one else can make it and get news out of them. they do it back to me too. we all know the score

7
craving group pics are compulsory. it passes the time when your waiting and fills up your photo album when the crave ends up being a bit crap and you only managed 2 decent pics and a dozen blurry ones. they are also fun to post on the fan forums afterwards to show off. if you get some celebs in your group pics this is an added bonus. i have some very random people in my collection! funky poses are good, like laying on the ground, pointing at funny objects, sticking your finger up at the camera, and the classic, sticking your tongue out. stand next to the ugliest/fattest craven to make yourself look better. and if your object of cravedom is in the pic, get in their first so you can stand next to them, and milk the photoshoot so it can last as long as possible so they have their arm round you for ages. i managed about twenty minutes of this once, it was twenty minutes in heaven�.

6
play it cool. i hate cravens who take ten trillion photos of the celeb then demand ten trillion photos standing next to them, in various photos. get over it, girl. one is enough, let someone else have a go, you�re looking pretty sad and taking up valuable time! cravens who scream, act excitable and gush too much get on my nerves. it�s so embarrassing! talk to them like a normal human being. have a normal chat. they will appreciate it more and you�ll enjoy it more.

5
for easy craving, live in london. most craves take place here. and have a car, it makes travelling so much easier without having to rely on trains. and don�t have a job, they get in the way. and have have a rich mummy and daddy who you can sponge off so you don�t need to work. and be really pretty as everyone will want to be your friend and you�ll get more attention from the object of cravedom (unless he�s gay) i�m not saying if i�m any of the above, but let�s just say in some ways i was/am quite lucky�.

4
don�t overstep the mark. i know cravens who have turned up on the doorstep of their favourite celeb. i know cravens who drive behind the tour bus and follow it to the hotel. i know cravens who write quite disturbing letters declaring their love. i know cravens who sleep with their favourite celeb�s manager to get closer to the star. i know cravens who are far to old to be standing outside backstage doors in their crop tops and mini skirts. thankfully i�ve not done any of the above, but the people I�m referring to have made themselves look like right idiots

3
don�t let it take over your life. i know cravens who follow one particular person everywhere. and i mean everywhere. they follow them all over the country and even abroad too. they do every date of the tour. they follow them down the motorway from venue to venue. ok it�s fun, i�ve done this myself to a certain extent. you can have some of the best times of your life on the road with your gang. and it gives you the best ego trip, everyone knows who you are. but your object of cravedom is gonna think you�re crazy/weird/got no life and so will other people. what you gonna do when the band splits up/the singers loses his contract/the actor moves to america etc etc..? when a craving period comes to an end, post-craving blues is not a great feeling. craving every so often, like once or twice a month, is much more fun as it gives you something to look forwards to and you won�t look as sad as the ones who go to every single craving opportunity. and you�ll save so much money

2
watch your back. craving is a great bonding experience and you�ll make so many friends through it. i have, some of my best friends i met through craving. but there�s a fine line between real friends and purely craving friends and sometimes it takes a while to discover who falls into which category. real friends don�t bitch behind your back. real friends are honest and don�t go on secret craves behind your back. real friends remain in contact even when of you has lost interest in craving the person you met through. real friends meet up for weekends away when there�s no craving involved. i�ve learnt who my friends are now and who just used me for information or company on a crave

1
the number one rule is don�t fall in love. it will never work between you and the person you crave. they will only see you as a fan and the chances of ever having a relationship are less than 0.00001 percent. if they�re into the whole groupie thing, if you�re pretty you might get a shag, but that�s about it. i�ve shed more than enough tears over famous men in the past and all my craving buddies have too. it�s not a nice feeling when you love someone you know won�t ever feel anything for you. my advice is to take a step back and not take it too seriously. most of the cravens i know are single, or in relationships they�re not completely happy with. so many cravens i used to know lost interest as soon as they got a proper boyfriend. i more or less gave up craving when i was in a serious relationship, then really got into it again when we broke up. if you�re a lovesick craven, the best advice i can give you is to get a real boyfriend, you�ll soon forget about that famous guy, what�s his name again�?

the only way to stand a chance with that celeb is to not crave at all. resist the urge to go and meet them and stay anonymous. find out where they hang out and what clubs they go to, and start showing your face there. don�t take part in any fan activities and don�t associate with fans. i know cravens who come from the same home town as their favourite celeb. they are so thick! why didn�t they take that golden opportunity to get in with the celebs local gang..?!