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.
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Is it legal or illegal to print your fanfiction story into a physical book even if it's just for yourself only and not for profit?
I keep hearing all sorts of answers online about printing your fanfiction story into a physical book. Either it's okay or not okay to do as it is illegal and can break copyright. I can accept that it ...
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How does one write a horror fight scene where a person has to fight someone that is way stronger bigger and tougher than them [closed]
So I'm trying to write some fight scenes for fanfics I'm working on revamping and I've decided,"Ya know, I should just ask the big experts rather than just random discord friends." So that's ...
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Would it be "wrong" to rewrite a fanfiction as a writing exercise?
I've been reading a fanfiction lately that honestly has a good plot, though the writing is subpar—grammar and punctuation errors, lack of descriptive detail, bad formatting, etc. I've been thinking ...
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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 ...
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Will I be sued if I write about something that bears superficial resemblance to a real-world disaster, even when I add a disclaimer?
I am writing a story (actually a fanfiction) which I am serializing on Archive of Our Own, a popular site for that type of written works.
Actually I planned out the entire plot for that story since ...
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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 ...
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