Gramer Girl here. I'm Minion Foguri and you can think of me as your friendly guide to the

English language. We talk about writing, history, rules, and cool stuff. Today we'll

talk about writing fan fiction and about my tricks for figuring out how to pronounce

a word when you aren't sure how to say it. Let's get started.

You can develop your fiction writing skills through all sorts of experiences and contrary

to some advice floating around on social media, you don't have to have a specialized degree

to learn to be a great writer of any kind. Communication skills are part and parcel in many

fields, including the STEM industries, education, journalism, and any kind of administrative

or white collar work that involves the Almighty Pan or computer. And as you're honing your

skills at work, you're also developing skills that will make you a better fiction writer.

But today we'll talk about what you can learn through the casual writing hobby known as

fan fiction. Fan fiction usually spelled as one word or affectionately referred to as

fanfic is defined as creative writing inspired by pre-existing media. Whether it be books,

television shows, games, films, or toy and media brands, in our age of longstanding franchises

like Star Wars, Disney films, and the Marvel and DC comic book universes, it isn't surprising

that many people are drawn to creating their own stories based on their favorite characters

in worlds. Notable respected and award-winning science fiction and fantasy writers have also

had their start writing fan fiction. Nebula and Mythopiek fantasy award-winning author

Naomi Novick, for example, is also the founder of the fan works website Archive of Our Own.

Other famous writers such as Hugo award-winning fantasy writer Sean and McGuire, New York

Times best-selling author Lev Grossman, and best-selling queen of YA fiction-made

cabinet have also talked about their past dabblings in fan fiction before writing their

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