Is fanfiction okay to read?

Is fanfiction okay to read?

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. ... It allows a writer's original story to continue on without them, take on a adaptable life that can fit each new generation of reader.

Is reading fanfic Still reading?

No. The vast majority of fanfic are less than 10K words which is nowhere near long enough to be a like a book. I'm pedantic enough to want to count everything I read so therefore, no, I wouldn't count fanfic in a book list.

Is reading fanfiction as good as reading a book?

Fanfiction does count as reading. Even though it is a work of a fan gushing on the original work of an author, you can still count this as reading. ... Fanfiction is only a small part of the different genres of the books that you can read, but it does count as reading.

Do you have to be a fan to read fanfiction?

• However, this isn’t an article about the reasons people choose to write fanfiction. Or even why people should or should not read them. This is just an article for those selected few that are open-minded enough to stop the knee-jerk reactions that the term ‘fanfiction’ brings.

Is there such a thing as real people fanfiction?

• Real People Fiction, or RPF is fanfiction featuring real people, usually celebrities. This is generally considered a bit more taboo than fanfiction, and even FanFiction.net has banned it from its site, although you can find it on other fanfiction sites like Archive of Our Own.

Is it wrong for me to enjoy fanfiction?

• Reading fanfiction actually isn’t that different from reading novel or another fictions. It’s fiction anyway. You can broaden your vocabularies by reading them. It can even help you with your imagination and sometimes, ideas. You can also relieve your emotions by reading them according to how you feel or what you want to feel.

Is it bad to talk about fan fiction?

• It's sad that, as a kid, with no prompting from the outside world or other fan fiction authors, I already knew that talking about writing fan fiction was social suicide. Even in 2015, when fan fiction is more prominently known than ever, I can see people getting genuinely uncomfortable with me mentioning it.