When Crave’s gay romance Heated Rivalry premiered as a scripted series in November, it didn’t just mark yet another ...

Olivia Rodrigo's journey from writing fan fiction to mingling with her idol, Harry Styles, is a fascinating tale that resonates with many fans. In a recent episode of the Music Makes Us podcast, the ...

From Billie Eilish to Olivia Rodrigo, these celebrities have admitted to reading—or even writing—fan fiction about themselves ...

Alessandra Ferreri: “Sure! As you know, Wattpad is a user-generated content platform that launched in 2006, and from the beginning, it’s been a space that encourages writers to tell their stories and ...

Legendary Entertainment has snapped up the rights to Alchemised, the debut fantasy novel from award-winning fan fiction writer SenLinYu, for what insiders told The ...

The fan fiction to traditionally published fiction market is booming. I’m not too proud to admit that I was 30 when I discovered fan fiction. While many people spent hours, days, or if we’re honest, ...

It’s widely accepted conventional wisdom that when it comes to creative works—TV shows, films, music, books—consumers crave an optimal balance between novelty and familiarity. What we choose to ...

A string of screenshots, containing alleged texts between social media personalities, recently began circulating online. The alleged texts suggest late-evening gatherings between K-pop stars and ...

When Emma Kidwell started working on new content for Marvel’s Midnight Suns, she turned to her fanfic roots. She isn’t the only one following the rules of fan-written stories to develop fresh ideas.

Fan fiction (the practice of fans writing and reading imagined stories about their favorite characters) is now widely discussed in mainstream media articles. While there is still some stigma around ...

Actors Emma Watson (L) Maggie Smith (M) and Daniel Radcliffe (R) on the set of the film "Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix." Harry Potter is one of the most popular subjects of fanfiction. The ...