ICYMI: How a Harry Potter Fanfic Took Over the Internet

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🗓️ 20 November 2021

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

The realm of fan fiction is a wild, magical place to be, especially if that fan fiction is set at Hogwarts. On today’s episode, Rachelle and Madison talk about All the Young Dudes, an extensive Harry Potter fan fiction that has inspired a fandom all its own, and just how that fandom came to be. But first, they chat about National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo) and spend time listening to the first line of some listeners’ NaNoWriMo novels. Podcast production by Jasmine Ellis, Daniel Schroeder, and Derek John. Support ICYMI and listen to the show with zero ads. Sign up to become a Slate Plus member for just $1 for your first month. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hi, I'm Rachel Hampton, and I'm Madison Malone-Curture.
0:16.4	You're listening to ICYMI.
0:18.2	In case you missed it, Slate's podcast about internet culture.
0:21.4	Madison, it's time we finally settled this.
0:24.3	What are we settling exactly?
0:25.8	How the fuck do you pronounce the nickname for national novel writing month?
0:30.3	Is it Nano-Remo?
0:31.9	Nano-Remo?
0:32.9	Nano-Remo?
0:33.9	Nano-Remo.
0:34.9	Rachel, this isn't that hard.
0:36.2	You say that, and yet I can never remember which one of us goes first at the top of each
0:39.4	episode, despite the fact that it never changes from week to week.
0:42.9	National novel writing month.
0:45.7	Nano-Remo.
0:46.7	Okay, well, however it's pronounced, it's right now.
0:54.8	National novel writing month has like a very long history on the internet.
0:58.8	I think it was started in 1999.
1:02.1	And the goal is basically to write 50,000 words of a new novel in a month.
1:08.2	I didn't realize the new part.
1:10.0	Like you have to start from scratch.
1:11.8	You can't just tinker away at like a work in progress.
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