Fanfic Symposium/Essays
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- All About Writing
- Characters and Characterization
- Fannish Culture and Politics
- Genre
- Critics and Criticism
- Fandom Specific
- Medium and Message
- Ponderings and Other Miscellany
2006
- 12/28/06 Why People Tend Not To Favor Main Characters/WebCite by Dylan Gleason
- 12/28/06 How Fanfiction Is Saving Civilization/WebCite by Kadorienne
- 12/28/06 Fan Fiction Elitism: Two Years Later/WebCite by Persey
- 12/28/06 And Now For Something Completely Different: Fanfiction as a Genre of Literature/WebCite by Lady Rogue
- 12/28/06 A Little Ditty About Fandom/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 12/28/06 Women and Power (Meta on BNFs, Hate, and Anonymity)/WebCite by Miriam Heddy
- 12/28/06 Porn as Pot Noodle - Darkslash, Its Readers and Writers/WebCite by Sarah
- 01/15/06 So You Want to Write a Successful Fannish Essay/WebCite by Rana Eros
2005
- 11/07/05 When Worlds Collide: Fandom and Male Privilege/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 11/07/05 The Shinji Fan's Manifesto/WebCite by Atagamay
- 11/07/05 Crewing My Pirate Ship of Love: An OTC Approach to the Question of Relationships/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 10/30/05 Real People Fiction/WebCite by Kristina
- 10/30/05 Expanding My Horizons in an Easternly Direction/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 08/05/05 The A-Z Shortcut/WebCite by Crystalix
- 08/05/05 Writing Well. Why Bother?/WebCite by Megan Kent
- 04/26/05 Three-Point Characterization, Or No, We Really Aren't All Watching the Same Show/WebCite by Rachael Sabotini
- 04/26/05 You Big Bully! Or, The Dynamics of Fan-created Power Imbalances/WebCite by Rachael Sabotini
- 04/16/05 The Apology!Fic Rant/WebCite by Martha W
- 04/16/05 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly in (Game) Fanfiction/WebCite by MP
- 03/15/05 La Cosa Nostra (This Thing of Ours)/WebCite by Victoria P.
- 03/14/05 Try Again: The Dissection of a Plot/WebCite by Tefnut
- 01/26/05 A Christian Perspective on Slash Fiction/WebCite by Marnie
- 02/08/05 Fanfic is Hard to Write/WebCite by Catherine Rain
2004
- 11/14/04 Why do I Like Slash? Plain Answers from a Het Woman/WebCite by Dark Twin
- 10/29/04 The Fandom of the Archetype/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 09/06/04 When Size Matters: Story Terminology as Determined/WebCite by Word Count]/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 09/06/04 [http://www.trickster.org/symposium/symp161.html Limitations on POV by Athena and Uris
- 08/05/04 Stealth Slash/WebCite by Nightspore
- 08/05/04 Banishing the Wild Epithet/WebCite by Justine
- 08/04/04 Slash Fanfiction: A Personal Essay/WebCite by Celandine Brandybuck
- 07/28/04 The Americanisation of British Fandoms/WebCite by Alison
- 07/26/04 Poaching the Poachers/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 07/25/04 Welcome to the Dark Side: An Elitist Exposed/WebCite by Armelle Madeline
- 07/24/04 Sit Down and Shut Up: Authors and Criticism/WebCite by Emily Brunson
- 07/23/04 Expect the Inquisition, and Get the Flying Circus/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 07/23/04 The Otter Apologizes to the Fanfiction Masses/WebCite by the Humbled Otter
- 07/22/04 Flogging Elitism in the Fanfiction World/WebCite by Cynical Otter
- 07/21/04 Writing Stargate Slash is Hard/WebCite by James
- 07/21/04 Whitewashing Krycek/WebCite by Ali
- 07/13/04 Your Fandom Wears Combat Boots/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 07/12/04 Conduit: or, Sedgwick Revisited/WebCite by Kristina
- 07/09/04 Nobody Ever Admits They're a BNF/WebCite by Hope
- 07/09/04 You're a Spiteful Bitch! Why I Hurt the Ones I Love/WebCite by Cyndiana
- 03/02/04 Does Gender Matter? Women, Tolkien, and the Online Fanfiction Community/WebCite by Thevina
- 03/02/04 Slashing vs Shipping, or Why It's Easier to Be a Slash/WebCite by T'Mar
- 03/02/04 The Virtual Swamp, or Navigating the Web Without a Map/WebCite by T'Mar
- 02/03/04 Why Subtext is Better than Text/WebCite by Janis C.
- 02/03/04 Eew, He's All Girly: Issues Surrounding Feminized Male Characters/WebCite by Janis C.
2003
- 11/19/03 What is Slash?/WebCite by The Brat Queen
- 10/14/03 The Seven Deadly Fanons of Characterization: A Spotter's Guide/WebCite by Dorothy Marley
- 09/16/03 Fact, Fiction, and the Writer's Responsibility to the Truth/WebCite by nopseud
- 09/07/03 Rana Bob's Field Guide to Mary Sues/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 09/04/03 Is Mary Sue Incongruous with Slash? or Mary Sue's Sexual Identity/WebCite by Vyrwen
- 09/02/03 An Open Letter to Anti-Slash People/WebCite by The Brat Queen
- 09/02/03 The Cost of the Erection: Slash and Gayness/WebCite by Executrix
- 09/02/03 The Erotic vs the Realistic: Sex in Slash Fiction/WebCite by Morgan )O(
- 08/18/03 Why Do We Write Jonathan in a Dress Stories?/WebCite by Athena and Uris
- 08/18/03 Did You Notice? It's Fandom, Not Wal-Mart/WebCite by K.S. Langley
- 08/08/03 Dance with Them What Brung You/WebCite by Hope
- 07/20/03 Friendship and Slash/WebCite by Kenovay
- 07/20/03 In Defense of Lionel LuthorWebCite by Kelex Yarou-Noona
- 07/20/03 Machiavelli and the Luthors/WebCite by Kelex Yarou-Noona
- 07/01/03 Expectations and Interpretations/WebCite by Deborah Wright
- 06/21/0 RPS, Boybands, and Dead Guy RPS/WebCite by Michelle Christian
- 06/19/03 The Times They Are A' Changing/WebCite by K.S. Langley
- 06/17/03 Getting the Picture: An Exploration of Livejournal Icons/WebCite by Kass
- 06/16/03 So You Wanna Write a Slash Sex Scene. Have Your Done Your Homework?/WebCite by Caro Dee
- 06/16/03 The Sliding Scale of Story Information/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 03/04/03 Blair Sandburg - Not a Wimp!/WebCite by Elaine
- 03/04/03 The Homosocial Nature of Fanfic Communities/WebCite by Kristina
- 03/04/03 Portrait of the Artist as a Young Fan/WebCite by Kass
- 03/04/03 I Don't Believe in Real People/WebCite by Justine
- 02/04/03 The AUness of it All/WebCite by James Walkswithwind
- 02/04/03 Because We Love Our Gods: Mythoi, Logoi, and Real People Slash/[http://www.webcitation.org/66ZjNqRvK WebCite by joudama
- 01/28/03 Field Guide to Identifying Fanfic Writers/WebCite by James Walkswithwind
- 01/25/03 Some Thoughts on Femslash/WebCite by Kadorienne
2002
- 11/11/02 In Defense of NC-17 Slash/WebCite by Manna
- 11/11/02 Spike: He Don't Impress Me Much/WebCite by Elynross
- 11/11/02 Why On Earth Rape Fics Exist/WebCite by Emmuzka
- 1 1/11/02 Fannish Butterfliness, or Lack Thereof/WebCite by Lorelei Feldman
- 0/01/02 The Curly-Toed Boots of Justice/WebCite by McSwain!
- 10/01/02 What Is Jonas's Favorite Color Anyway/WebCite by A.V. Meren
- 10/01/02 All About the Pairings, or From the Outside In/WebCite by Sandy Keane
- 10/01/02 Interpretation of Characters/WebCite by Asuka
- 10/01/02 In Defense of PG-13 Slash/WebCite by Kadorienne
- 09/09/02 Not Just Talking to the Monitor: an Examination of Beta Reading/WebCite by Sharakh
- 09/09/02 Tortoises, Hares, and Creativity/ WebCite by Sharakh
- 09/09/02 TPM is So Not.../WebCite by elance
- 09/09/02 Why is There So Much/Why isn't There More/WebCite by Various Contributors
- 09/09/02 Crossovers/ WebCite by Kadorienne
- 08/15/02 Why isn't There More Attack of the Clones Fiction?/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 08/08/02 Goes to Motive/WebCite by Betty Plotnick
- 08/08/02 Gather 'round the Campfire: Fanfiction.net and Participatory Writing/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 06/09/02 Cross Fertilization of Fan and Professional Fiction/WebCite by Joseph
- 06/04/02 On Swinging Both Ways: Fannish and Pro/WebCite by Kass
- 06/04/02 What Makes a Show Eminently Slashable/WebCite by Joseph
- 04/30/02 Naming OCs: A Rant/WebCite by Sharakh
- 04/30/02 A Diary Fan Discovers Blogs and LJs/WebCite by Shomeret
- 04/24/02 Everything Including the Girl: On Bisexuality and Batman/WebCite by Justine
- 02/27/02 Love, Pure as the Driven Snow/WebCite by Kass
- 02/21/02 Save Me: The Redemption of Lex Luthor/WebCite by Justine
- 02/20/02 Reading, Writing, and Sacred Cows/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 01/30/02 Age of Consent? Ptui. What About the Real Problems?/WebCite by Lexin
- 01/30/02 The Appeal of Death Stories/WebCite by Anonymous
- 01/21/02 Travel Size for Your Convenience/WebCite by Rana Eros
- 01/21/02 You Say Potato, I Say Potahto or, Why I Hate Recommendations/WebCite by Emily Brunson
2001
- 09/04/01 RPS Reality Check/WebCite by Dara Sloan
- 08/27/01 Duty of Every Writer/WebCite by Theoria
- 08/12/01 RPS: Writing Under the Influence/WebCite by Kit Mason
- 08/02/01 Print vs. 'Net-publishing, One Very Biased Fan's View/WebCite by Lorelei Jones
- 08/02/01 How to Construct Alternate Universes That Work as Fanfic/WebCite by Rat Creature
- 08/02/01 Formatting Web Fanfic/WebCite by Sarah Q
- 07/17/01 Fandom, Fans and Fanfic: A View From The Gallery/WebCite by T'Mar
- 01/23/01 Here Today, Zined Forever/WebCite by Teresa Kilmer (Here Today, Zined Forever)
- 01/23/01 In a Different Light - Shifting Stories from Web to Print/WebCite by Zine Union List Members
- 01/23/01 The Ten Commandments of Crossovers/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 01/15/01 The Difficulty with Mentors (and Power Balances) in Slash/WebCite by Annie!
- 01/15/01 The Quill is Slashier...The Ten Commandments of Hercules:TLJ Slash/WebCite by Morgan
- 01/15/01 Foreign Language in Fanfiction/WebCite by Lelia Mellini
- 01/15/01 Gen and Slash or Why I See One and Write the Other/WebCite by Morgan
2000
- 11/24/00 Reasons for Fanfic and Impact on Characterization/WebCite by Lorelei Jones
- 11/24/00 A Sentinel is Not a TV Set/WebCite by Rat Creature
- 08/08/00 Becoming Real, or The Invisible Fan/WebCite by Kass
- 08/08/00 Here Today, Zine Tomorrow/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 07/27/00 Subjective Characterization a.k.a. Are Bad Things Really Bad?/WebCite by GenX
- 07/24/00 When Writer and Beta Collide/WebCite by Miriam Heddy
- 07/24/00 Delusions are Grander/WebCite by Miriam Heddy
- 07/24/00 A Little Rant for Slash Fen/WebCite by Justine
- 07/09/00 Alternative Ain't Necessarily Good/WebCite by Lena W.
- 07/09/00 Morality in Fanfiction or "Have You No Decency?"/WebCite by Lorelei Jones
- 07/08/00 Winston Revisited/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 07/05/00 Hurt/Comfort: A Confession and a Celebration/WebCite by Renae
- 07/05/00 Working With What You've Got/WebCite by Schuyler
- 04/01/00 Man/Beast: the Transformative Experience/WebCite by Ki
- 03/30/00 Cry, the Beloved Smarm/WebCite by Renae
- 02/18/00 The Overuse of H/C /WebCite by delle
- 02/18/00 Too Many Vampires/WebCite by Debra Fran Baker
- 01/23/00 The Siren Call/WebCite by Emily Brunson
- 01/23/00 Why I Hate ER Fic/WebCite by Sebastian
- 01/23/00 Musings/WebCite by James Walkswithwind
- 01/23/00 In Defense of PWPs/WebCite by Thamiris
- 01/23/00 On the Borderline/WebCite by Shomeret
- 01/07/00 When Bad Things Happen to Good Characters/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
1999
- 12/20/99 What is a PWP?/WebCite by Shomeret
- 12/20/99 The Fannish Potlatch: Creation of Status within the Fan Community/WebCite by Rachael Sabotini
- 12/14/99 Why does Obi-Wan Get All the Pain in TPM H/C Fic?/WebCite by Alias Sio
- 12/02/99 Slash, Fiction, and Rock'n Roll: An Excursion into Actor Slash/WebCite by Mimi
- 12/01/99 Criticism and the Lost Art of the LOC/WebCite by Lorelei Jones
- 11/30/99 Why I Don’t “Buy” Slash/WebCite by L. Goldman
- 11/30/99 Why Joxer and Ares?/WebCite by Carolyn M. Wallace
- 11/30/99 Should there be More Criticism of Fanfiction?/WebCite by Janet
- 11/28/99 Response to: Joxer?!?!? And Other Things I Don't Get/WebCite by Sascha
- 11/28/99 Ares/Joxer? Sure!/WebCite by Taleya
- 11/26/99 The Misery Trap/WebCite by Emily Brunson
- 11/25/99 Same Actor Crossovers (response to Lucy Gillam)/WebCite by Shomeret
- 11/25/99 'Why Isn't There More ...' - A Specialist's View on the Matter/WebCite by Princess Xavier
- 11/24/99 Joxer?!?! And Other Things I Don't Get/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 11/22/99 Why I Hate 1/??/WebCite by Sandra McDonald
- 11/21/99 The Subtext Anxiety/WebCite by Shomeret
- 11/21/99 Asians Who Write Slash/WebCite by Ki
- 11/17/99 The "Damsel in Distress" Syndrome/WebCite by Lorelei Jones
- 11/16/99 Why is There So Much.../WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 11/11/99 Why isn't There More... /WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 11/10/99 Methos a Woman?/WebCite by Shomeret
- 11/04/99 Apology for Criticism/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 11/04/99 Unreality Break/WebCite by Rusalka
- 11/02/99 Why I Write Slash/WebCite by Kass
- 11/01/99 We Always Hurt the Ones We Love/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 10/21/99 The Life, Death, and Life of Qui-Gon Jinn, or Why the Dead Should Stay Dead/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 10/18/99 Sexuality in Slash: My God, Spock, You're a Woman/WebCite by Rachel Shave
- 10/04/99 Come Back to My Show!/WebCite by Justine
- 09/26/99 The Death of Smarm/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 08/21/99 Shakespeare, Fanfic, and Creativity/WebCite by Lucy Gillam
- 08/13/99 Slashers of Silicon Valley/WebCite by Dara Sloan
- 07/29/99 In Defense of Mary Sue/WebCite by Debra Fran Baker
- 07/14/99 Violence in Fanfic/WebCite by V. Watts
- 07/02/99 A (Very) Brief History of Fanfic/WebCite by SuperCat
- 06/22/99 The Slashy Response to Have A Conscience: How Can Anyone See a Sexual Encounter After a Suicide Attempt?/WebCite by Hayley Douglas
- 06/17/99 The Less Valid Victims?/WebCite by Candy Apple
- 06/11/99 Bodie's Bodies/WebCite by Miriam
- 06/09/99 Winston was Right/WebCite by Lucy Gillam