Episodes
Episode 66: The Humanizing Turn
A conversation on tropes, characterization, and what we want from stories, in canon and in fanfic.
Fanfiction
Features
Fic, Interrupted
The unfinished history of works in progress.
Episodes
Episode 53: Stealth Fandom
From “adventure lunch” to stealth cosplay, the ways people engage with fandom that are harder to see.
Episodes
Episode 52: Fanfic v. FANtasies
On Wattpad’s FANtasies webseries and the changing pathways for fan-to-pro writing.
Episodes
Episode 49: Defining Fanfiction: The Results
Digging into the results of the fanfiction definitions survey, which was taken by more than 3,500 people.
Surveys
Towards a Definition of “Fanfiction”
3,564 people took our survey. Here’s what we learned.
Features
Fan Fiction vs. Fanfiction
When the dictionary doesn’t reflect the world.
Episodes
Episode 46: Defining Fanfiction: The Survey
What counts as fanfiction—and what doesn’t? We discuss our survey that explores these questions.
Special Episodes
Special Episode 3: Fanfiction Book Club #1
Discussing lettered’s Harry Potter MASTERPIECE, “The Pure and Simple Truth.”
Criticism
Mary Sue
From self-inserts to imagines, how young women write themselves into the narrative.
Episodes
Episode 44: Mary Sue
Breaking down the term “Mary Sue,” from its history to its evolution to the way it’s being reclaimed today.
Episodes
Episode 41: Fandom Trumps Hate
Two organizers from the “Fandom Trumps Hate” fanworks charity auction on harnessing fandom for good.