Castle Fanfiction Promoter (2024)

FAQs

What is the oldest fanfiction? ›

The Star Trek fanzine Spockanalia contained the first fan fiction in the modern sense of the term. The modern phenomenon of fan fiction as an expression of fandom and fan interaction was popularized and defined by the Star Trek fandom and its fanzines, which were published in the 1960s.

Pre-1960's. Popular works have always inspired others and early examples of fan based fiction can be found as far back as Chaucer. These start to become more recognizable with fiction based off of Arthur Conan Doyal's Sherlock Holmes and several H.G. Wells works around the turn of the last century.

Fanfiction could be defined as a genre of literary fiction based on another original story. Fanfic authors borrow said original worlds and characters to explore the universes they love or to explore issues that were not dealt with in the original, usually regarding identity, gender, sexuality or mental health.

In most cases, fanfiction involves using someone else's copyrighted work (or portions of it, like characters, setting, etc.), which can technically be copyright infringement, because copyright law grants the holder exclusive right to control how the work is used and distributed.

While the longest fan fiction on the site is The Loud House: Revamped, an crossover fan fiction of The Loud House which has been over 16,750,000 words long since around 2020.

Though fan fiction might seem like a relatively modern invention, the practice has actually been around for centuries. Some of the greatest literary classics are technically expansions of earlier characters and narratives. Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels, published in 1726, marked the beginning of this movement.

However, one of the biggest fanfiction turned novel successes and a book that has certainly helped fanfiction become more credible was originally a Twilight fanfiction.

Fanfiction.net

Fanfiction.net is the world's largest fanfiction archive and forum. The site is split into ten main categories: anime/manga, books, cartoons, miscellaneous, games, comics, movies, plays/musicals, TV shows, and crossover.

Just Not the Authors. Next year, SenLinYu's Harry Potter fic Manacled will disappear from Archive of Our Own. They don't want to take it down, but it's the only way to keep others from profiting off of the work.

Can you publish fanfiction into a book? ›

If you're looking to commercially publish a work based off copyrighted material, seek permission first. But be aware that it's not likely to be granted for fan fiction. You may find it more productive and rewarding to take that energy and enthusiasm and work on your own unique creations.

K+: Some content may not be suitable for young children, usually those below nine years of age. There may be minor violence without serious injury, mild suggestive material, or minor coarse language that is justified by context. Equivalent to PG. T: Contains content not suitable for children.

Technically speaking, if the copyright holder has not granted permission to use elements of their intellectual property OR if the work is not in the public domain, then no. Fanfiction is not legal and is considered copyright infringement.

Absolutely. If you've ever loved a story in any form of media, you can find someone else who's loved it and wants to share their love of it by writing a new story about it. It may take a bit of hunting to find a story you enjoy, but there's something out there for everyone.

The concept of fanfiction has been around for decades. Though it can be dated back to the 19th century – or far earlier, even looking to Shakespeare – the launch of modern fanfiction has been attributed to the Star Trek fandom.

The world's first novel is thought to be The Tale of Genji, written in 11th Century Japan by a woman known to us only as Murasaki Shikibu.

While Shuruppak's fatherly wisdom is one of the most ancient examples of written literature, history's oldest known fictional story is probably the “Epic of Gilgamesh,” a mythic poem that first appeared as early as the third millennium B.C. The adventure-filled tale centers on a Sumerian king named Gilgamesh who is ...