Why a Fanfiction Site?
Whether you enjoy reading fan fiction and want a good read or wrote one of your own and are looking to publish it online, this list of fanfiction sites should help. You can even vote for your favorite fanfiction website!
Posting your creation to a fanfiction archive is a much better option than keeping it on your own page or blog. First of all, it's free and you won't have to worry about hosting costs or buying your own domain. Second, you'll get tons of people eagerly reading your story and posting reviews - and you can direct them back to your own blog if you like. Finally, these sites are designed to make readers' experience as good as possible by presenting the text in an easy-to-read way and offering ratings and reviews for every chapter.
List of Fanfiction Sites
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FanFiction.net
World's largest fanfic archive. You can find fanfictions on anything, but it's unmoderated so there are a lot of crappy fics.6 points
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Fan-made fictional stories (fanfics) — Fictionesque.com
A new fanfic site, they describe themselves as "a place where fanfic writers can publish stories. Fictional or non-fictional, Fictionesque is all abou...4 points
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PatronusCharm.net
A fanfiction hosting site from DarkLordPotter.net. They like powerful, independent Harry and like to kill Ginny in creative ways.3 points
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MediaMiner.org - Anime FanArt & FanFiction
Awesome fanfiction site almost as good as fanfiction.net3 points
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HarryPotterFanFiction.com
The oldest Harry Potter fan fiction site on the net that has over 47,000 HP fanfics.2 points
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Fanfiction.MuggleNet.com
Categorized Harry Potter fan fiction site at MuggleNet. All fanfics are moderated by the staff, so no bad fics here!2 points
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SugarQuill.net
A Harry Potter fanfiction site. They like Harry/Ginny pairing and the Weasley family; most fics follow this direction.2 points
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Fanfiction Archive
Brand new fanfic archive site, that's been created to be as writer and reader friendly as possible (always open to suggestions)2 points
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Lunaescence Archives :: Moderated Creative Writing Community
The Lunaescence.com Archives is an archive dedicated to quality anime, manga, and gaming fan fiction as well as original works.2 points
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Asian Fanfiction :: A Fanfiction Archive for the Asian entertainment
Asian Fanfiction is a moderated archive for fanfiction featuring Asian artists and also for original fiction featuring Asian characters.2 points
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Portkey.org
This is a Harry Potter fanfiction hosting site for the ships of Harry/Hermione, Lily/James, Draco/Ginny and Ron/Luna. No ridiculous pairings!1 point
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SIYE.co.uk/siye/
Sink Into Your Eyes is a fanfiction hub dedicated to Harry Potter and Ginny Weasley pairing.1 point
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Colonial Vipers
Brand new fanfic site for all versions of Battlestar Galactica. Not crowded at all, feel free to register, read or post BSG fanfic (as well as other...1 point
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Winglin.net
Asian pop-culture fanfiction.1 point
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FanficAuthors.net
Great fanfiction hosting site featuring some of the best Harry Potter fanfiction writers.1 point
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Granger Enchanted
Granger Enchanted - to Enchant the Bookwork is a fanfiction site for Hermione fans.1 point
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The Unknowable Room
Harry Potter community with a lot of quality fanfics in the Potterverse. They have a fanfiction and fanart archive, a Harry Potter wiki, forums, a Fac...1 point
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FicWad
FicWad is an archive of fresh-picked fanfiction and original fiction with a rating and review system.1 point
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JB Fanfiction Archive :: Your #1 source for Jonas Brothers Fan Fiction
Awesome site filled with thousands of Jonas Brothers-based fanfictions, one-shots, that kind of stuff.1 point
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WWFanfic.net
Fiction written about Wonder Woman's 1970s television show, exploring the character's extensive and continuing career.0 points
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TrekFanFiction.net
A categorized Star Trek fanfiction site.0 points
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FanFic.net
Anime fanfiction site. For some weird reason they don't let you read it on site, but gives you archived .gz files to download.0 points
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XenaFan.com/Fiction
A collection of fan-written Xena stories, poems and parodies.0 points
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Owl.Tauri.org
Online Wizarding Library, they have some nice Harry Potter fanfiction of various categories.0 points
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SycophantHex.com
Sycophant Hex has been designed to be a site for quality Harry Potter fanfiction. They approve each fic manually, so the overall quality is great.0 points
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MyFandoms.com | MyFandoms - Fan Central
Myfandoms is a fan ficiton site that allows you to not only post fan fiction, but fan art, fan vids, and more!0 points
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"THE MAN, THE MYTH, THE LEGEND....STEVE PERRY!"
Fan fiction site that centers around Steve Perry and the past and present members of Journey. The only fan fiction site on the web where Steve Perry a...0 points
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Hawk.Kotorfanmedia.com
Unofficial KOTOR Fan Media site, the best collection of KOTOR stories, art and fan discussions anywhere.0 points
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Create Fanfiction
Fanfiction community, where all the fanfiction writter can gather together for some fun!0 points
What Is Fanfiction?
Definition of fan fiction and the Harry Potter phenomenon.
According to some sources, fanfiction existed as far back as the 17th century, but it's becoming very popular nowadays, when we have so many forms of entertainment. Particularly impressive is the Harry Potter fanfiction phenomenon. There are so many fics written by the fans of the series, that you could say J. K. Rowling awakened the generation of children not only to reading, but creative writing as well!
Why Write a Fanfiction Story?
A few things to remember and consider.
Let's not forgot the social aspect, too. Internet lets you publish your story instantly, getting a lot of readers to post reviews and comments that will help you improve. Plus, it feels really great to get positive reviews from people saying that they loved your work! Of course, then there's always the pressure from your fans to release the next chapter sooner. If this happens to you, just remember that you are writing the story for yourself first, and take as much time as you think is needed (don't release half-baked chapters just because your readers demand it). See it this way: if people are begging you to write faster, that means your story is really great!
Tips For Writing Your First Fanfiction
Just some basic advice for newbie fanfiction writers.
- Spelling and grammar are important. If you think those are your weak points, get someone to proof-read your story if possible ("beta" in fanfiction slang), or at least run a spell-checker. Finding a beta and letting him to read your story before releasing each chapter is always a good idea even if your spelling is great.
- Try to understand the feelings and motives of the characters in the original work. Explain the changes they experience in your fic. A person can't go from a wuss to a badass in one day, simply speaking. There's nothing stopping your fantasy and getting crazy with the characters, but in that case people usually tag their stories as AU (Alternate Universe).
- It's an excellent idea to have a rough draft of the whole fic before starting to post chapters online, or at least an outline.
- Do not give in to the pressure of readers. Don't get discouraged by the negative comments, but pay attention to constructive criticism. Sometimes your readers might give you good ideas to improve the story, but always remember that you are the author.
- Your story should make sense. Yes, once again, you can write whatever you want, however, it's usually a good idea to think of a nice plot, not to have any perfect characters just taking revenge on everyone during whole fic, or adding yourself as a character and banging all the chicks from your favorite show... I don't believe other people will enjoy that very much.
- Finally, the specifics of fanfiction aside, it's really like writing any other kind of story. You still need to have some writing skills (and there are tons of information online how to improve them). Fanfiction is actually a good way to start writing, and should be much easier than creating an original work from scratch, because you already have characters and world created for you. All you have to do is play around with them! :)
Great Books on Fan Fiction
Books for a writer or reader of fanfiction who wants to learn.
Comments
Do you enjoy reading or writing fanfiction, or just want to comment on this lens? Go ahead!
Keeper_of_Halloween wrote
Um, I just wanted to mention that it was announced today by Lunaescence's administrator that the site will be closing down as of the last week of July so you might want to remove it from the list. I'm so sad to see that site go. It was because of Luna that I was able to discover Katekyo Hitman Reborn! XD
rsgfert wrote
This is a true story. A girl died in 1933. A man buried her when she was still alive. The murderer chanted," Toma Sota balcu," as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiilling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this on your profile, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
Marigold wrote
in reply to frev This is a true story. A girl died in 1933. A man buried her when she was still alive. The murderer chanted," Toma Sota balcu," as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiilling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this on your profile, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
Sara wrote
If people want to write fanfiction for a certain website, then i highly recomment fanfiction.net. I really don't know how to navigate through other "fanfiction" websites, it's suckish. No offense. Even i am an author for fanfiction.net. And if you want to write stories of stories of legend or reality history, fanfiction.net has a sister website, called fictionpress.net.
Chadrew wrote...
in reply to Bubbleparty
Added it to the list, thank you for the submission.
2eqd wrote
This is a true story. A girl died in 1933. A man buried her when she was still alive. The murderer chanted," Toma Sota balcu," as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiilling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this on your profile, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
Girlycard666 wrote
Why is it that hardly anyone writes good Watchmen fics? I've been to most recommened sites, and none of them had any Watchmen. Was saddened that only FF.net had Watchmen.
Also, I'm a fan of slash. Depending on who is being slashed, slash is good. But there are some that make you want to shank yourself for even reading the title.
Quizilla was awesome until they changed. I miss Fanlib.
frev wrote
This is a true story. A girl died in 1933. A man buried her when she was still alive. The murderer chanted," Toma Sota balcu," as he buried her. Now that you have read the chant, you will meet this little girl. In the middle of the night she will be on your ceiilling. She will suffocate you like she was suffocated. If you post this on your profile, she will not bother you. Your kindness will be rewarded.
Tinw wrote...
Ah, fanfiction, it eats us sometimes! I had no idea there were so many archives. I use Ficwad -- which has been getting weirder -- and ff.net.
Also -- now-- Squidoo! If I may be so bold, I've got some Lord of the Rings fanfic up among my other LOTR-related lenses. Look for my "Music and Poetry" and "Elrond and Elros" lenses. Le hannon!
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