📖 A fan story 📖 To write fan stories

to fanfic

8.4

To write stories that use characters and places from a book, film, or TV show

verb
/ˈfænˌfɪk/

Jargon

: escribir fanfic

Many young writers fanfic their favorite book series to explore new storylines.

Examples

She loves to fanfic popular movies and share her stories online.
During the summer, he decided to fanfic the adventures of his favorite superheroes.
She loves to fanfic her favorite characters.
Many writers fanfic popular TV shows.
Many young writers fanfic their favorite book series to explore new storylines.
She loves to fanfic popular movies and share her stories online.
During the summer, he decided to fanfic the adventures of his favorite superheroes.

Synonyms

to fictionalize

vsto fanfic

5 6.5

Tell real events or people as made-up stories by changing details

uses existing fictional characters and settings rather than real events

to fabular

vsto fanfic

9.9

To tell or make up creative stories that teach a lesson

focuses on existing fictional characters and settings instead of original tales

Surface Forms

fanfic infinitive

fanficced past

fanficced past participle

fanficking present participle

fanfics third person singular

Etymology

Fanfic as a verb comes from the same parts, fan 'supporter' and fiction 'story'. To 'fanfic' is to write new stories about existing characters or settings, so the verb simply means 'to create fan fiction'.