Fan fiction: how to write it

Start with One Direction and see where they take you your daydreams could snare you a book dealHow to write a bestselling novelHow to write a killer scriptShare pictures of where you writeThis article is a preview from the September issue of the Guardians monthly activities magazine, Do Something, free with the Saturday paper this weekendFanfic works on the logic that you shouldnt keep your celebrity fantasies to yourself. So rather than just daydreaming about Harry Styles turning up in your office as an intern and cornering you by the printer one night, you would expand that premise into several thousand words released in brief, juicy chapters online, to the delight of other fans. Continue reading... Continue reading at 'The Guardian'

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