What happens when fans steer the story?

Updated on Jan 09, 2021 03:21 am IST

HT's Associate Editor (and pop-culture junkie) Rachel Lopez looks at the phenomenon of fan fiction, how long it's been around, what it covers, why anyone would weave new stories out of existing ones, and of course, how to start writing your own.

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