/lit/ - Literature

There's times I wish /lit/ was allowed to discuss fanfiction. It doesn't really have a home on the other boards; not fanfiction as a whole, anyway. I've written more than a little of it myself, and I find it somewhat fascinating as a concept. It's essentially like what happened with the "Matter of Britain," the tales of King Arthur and the knights of the Round Table. From an original set of stories, other stories have grown, not written by the original writer/creator. Where before you had a single work by a single set of creators, now you have numerous works by many, all kind of working in concert to form a great body of fiction.

Sure, most fanfics suck, but the idea of them is still interesting. And every now and then you stumble on one that's well-written.