Fanfiction resources- Help!
I’ve been asked to help with a seminar about fanfic at a university, and I know a lot of you must know some great resources, can anyone add to my list?
This is what I have so far, I’ve grouped them roughly by topic- (I’m assuming that the seminar is going to come from a ‘has heard of fanfiction but doesn’t know a lot about it’ angle)
The history of fanfiction/the legitimacy of fanfiction/hasn’t fanfiction been around forever?
- Tech Times- Fanspeak: The Brief Origins Of Fanfiction
- Channel of Awesome’s videos on the history of fanfiction
- Fanfiction and Fandoms: A Primer, A History
- 10 famous authors who write fanfiction
- Fanfiction, Fandom, and Fanfare: What’s All the Fuss? (an academic source but a good introduction)
Helpful terms/what is shipping?
- the fanlore article on fanfic tropes
- fanfiction glossary
- http://fanlore.org/wiki/Shipping- what is shipping?
- http://fanlore.org/wiki/Gen- fic that doesn’t focus on shipping
Academic resources
- Transformative works journal
- Textual Poachers: television fans and participatory culture by Henry Jenkins
- Fic: why fanfiction Is Taking Over the World by Anne Jamison
- The Democratic Genre: Fan Fiction in a Literary Context by Sheenagh Pugh
- The Fanfiction Studies Reader by Karen Hellekson and Kristina Busse
- the fanlore article on meta essays
- Syllabi for classes on Fan Studies courses at academic institutions
- “Yearning Void and Infinite Potential”: Online Slash Fandom as Queer Female Space by Alexis Lothian, Kristina Busse and Robin Anne Reid
Fanfiction and sex [explicit], demographics of fanfiction authors
- Late Night Woman’s Hour: Reclaiming the Nerdiverse- A BBC podcast discussing female fandom but also discussing how fanfic portrays female sexuality (UK access only)
- a slam poem about fanfiction, feminism and female sexuality
- AO3 Census: Masterpost some very interesting stats on the age, gender, sexuality, gender identity and ethnicity of fic authors (would appreciate any demographics on the amount of disabled/non-neurotypical authors)
- Toastystats- fandom stats
Places to publish/read fic/that support transformative works/challenges to get you started
- Organisation for Transformative Works- (you can find their mission statement here)
- Fanlore-
- Archive of Our Own
- FAQ about how to post on AO3
- fanfiction.net
- wattpad
- livejournal & tumblr
- Fanfic100 (drabble challenge)
- Fanlore page on Big Bang challenges, including links to fandom specific challenges)
Resources/tips for fanfic writers
- http://howtowritefanfiction.com/
- transitioning from fanfic to original writing
- Publish your fic to ao3 from google docs and keep your formatting
Podfic
- http://newbieguide.livejournal.com/26178.html
- http://www.audiofic.jinjurly.com/- podfic archive
- podfic works on AO3
- http://amplificathon.dreamwidth.org/profile- Amplifcathon is a yearly podfic challenge
- the fanlore article on podfic, includes links to archives and tutorials
Miscellaneous
Why write fanfic? What are the benefits? (I would love if anyone is willing to share their experiences, either here or by sending them to me and I’ll send them to the person giving the class anonymously)