Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Barry to talk about plans changing when you're writing. When should you make a change, and when should you avoid changing?

You can find Barry on YouTube here, on social media here, and you can read his fics on AO3 here.

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Steamed to talk about a small piece of original internet fiction: the superhero stories of the Synoverse. You can find the Synoverse on AO3 here.

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Maya and Ian and joined by Elizabeth to talk about when you should just "file off the serials" and turn your fanfic into original work.

You can find Elizabeth's fan music and original songs on Youtube here, and her AO3 page is here.

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined once again by Bryon to talk about shipping. What are common ships and rarepairs? Why do we write ships, especially the rare ones? What is the deal with "avatar-sexuals"?

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Maya and Ian are joined once again by Cam to talk about AUs and why we as fans love them so much.

If you want more of Cam you can find them on Tiktok, on Twitter, and on their podcast Hey, Besties, It's Cam (from the Internet).

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian turn the spotlight on the hit animated series Arcane.

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian are joined by Jaye to talk about Magic: the Gathering's "color pie" philosophy, and how you can use it in your writing to help develop your characters, their values, and even their conflicts.

The "Two Color Paladins" post referenced in the episode can be found here: https://www.tumblr.com/asteroidtroglodyte/721259610356547584/a-quick-tour-of-2-color-paladins

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Maya, Dylan, and Ian discuss character design—not necessarily in terms of how they look, but in how you can give them a distinct and coherent personality.

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The Fanfiction Tapes is back for season 3! On this episode, Maya and Ian are joined by Riley to talk about the importance of diversity in your characters.

You can find Riley's work at https://www.rileyquinnthefool.com/.

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On this, our final episode of season 2, Ian is taking over the show to introduce Maya to the first book series to hijack his brain: Animorphs.

The Fanfiction Tapes will return January 2024! Until then, if you like our work, please let us know. You can write to us at [email protected] or reach out to us on Twitter @TheFanfictionTapes.

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