How to Use fan fiction in a Sentence

fan fiction

noun
Definition of fan fictionnext
  • There’s even a tier beyond that with all the books and fan fiction.
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 27 July 2023
  • At least, that's how my Riverdale/The Masked Singer crossover fan fiction goes.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 17 Jan. 2019
  • The Belchers read Tina’s erotic fan fiction and try to thwart her from going through with her plans.
    — Hau Chu, Washington Post, 22 May 2022
  • Nini Iris is living out a real-life fan fiction on The Voice.
    — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 10 Oct. 2023
  • Of course, much of Austen fan fiction exists entirely in the realm of make-believe.
    — Clare McHugh, Washington Post, 10 Nov. 2022
  • There’s fan fiction, and then there’s what Skyzoo has created with Mind of a Saint.
    — William E. Ketchum Iii, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2023
  • The Enchanters continues along the same lines and throws some erotic fan fiction into the mix.
    — Dan Piepenbring, Harper's Magazine, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Because the internet loves its jokes and fan fiction, others were quick to note that Feb. 14 seemed like the perfect day for the event to take place.
    — Megan McCluskey, Time, 14 Feb. 2018
  • But there’s nothing the internet loves more than love, whether it’s fan fiction or the real deal.
    — Ashley Hoffman, Time, 14 Feb. 2018
  • The Archive of our Own, or AO3, is a prominent home for fan fiction online.
    — Casey Newton, The Verge, 10 Nov. 2018
  • At first glance that seems like overzealous message board fan fiction.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 11 Aug. 2020
  • Charles died in prison in 2007, and much of his life has turned into myth, leading Cavanagh to try and separate the true-crime fan fiction from the cold truth.
    — Omar Sanchez, EW.com, 17 Apr. 2020
  • Exactly how fan fiction’s next decade will shake out, though?
    — Elizabeth Minkel, WIRED, 28 Feb. 2024
  • His victory is no longer the stuff of dark comedy or fan fiction.
    — David Remnick, The New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Right now, a curious number of TV shows and films are rich people fan fiction.
    — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
  • While the action got bigger and more expensive, the plot turned into lazy fan fiction.
    — Matt Miller, Esquire, 7 Feb. 2018
  • The pitches for these visions of the future range from optimistic to outright fan fiction.
    — Eric Ravenscraft, Wired, 25 Nov. 2021
  • The adult fan fiction brought to life by puppet versions of the stars will encounter romance, scandal, mystery, intrigue, and farce.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 28 Feb. 2023
  • Think Fifty Shades, only with no bondage and 100 percent more One Direction fan fiction.
    — Eliza Thompson, Cosmopolitan, 7 July 2016
  • Of course, maybe these explanations are just fan fiction.
    — Kyle Hill, Discover Magazine, 8 Oct. 2013
  • With the stroke of a pen, tens of thousands of pages of what was effectively fan fiction (and written like it) became dianoga chow—and good riddance.
    — Lee Hutchinson, Ars Technica, 18 Dec. 2017
  • Malavika Kannan began her journey as a writer in the third grade, using a medium that’s launched a few big names: fan fiction.
    — Sibani Ram, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2023
  • Here’s hoping this doesn’t affect the One Direction fan fiction.
    — Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2022
  • This is where fan fiction turns to reality because the very next day, Evans followed her back on Instagram and replied to the message.
    — Ineye Komonibo, refinery29.com, 20 Apr. 2021
  • Could it be confused by Internet fan fiction relating to the characters in the book?
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 16 Aug. 2023
  • There’s also a lot of fandom theories and a lot of fan fiction that fans will submit as current-day gossip.
    — Rachel Brodsky, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2022
  • Players have been writing fan fiction about the original characters, and a wealth of fan art has cropped up across the internet.
    — Lillian Brown, Wired, 29 Jan. 2021
  • The third episode began with an animated version of one of the character's fan fiction.
    — Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 26 Sep. 2019
  • For example, the first six Final Fantasy games inspired 924 pieces of fan fiction on the website FanFiction.net.
    — Jason Schreier, New York Times, 9 Apr. 2020
  • Four thousand fan fictions were written about the characters.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2017

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