Five Tropes Fanfic Readers Love (And One They Hate)

More than 7,500 fanfiction readers filled out the…

Harry Potter and the Sanctioned Follow-On Work (or, Fanfiction vs. the Patriarchy)

Mary Sue

From self-inserts to imagines, how young women write themselves into the narrative

Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction

When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world

Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”

3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned.

“You’re Gonna Love This Franchise”

Fandom, corporate media, and San Diego Comic-Con

Fic, Interrupted

The unfinished history of works in progress

(Don’t) Meet Your Idols

Fantasy and reality collide in boyband YA literature

The Year of Loving Things Again

On giving yourself permission