![]() ![]() Tumblr has also been a venue for posting fan fiction for the past decade but, in recent years, has fallen in popularity. One popular fanfic trope, for example, is “hurt/comfort” - which describes a story where one character is sad and another character (usually a love interest) helps them feel better. They can also make for great story inspiration or jumping off points. Tropes are plot elements or themes that help readers know what to expect from a story. AU fanfics are great for if you want more control over your storyline or want to explore an entirely different setting with characters you already love. This can be anything from a fanfic where a character who dies in the original story lives or an alternate setting where all of the characters work at a coffee shop. It could be, for example, a prequel or a story that follows characters that aren’t focused on as much in the main plot.Īlternate universe fan fiction explores different settings or plot lines for characters within a fandom. In-universe fan fiction takes place in the same general setting and plot line as the original story. But I still enjoy reading it for stress relief and a reminder that writing can be purely for joy and personal fulfillment if you want it to be.Ģ) Decide whether you want to write in-universe or an alternate universe fanfic.įan fiction usually falls into two big categories: in-universe and alternate universe (AU). These days, I’m a reader of fanfic more so than a writer of it - in part because I have other writing projects that take up more of my time, and a day job, and non-writing hobbies that help me avoid burnout but also take up time, et cetera, et cetera. Fan fiction not only helped me practice character development but also come to terms with my queer identity through pairings I enjoyed, especially since I grew up in a fairly conservative area where being queer wasn’t something I could share without losing friends. Through middle and high school, I wrote fanfic for a ton of different fandoms but mainly The Avengers. And to my surprise, there were tons of them on a magical but now outdated site called “Fan Fiction Dot Net.” So, since I’m 24 now, that’s more than half of my life ago! It was then that I loved Twilight and a few other fantasy novels so much that I was desperate to find more stories in that universe and Google searched for that exact thing. ![]() I began writing fan fiction in around 2008, when I was 11 years old. ![]()
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