Het, slash and gen. From our newsletter to our fic awards, from fic communities to header information, these are the three most common ways of organizing fic in our fandom. Of course, there are dozens of sub-genres that stand on their own or are mixed with the main ones, and sometimes stories defy simple classification because they involve multiple ( Read more... )

The Slash Perspective by greenlady2 posted via metafandom is an interesting article about the characteristics of writing slash. Both her original post and the discussion in the comments ponder whether slash offers something specific to writers that can't be found elsewhere and if so, what is it. It also raises the question about whether slash is a genre in itself or a ( Read more... )

We all know what genres are, right? And we all choose our favorites when we pick up a novel to read: mystery, fantasy, romance, sci-fi, etc. When we read fanfic, though, we’re much more likely to read across genres, because instead of choosing a story for its genre we’re choosing it for its characters, and we like to see them in a range of ( Read more... )