Harry Styles, The Twilight Saga and Fifty Shades of Grey: writing fanfiction about real or literary heroes can earn a film deal.
Fanfiction, as it’s known, can be big business. Robinne Lee’s 2017 novel The Idea of You — which is about a 40-year-old woman embarking on a romance with the 20-year-old frontman of a British boy band, possessed of a face so beautiful that it’s insured by Lloyd’s of London — began life as a piece of “fanfic” about One Direction singer.
AO3 boasts more than five million users, and hosts work in more than 50,000 fandoms ranging from Doctor Who and Sherlock Holmes to what it designates “real person fiction” . It is a measure of the site’s standing that in 2019 it received a special Hugo Award, the sci-fi equivalent of an Oscar. So how does one go about making money from writing fanfiction? If you post on Wattpad and your work attracts a sufficiently large number of readers, you may be offered a stipend of up to $33,140. Moreover, Wattpad boasts of its partnerships with leading publishers and film/TV companies , and its record of connecting “untapped, unsigned and talented writers” with them.
You’re not likely to be sued, however, if you simply post your fanfiction to a not-for-profit host site. “Many famous authors are aware that fanfiction increases the popularity and publicity of their works,” says intellectual property expert Uma Suthersanen.Article content
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