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Fanfiction is somewhat of an uncharted territory, which few actual writers/critics take serious note of or are very enthusiastic about. It has been long asked and established whether publishing fan...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:57:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/39383 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Soha Farhin Pine
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2019-12-08T09:57:02Z (almost 5 years ago)
Fanfiction is somewhat of an uncharted territory, which few actual writers/critics take serious note of or are very enthusiastic about. It has been long [asked and established](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/29976/is-fan-fiction-publishable) whether publishing fanfics is even legally possible at all. Yes, it is possible as long as the work in question doesn't violate copyrights and the plot line isn't too dependent on the original novel it was inspired from. But have there been cases where works that count as fanfiction to some degree have been literally successful and turned out as bestsellers? Of course, I understand that it isn't very fruitful or wise for a budding writer to work in this genre. One will just be wasting their time and talent. I just feel that having examples of the exceptional bestseller fanfics at hand would be useful for all of those writers out there.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-10-12T21:38:15Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 13