This is a guest post by writer and marketer, Hayley Zelda, on using fanfiction to build your audience, brand, and platform. She’s written on major writing platforms and worked with a number of self-published authors on marketing books to the YA audience.
Have you ever been so interested in an artist or musician that you searched to find like-minded people so that you could enjoy your idol’s works together?
Have you ever been so fascinated with a character or setting of a book or TV series that you wanted to create your own story inspired by them?
If so, welcome to the world of fandoms and fanfiction.
What is a Fandom?
Fandom is a term used to describe communities built around a shared enjoyment and fascination with an aspect of pop culture, such as books, musicians, celebrities, internet personalities, movies, or TV series.
Popular Fandoms
Fanfiction archive website FanFiction.net declared the Harry Potter fandom as number one in their list of the most popular fandoms online. In fact, according to the data they released, there are around 821,000 stories about the books and movie series.
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