What is "fanfic"

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 (!