What The Bleep Is Fan Fiction?

What is fan fiction? Have you ever finished a television show, book, or movie and wished it could go on or felt disappointed in the ending? If so, fan fiction might be the answer! According to our expert guests, Emilia Foot Wallentin and Ellen Santiago Pettersson, fan fiction is a continuation of a franchise you think ended too early or your own personal input of something you feel it was was missing, such as minority and LGBT representation. Tune in to learn what inspires people to write fan fiction, why people are so passionate about it, and how you can get involved in reading or even writing your own fan fiction online. Key takeaways What is fan fiction exactly? When writing RPF (real person fiction) authors must be careful What’s so fun about writing fan fiction? People often use fan fiction to write in representation they want to see, such as LGBT characters Explaining the different terminology used in fan fiction Resources: ArchiveOfOurOwn.org Fanfiction.net

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What The Bleep Is Fan Fiction? is an episode from Big Better Best Books by Katarina Wallentin.

This episode is 00:29:45 long.

This episode was published on Feb 12, 2019.

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