Talk:One-shot (comics)

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The whole section about fanfiction is really kind of confusing. Can someone familiar with this subject try rewriting it? ike9898 21:16, 30 May 2006 (UTC)

I took out the section relating to fanfiction. If someone wants to create a new article under One shot (fanfiction) go ahead--Tuberculosisness 02:26, 1 August 2006 (UTC)

[edit] One-shots in fanfiction

One-shot can also refer to a short anime story, or a short piece of fan fiction, where a fan fiction piece would only last one chapter. Recently, this usage has expanded to refer to any one chapter piece of literature, although one-shot is generally only used in this way for electronic literature.

One-shots in fanfiction are self-contained stories that are meant to be only one chapter long. They're usually divided into one of the following sections:

• A one-time event, like a climatic battle scene.
• The beginning or the end of a romantic relationship.
• A character study, or an introspective look into the psyche of the character.

There is no definite word limit for the length of a one-shot fanfiction. Usually, however, a one-shot is anything longer than 500 words in length. Shorter stories, called ficlets or drabbles, are usually 100-500 words in length. However, these number vary from one archive, community or fanfiction contest to the next.

There is also no definite style for one-shots in fanfiction. Songfics are usually one-shots, but one will find an often more diverse group of writing styles in one-shots. Styles or points of view that don't work in longer, chaptered stories, such as present tense, second person p.o.v. or monologues, are far more frequent in one-shot fanfictions.