Questions tagged [fan-fiction]

This tag should be used for questions about the craft of writing fan fiction or related writing topics, such as questions about copyrights. Fan fiction is characterised as new works that are being created by fans taking characters or the general setting of an existing work of fiction as the basis.

This tag should be used for questions about the craft of writing fan fiction or related writing topics, such as questions about copyrights. Fan fiction is characterised as new works that are being created by fans taking characters or the general setting of an existing work of fiction as the basis.

You can use this tag for different types of questions, such as:

  • general questions about writing fan fiction, for example whether there is a market for this kind of work
  • copyright questions involving the original works and what you have to keep in mind when writing fan fiction
  • the processes involved in writing fan fiction

You should use other appropriate tags to further define what you are asking about, such as , , , , or .

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How to continue someone else's story gracefully, with fan-fiction?

I've been juggling some ideas for NaNoWriMo and one of them is a Doctor Who story. Now I've not read a great deal of fan fiction but I've never read any that I'd say that compares to the original, and often I feel most fan fiction is a written…
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How to stay excited when writing about the necessary?

I practice my writing skills by writing fan fiction. It's a great medium: no deadlines or word goals, and you get free feedback. The only problem is that as fan fiction, there are certain things you need to include which are the design of someone…
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Could I use the brand name 'Imodium' as a title for a short story?

Good afternoon. Could I use the brand name 'Imodium' as a title for my short story?
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Creating an electronics datasheet

I write "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH" fan fiction as a side hobby, and part of the style is that, apart from the sentient rats, everything is/feels realistic. What I want to do is create fictional product datasheets. Something you would expect…
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re-writing a paragraph to make it more appealing

How best can I re-write this paragraph to make it more family friendly? There had been a time, barely a month or two ago, when he had sat his face to the storm and grinned with glee as the wind and sea-spray hurled themselves against his…
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I want to write a story and I've promised some people I would make the main character have bipolar but I know absolutley nothing about having bipolar

Okay, so I really just need someone with bipolar maybe what they feel when they have an episode? I have no idea what I'm doing and I just want to be respectful to those with it and also try and make it as accurate as possible I want to write a…