What is fan fiction? Is there a difference between fan fiction, retellings, and reimaginings? What makes us categorize them as being similar?

In the latest episode of "Writer's Digest Presents," the WD editors tackle this topic by talking about each of these types of writing separately, while also seeing how they can serve one another—like different branches of the same tree.

Then, stick around for a conversation with managing editor Moriah Richard and fan-fiction author Spoons!

Book recommendations with links for where to purchase:

Sex and Vanity by Kevin Kwan

Pride by Ibi Zoboi

Boy Snow Bird by Helen Oyeyemi

The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miller

The Ballad of Black Tom by Victor LaValle

Ravenous Things by Derrick Chow

Lost in the Never Woods by Aidan Thomas

Ben & Beatriz by Katalina Gamarra

Bridget Jones's Diary by Helen Fielding

A Thousand Acres by Jane Smiley

Pride, Prejudice and Other Flavors by Sonali Dev

Saturday by Ian McEwan

The Daughter of Doctor Moreau by Silvia Moreno-Garcia