Fanfiction: creative writing on the web

ABSTRACT

Study on fanfictions as a way of encouraging Reading and production of fictional writing on the web. By means of an exploratory, bibliographical and qualitative research, the subject is brought onto the Information Science field. Its makes use of the website “Nyah! Fanfiction” as source of information on fanfictions and also for carrying out a survey as a supporting tool in the research towards fanfictioners behavior. The article defines the term “fanfiction”, as well as describes the different way that the fiction writer reads the original piece for the production of the story. Finally, it presents the website “Nyah! Fanfiction”, not only as a fanfiction destination place, but it also shows how this practice can become more than a hobby by exploring the imagination, stimulating the creation of texts, and in that way, intensify the practice of reading and writing among young people. The subject studied is still considered new in the Librarian ship field, therefore, it is necessary to develop more research addressing the fanfiction theme.

Keywords:
Fanfiction; Reading; Digital writing