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What is fanfiction's place in fandom, anyway? Whether you're a veteran fanfic reader/writer or someone who has no clue what fanfiction even is, here's a presentation for you! This presentation includes an introduction to the speaker's own discovery of fandom and fanfiction, as well as a short look on some reasons why people write (and read!) fanfiction. We talk about "connecting with the source" material--and answering the question "Does fanfiction REALLY exist?" And who gets to judge whether something is canon--and is all canon necessarily "good" or not? No one should be ashamed of fanfiction--not its existence, not for reading it, and not by writing it. But there's no denying some of fanfiction's worst elements: the prevalence of Mary Sues being one of them. How do you identify and avoid these nefarious "characters" in your own stories? How do you deal with fandom and your fellow fans, especially when they're not so nice? Why do humans connect over stories? Can fanfiction help people connect the same way other media do? I think so, and so I offer my own storytelling tips and tricks, and encourage you to modify or scrap them as needed. Find fanfiction: read it, write it, and read some more! Then, exercise your creative juices with a tantalizing question posed to you by the Space-Time Witch herself, and follow-up with some interesting resources, including apps, generator websites, fanfiction directories, and our very own blog!
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August 23, 2014
Insert Witty Title HereFanfiction as Part of Fandom - Presentation & Discussion - Anime California 2014
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Fandom: First Encounters
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Fanfiction & Connecting with the Source (Does Fanfiction Really Exist?)
BadFic: So Bad It’s Good?
BadFic: So Bad It’s Good?
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Mary Sues! Identification and Avoidance Tactics
✤ Unusual name given the setting
✤ Several “unusual”characteristics given the settingand his/her fellow characters
✤ A “flaw” that doesn’t reallyimpact his/her life or actions
✤ Captures all the canoncharacters’ attention, for betteror for worse
“Ensign Sue Must Die” by Clare Moseley & Kevin Bolk
Fandom Etiquette
✤ Don’t be a jerk
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“We are born for stories…They deepen ourunderstanding of who we are as humanbeings. [They] affirm who we are. We all wantaffirmations that our lives have meaning. Andnothing has a greater affirmation than whenwe connect through stories.”
–Andrew Stanton TED Talk “The Clues to a Great Story”
Tips & Tricks for Fanfiction
✤ Give yourself a goal: word count, message, question answered.
✤ What’s the implicit promise?
✤ Proofread…after you’re done writing.
✤ Get a second opinion. And a third. Maybe a fourth.
Where to Find Fic
✤ Fanfiction.net (multi-fandom)
✤ ArchiveOfOurOwn.org (multi-fandom)
✤ Fanfiction-Directory.com (list of archives)
✤ Communities on sites like LiveJournal.com, DreamWidth.org
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Resources & Further Reading
Apps Books Websites More
20lines“The Hero with a
Thousand Faces” by Joseph Campbell
www.springhole.netBooks published by
Writer’s Digest, especially the “Elements of Fiction”
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Evernote“Fic: Why Fanfiction is
Taking Over the World” by Anne Jamison
www.seventhsanctum.comTEDtalks, available on
TED.comas podcasts
Wattpad“Writer’s Guide to
Character Traits” by Linda N. Edelstein, Ph.D
donjon.bin.sh READING
Scrivener“20 Master Plots and
How to Build Them” by Ronald B. Tobias
fanfiction-directory.comMOAR
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http://fanfiction.seventh-star.net-Insert Witty Title Here: The Blog-
