Common bases for fan fiction include novels, movies, musical groups, cartoons, anime, manga, and video games.
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12 Facts About Fan fiction
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Fan fiction is rarely commissioned or authorized by the original work's creator or publisher and is rarely professionally published.
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Attitudes of authors and copyright owners of original works to fan fiction have ranged from indifference to encouragement to rejection.
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Fan fiction is defined by being related to its subject's canonical fictional universe, either staying within those boundaries but not being of the canon itself, or else branching outside of it into an alternative universe.
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Fan fiction is often written and published within circles of fans, and therefore would usually not cater to readers who have no knowledge of the original fiction.
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Term fan fiction has been used in print as early as 1939; in this earliest known citation, it is used in a disparaging way to refer to amateurish science fiction .
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Fan fiction has become more popular and widespread since the advent of the World Wide Web.
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Occasionally, a fan fiction will obtain enough popularity to inspire readers to write fan fiction based on that fic.
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Form of flash fiction writing popular outside of fan fiction, a drabble is typically a piece of writing that is only 100 words.
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Also of note is the concept of the "Mary Sue", a term credited as originating in Star Trek fan fiction that has crossed over to the mainstream, at least among editors and writers.
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Internet fan fiction allows young writers access to a wider audience for their literary efforts than ever before, resulting in improved literacy.
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The Fifty Shades trilogy was developed from a Twilight fan fiction originally titled Master of the Universe and published episodically on fan-fiction websites under the pen name "Snowqueen's Icedragon".
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