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Why FanFiction.Net is bad?

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Why FanFiction.Net is bad?

Fanfiction is a widely popular hobby on the Internet today. Fanfiction has been around for decades, shared in fanzines or passed-around, type-written stories. Two of the largest and most well-known multi-fandom archives today are FanFiction.Net and Archive of Our Own.

Why do authors not like FanFiction?

Some writers think of fanfic as a hobby, while some say it’s a form of stealing. Diana Gabaldon, author of the Outlander series, really hates it, and asks her readers not to do it. She says that fanfic writers are “stealing an audience they’re not entitled to”.

Is FanFiction.Net better than AO3?

FFN has a much better stats system. On AO3, you only know there’s a hit on your multi-chapter story. On FFN, you can see hits by chapter, and compare unique visitors to number of hits. AO3 allows kudos, which is better for me, as a reader, than “favorites”.

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What is the point of FanFiction?

Fan fiction ranges from a couple of sentences to an entire novel, and fans can both keep the creator’s characters and settings and/or add their own. It is a form of fan labor. Fan fiction can be based on any fictional (and occasional non-fictional) subject.

How does FanFiction.Net make money?

The site does not pay money to people for posting content or charge money for posting on the website, and it uses advertisements to pay for costs. FanFiction.Net does not operate a screening or editorial board. Many users leave reviews after reading stories, most of which are positive.

How many FICS are on ao3?

We currently have about 2.5 million registered users and almost 6 million works in over 36,700 fandoms.

Is it legal to sell fan fiction?

Commercial fanfic is legal everywhere that the source-work is in the public domain — that’s why we have Shakespeare in Love, Something Rotten, West Side Story and most of the Disney movies, including The Lion King, which is Hamlet fanfic, and about seven different variations of Little Women in this decade alone,” Tandy …

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Do authors support fanfiction?

Some authors, like George RR Martin, they support fanfictions on their works as long as no one sends them to them. In fact, a fanfiction could always turn up that follows the path that Martin thought for his books and the author could be accused of plagiarism of fanfiction.

Which website has the best quality FanFiction out of archive of our own FanFiction net DeviantArt and Wattpad?

I’d say Ao3. Most of the works I’ve read on there have been decent, if not amazingly written emotional rollercoasters. There’s also a large variety there, I often find more fanfiction there for what I’m craving than anywhere else.

What happened to FanFiction net?

FanFiction.Net removed around 62,000 stories after a change allowing writers under the age of eighteen to register. Although Fiction Ratings goes up to Fiction MA, FanFiction.Net since 2002 has not allowed Fiction MA rated content which can contain adult/explicit content on the site.

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Is reading fanfiction okay?

Fanfiction embraces the original works, and adapts them in a way that allows readers to explore other identities beyond the scope of the mainstream fiction. Reading and writing doesn’t get much more powerful than that. But fanfiction isn’t just good for readers, it’s an incredible opportunity for writers, too.

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