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Fan fiction is fun as leisure, but fan fiction about real people (RPF) is controversial. New research finds that ethical debates about RPF can benefit fans' moral development.
Split Fiction shines light on Side Stories, optional adventures where you can water ski behind a train, and more A-track-tive proposition.
The online-fiction portal has produced movie adaptations that rule the streaming charts even if they go largely ignored by critics.
How Wattpad shaped an entire generation of fanfiction obsessed teens If you ever had the app, odds are you were reading some barely coherent narrative about One Direction or Harry Potter ...
Trump has taken his obsession with crafting falsehoods about Democratic nominee Kamala Harris to the next level, penning fan fiction about the VP.
The story told at Purim likely never happened. Did the story originate as a work of fan fiction about Babylonian deities?
Calling Esther fan fiction can teach modern readers something about the celebration of Purim – and about storytelling itself. Writing ourselves into stories ...
Fan fiction writing and posting can be a highly interactive affair. Long stories, like Manacled, are often posted in chapters and the author receives many reader comments and reactions along the way.
A recent survey by Wattpad and Wakefield Research revealed the shifting reading experience and habits of younger readers in the wake of AI technologies.
Authors can put up with a little mild copyright infringement from their superfans, but not acres of text generated by bots.
Fan-fiction producers could provide input running from idea generation to authorized stories.