Friend fiction

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See also:	Real person fiction, drawerfic, self-insertion
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Friend fiction is a form of fiction in which some or all of the characters are explicitly based on the author's friends. Friend fiction is typically written by young hobbyist writers and is rarely shared beyond the friend group it was created for.

A notable example of friend fiction in pop culture can be found in the show Bob's Burgers, as Tina Belcher often writes stories featuring her classmates and teachers. One could argue that Dante Alighieri's The Divine Comedy contains friend fiction elements, as some of the characters within are based on people he knew in real life, such as Brunetto Latini.

A similar thing is tuckerizing, a practice in science fiction where fans use the real names of fan friends for characters. It differs from "friend fiction" in that the tuckerized characters often bear no resemblance to the real person. These stories tend to be written for a bigger audience and have wider visibility.

Notable Examples

• "X" by Andrew Vincent (X-Men comics) [1990s] - the original fanfic was infamous as a result of the MSTing written by Kielle (X-MST3k). One of the notable features of the original was that the author wrote himself and his friends in as a new superhero team.
• The Writer's Cafe, an offshoot of the Subreality Cafe concept, could arguably be considered friend fiction as the Writers were based on actual fanficcers.