What different forms of fan fiction are there?
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What different forms of fan fiction are there?
These genres can overlap and include:
- Angst.
- Alternative universe (AU)
- Crossover.
- Soulmates.
- Time Travel AU.
- Darkfic.
- Fix-It Fic.
- Fluff.
Does fan fiction still exist?
Fanfiction is a widely popular hobby on the Internet today. Fanfiction has been around for decades, shared in fanzines or passed-around, type-written stories. But since the 1990s, there has been an explosion of fanfiction websites and archives online.
Is reading fan fiction illegal?
Fanfiction in its originality can be said to be a violation of copyright laws. Fanfiction makes use of settings and characters curled out from an original work of fiction work. It creates an unoriginal work. All these it does is classified as illegal according to copyright law.
What are characteristics of fan fiction?
There is no single agreed genre, so to add to the melee here is my own definition: FanFic is any work which embellishes, alters or rewrites the work of another (usually a published author) with new storylines, characters, alternative endings, beginnings and substitute sets of morals, ideals or sexual politics.
What is fan fiction writing?
Fanfiction is basically writing a book in another author’s “world.” You use some of their characters and locations and weave them into your own story.
What was the first fan fiction?
In 1952, the world’s first book of fanfic about fans appeared. The Enchanted Duplicator by Walt Willis and Bob Shaw was a metafiction based on Bunyan’s The Pilgrim’s Progress, but which described a world populated with sci-fi fans.
Is fan fiction a story?
At its most basic, fanfiction is a genre of amateur fiction writing that takes as its basis a “canon” of “original” material. Fanworks, including fanfiction and fanart, are created by fans who are invested in the source material.
Where can I find fan fiction?
Top Fanfiction Websites
- Archive Of Our Own (AO3) This is my fanfiction site of choice.
- Commaful. I was initially skeptical of this little site, but after spending some time on it, I now post regularly and interact regularly as one of my favorite fanfic sites.
- Fanfiction.net.
- Tumblr.
- Wattpad.
- Quotev.
- Kindle Worlds.
- deviantArt.
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