Should the reader determine the story? If so, how much? And if not, why bother?

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If you're writing a story that isn't as big as it's source material, do you have to use all of it?

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Why do I clarify the Lord of the Ring movies as fan fiction? Only for good reasons, I promise.

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When you like the world, but you have something different in mind for us, why use the same world? Why not just write your own original world? 
There are a few good reasons, actually.

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A few more thoughts on the stories you can tell with fanfiction.

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If you want to write the story form of a video game, or the video form of a story, here are some things to think about.

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Who do you write about if the main character completed their arc in the original story? Maybe find a nother character, or an unanswered question, or an answer you didn't like, and follow that.

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What are the types and traits of common fanfics? I'll examine one of the big three today: the Sequel. Specifically, the Charger Sequel.

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But he uses avatars, in a way, so it isn't that there are no antagonists.

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Given the same prompt, two people will still write two very different stories. A little illustration from my life may prove the point.

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