Actors Emma Watson (L) Maggie Smith (M) and Daniel Radcliffe (R) on the set of the film "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Harry Potter is one of the most popular subjects of fanfiction. The ...

Wattpad's head of content opens up about the platform's past and future.

If you had told me in 2019 that Reylo fanfiction would keep me sane during a global pandemic, I would have had several questions. The first hundred or so would have been about the pandemic of it all, ...

Writers are threatening to pull their stories from Archive of Our Own (AO3), one of the world’s largest fanfiction websites, after staff posted that they will not prohibit the publication of ...

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Fanfiction creators are blending AI into their creative process to speed up planning and polishing without losing their own storytelling style. By focusing AI on idea generation, structure, and ...

Is there any subject out there more divisive than fanfiction? Yes, but writing fanfiction is still pretty polarizing. On one side, you've got people who enjoy writing and reading about characters they ...

Consider yourself a stranger to fanfiction? It’s unlikely. If you’ve read E.L. James’ 50 Shades of Grey (2011) then you already have at least one title under your belt. If you caught Robert Downey ...

“Bella Swan is drafted in to interview the reclusive enigmatic Edward Cullen, multi-millionaire CEO of his company. It’s an encounter that will change her life irrevocably, leading her to dark realms ...

Fanfiction is hardly a new phenomenon, but that doesn’t always mean it was safe to write. For a time, in certain fandoms, writing fanfiction could get you a letter from a lawyer. Now, however, the ...

K-pop group BTS has constantly been growing in popularity over the years. Currently, they have a massive global fanbase that is madly in love with each member. One of the ways fans celebrate these ...