Fanfiction (Don't Judge)

Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky

Arts, Science Fiction, Fiction, Society & Culture

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 November 2017

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Sci-fi and fantasy have always been a big part of fanfiction, but fanfiction hasn't always gotten respect in return. My former colleague at WNYC Stephanie Billman guides me through the landscape of fanfiction, debunking many of my preconceptions. We talk with Francesca Coppa, author of The Fanfiction Reader and one of the creators of the fanfic site Archive of Our Own. Britta Lundin, a writer on the CW's Riverdale, explains why writing fanfiction was a great way to train for writing TV. And fanfiction writer Savannah Stoehr explains why Kirk/Spock is the great love story of our time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	You're listening to Imaginary Worlds,
0:02.2	a show about how we create them,
0:03.4	and why we suspend our disbelief.
0:05.7	I'm Eric Mullinsky,
0:06.7	and I am joined in the studio by my friend, Stephanie Billman.
0:10.5	Hello.
0:11.5	Hi.
0:12.5	Stephanie and I used to work together at W and I C.
0:14.4	I would say we were fellow geeks at a place
0:16.8	where there were a lot of nerds,
0:18.2	but not a lot of geeks, would you agree?
0:19.7	Yeah, I totally agree with that.
0:20.9	Yeah.
0:22.4	So Stephanie pitched me this idea about fan fiction.
0:26.3	First of all, the title of the email
0:27.8	was Fan Fiction, parentheses don't judge.
0:29.9	Which I love so much that I decided immediately
0:31.8	that was going to be the title of this episode.
0:34.8	And so before we get to this tear pitch,
0:36.7	which we're going to talk about in a second,
0:37.6	I just say that I was always very skeptical
0:40.2	about doing an episode on fan fiction
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