fan fiction
nounDefinition of fan fiction
: stories involving popular fictional characters that are written by fans and often posted on the Internet
— called also fanfic
Examples of fan fiction in a Sentence
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Each new walk-in experience brings us closer to a world where fan fiction is no longer relegated to the most passionate fringes but increasingly surrounds and may someday lead us. — Todd Martens, chicagotribune.com, "Immersive TV and movie ‘activations’ are reshaping fandom, but is audience participation going too far?," 29 July 2019 Two Sentence Horror Stories (CW at 9) Adapted from Reddit fan fiction, the series highlights a different two-sentence horror story in each of the eight episodes. — Nina Zafar, Washington Post, "Thursday’s best TV: ‘Chasing the Cure’ premieres on TNT and TBS," 8 Aug. 2019 Each new walk-in experience brings us closer to a world where fan fiction is no longer relegated to the most passionate fringes but increasingly surrounds and may someday lead us. — Los Angeles Times, "The Player: Living inside the game of Comic-Con and what ‘activations’ mean for fandom," 25 July 2019 The site’s fiction — mostly YA, fan fiction, and romance — became popular among Wattpad’s users, who generally skew female (70% of the site’s 70 million monthly users are women between the ages of 13 to 35). — Elena Nicolaou, refinery29.com, "How To Write A Book On Your Phone & Get 1 Billion Readers & A Movie Deal," 15 June 2019 At least, that's how my Riverdale/The Masked Singer crossover fan fiction goes. — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, "Fans Are Dying Over This Accidental "Riverdale" and "The Masked Singer" Crossover," 17 Jan. 2019 Getty Images In the internet's rich history of fan fiction, one story takes the cake: the theory that Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson are secretly dating. — Mehera Bonner, Marie Claire, "Years Later, Louis Tomlinson Is Finally Addressing Rumors That He Dated Harry Styles," 25 July 2017 The Archive of our Own, or AO3, is a prominent home for fan fiction online. — Casey Newton, The Verge, "One easy thing Facebook should do in Myanmar," 10 Nov. 2018 So, solitary shooting nearly twelve hours before tip-off dovetailed perfectly with the fan fiction everyone was writing for Game 2 as soon as Game 1 ended. — Andrew Sharp, SI.com, "What If LeBron Never Wins Another NBA Title?," 16 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'fan fiction.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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