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20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful

amytheduck

A Good Place To Start
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09/03/2007

User recommends the product

Advantages Fics can be posted in seconds, thousands of stories, a lot of categories
Disadvantages Frequent downtime, some stories are terrible, may receive flames

I first happened upon fanfiction.net back in 2000, when I was searching the web for information about Harry Potter. Back then, I was only thirteen, and as an aspiring writer, the site very much appealed to me. Over the past seven years, I've had various accounts on there, and posted up a fair few stories. I used to think it was the most amazing site ever, that nothing could ever top it. Now, I very rarely visit and when I do, finding a good story is like finding a needle in a haystack. **What is it?** Fanfiction is a term coined back in the sixties, when it referred only to stories written by ... more
22 of 22 Ciao users found the following review helpful

CGholy

Member since 17/06/2010

Reviews written: 238

Finding An Audience 04/06/2012

User recommends the product

Advantages Easy to navitage
Disadvantages Outdated Layout

Long before my time of writing reviews, I was still in school and found this website. I was looking for stories with my favourite fictional characters placed into another place or situation. I wasn't getting a lot of response on Mediaminer.org, so after reading a lot of stories, I made an account on the site. Fanfiction.net is a site where anybody around the world can submit their fan labour litrature. Since it's creation in 1998, it's become one of the biggest fan fiction bases in the world with millions of users acsessing the site each day. Stories are updated and published on a regular ... more
20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Worrals

I'll show you mine if you show me yours 27/01/2003

User recommends the product

Advantages Get your work a worldwide audience in seconds
Disadvantages Pop-up frenzy

When you were a kid, did you write stories in which you starred alongside the heroes of your favourite TV programme? Go on, what was it? The A-Team, The Monkees, He-Man? You didn't know it, but you were writing fanfiction - fanfic for short, fic for even shorter. And thousands of children, teenagers and even respectable adults like myself are still writing it in reams. Before widespread Internet access, fan stories were mainly distributed by means of privately printed books known as fanzines or zines. These tended to be expensive due to the limited print run, and you had to know where to find ... more
17 of 17 Ciao users found the following review helpful

Simmer

A MUST FOR TELLY ADDICTS 09/07/2003

User recommends the product

Advantages fun way to express yourself, interesting whether you're a reader or a writer
Disadvantages comments aren't always constructive

Are you a die-hard fan of a popular book, cartoon or TV show? Do you have a passion for writing? Ever thought of an amusing "what if?" situation about one of your favourite characters? Well dream no more, because FanFiction.net allows your wildest thoughts to become a reality. FanFiction.net is an online community full of fans of a particular book or TV show, all with very creative minds and a real passion for writing. The site allows you to think up your own story or episode for a certain TV show, known as a piece of fan fiction (or as a "fan fic" on the site). Put it this way. You're a fan ... more
27 of 27 Ciao users found the following review helpful

patwanet

A great face with a rather iffy back end 06/09/2006

User recommends the product

Advantages Wide range of stories and genres, ability to search by criteria, ability to create own archives and forums
Disadvantages Frequent site downtime, poor file upload system, unable to post links in story chapters, posting of song lyrics banned

This site started up several years ago as a place to allow budding writers to let their imagination loose and create their own stories based off of real stories nd genres. And there's no doubt that it has achieved that goal. There is also no doubt that it has managed to become one of the most well known fanfiction site on the net - having more than 100 book genres alone, and other categories such as anime, cartoon and movie. But I have to say I guess what they say about fame going to your head is true. The quality of the service that this site provides has seen a decline over the last year ... more