Fanfiction 101: All You Need to Know About the World of Fanfiction: What Is It, Why People Enjoy It, What to Avoid, and How to Find the Good Stuff

By Reyna Lynn

Have you or anyone you know ever suffered from an acute obsession with something, particularly a piece of media such as a book, movie, television, video game, or any other medium of art?

If the answer to that is yes, we'd like to take a moment to apologize for the suffering you may have faced and mourn for the loss of the person you once were…before.

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Now that that's out of the way, we can get to the interesting part!

You see, there are millions of people just like you, who found something they love and became perhaps unhealthily obsessed with it, to the extent that their friends and family wonder if they've lost their sanity.

That part may not apply to you, of course, but it is common, so it might be a good idea to keep that in mind before you delve too deeply into the world of fandom. In this short book, we'll be taking a look into a popular hobby for geeks and enthusiasts everywhere.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Reyna Lynn
• Release date: Jul 15, 2022
• ISBN: 9798201990220

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Introduction

Have you or anyone you know ever suffered from an acute obsession with something, particularly a piece of media such as a book, movie, television, video game, or any other medium of art?

If the answer to that is yes, we’d like to take a moment to apologize for the suffering you may have faced and mourn for the loss of the person you once were...before.

...

Now that that’s out of the way, we can get to the interesting part!

You see, there are millions of people just like you, who found something they love and became perhaps unhealthily obsessed with it, to the extent that their friends and family wonder if they’ve lost their sanity.

That part may not apply to you, of course, but it is common, so it might be a good idea to keep that in mind before you delve too deeply into the world of fandom. In this short book, we’ll be taking a look into a popular hobby for geeks and enthusiasts everywhere.

Chapter 1: What is Fanfiction?

The term ‘fanfiction’ is used when an individual (or sometimes a group of individuals) write a story based on another already existing work, whether a book, movie, television show, video game, or really any other sort of media. Fanfiction can be written for just about anything, including actual people, though we’ll get to that later.

Though the term might have some negative connotations for many, in truth, we’ve all been surrounded by various forms of such works our entire lives. Believe it or not, fanfiction isn’t a new concept at all, even if the word itself was only coined in more recent years.

Don’t believe me?

There are plenty of examples of this, and