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Amateur work based on existing characters, informally
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fanfic
Alternative clues for the word fanfic
- Some Twihard writing, for short
- Some derivative stories, colloquially
- Amateur's noncanonical story, for short
- Writing genre for creative devotees, briefly
- Derivative lit
- Story you might find on MuggleNet.com, briefly
- Aficionados' creations that may infringe on copyrights, for short
- Unofficial sequel, e.g., informally
Word definitions for fanfic in dictionaries
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Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 (context slang uncountable English) fan fiction 2 (context countable English) a work of fan fiction
Usage examples of fanfic.
Many established science fiction authors began their career writing fanfic, after all.
The main problem with fanfic is usually that the author who originated the setting either doesn't have the time or the inclination to play the needed role in overseeing the process.
Plus, any student interested in writing channels that creativity into home pages full of bad poetry or fanfic.
So, thanks to James Schmitz, I became an authorfirst an under-the-bed author (who hid my notebooks full of illustrated stories under the bed where my brother wouldnt find them), then turning in my stories to high-school literary contests, then writing as a hobby in collegethen writing fanfic and actually getting published (!