About Fan-Fiction

This information is about Fan-Fiction. It has the meaning and definition of Fan-Fiction, the different styles of Fan-Fictions and the subgenres of Fan-Fiction.
I thought this information would be useful to give poeple who are unsure of what Fan-Fiction is. I thought it would also be helpful to people reading my Fa-Fiction's on my e-portfolio so they could understand my Fan-Fictions a bit better..

Meaning and Definition of Fan-Fiction:

Fan fiction (alternately referred to as fanfiction, fanfic, FF or fic) is a broadly defined term for fiction about characters or settings written by admirers of the original work, rather than by the original creators. The term usually applies to works that are not commissioned and unauthorized by the owner/creators and publishers of the original and usually (but not always) works which are not professionally published. Fan fiction is defined outside of original fiction, which exists within its own discrete, professionally published universe, and therefore outside of canon works within that universe. Most fan fiction writers assume that their readers have knowledge of the canon universe (created by a professional writer) in which their works are based.

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Styles of Fan-Fiction:

Fanfiction is easily distinguishable within 5 different types. A "chaptered fic" is written in a similar manner to traditional serial stories, with each chapter released separately as it is finished. Chapters may take anything from a day to several months to be updated and often remind readers of their place in the story with each new installment. Most archives allow authors to upload individual chapters sequentially under a single title with a main link to the first chapter, and each chapter easily linked to via a drop down menu.
A drabble is traditionally a vignette exactly 100 words in length. However, when a story is referred to as a drabble, it often is a short scene or idea that does not tell an entire story, or a story at all. It is simply a reflections of a moment in time, somewhat similar to a character sketch. Other short forms of fanfiction include oneshot or twoshot, in which the story is only one or two chapters long, respectively. Oneshots can also be expanded into longshots, which are one-chaptered stories that are considerably longer than most chaptered stories.
The fourth style of fanfic writing is known as a songfic, where authors take the lyrics of a song and, with the song as inspiration, construct a piece of writing around the lyrics. Usually this is done by quoting lines of the lyrics, while writing original pieces relating to the nearby lyrics.
The last, and final major form of writing is known as alternative universe (often abbreviated as AU), in which the author deliberately alters the original setting of the story, thereby creating an entirely new world. This happens when a story transplants familiar characters into situations totally different from canon. The purpose of creating alternate universes are to answer potential "what-if" questions. These can be created by fabricating a crossover, an alternate timeline, or altering the nature of the setting or characters, among other methods.

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Subgenres of Fan-Fiction:

Fan fiction is now found in a variety of genres with sites specializing in each. Sites can be found by star, by TV show, by books (such as the Harry Potter Fanfiction forums), and by style of story such as mystery, crime shows, crossover, or romance (for the "shippers"). A growth in part due to the Internet, it is expected that these specialized sites will only continue to grow in popularity.
For common terminology relating to fan fiction, including some specialized subgenre terms, see the sub-article Fan fiction terminology.

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