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Her stories focused on a relationship between the saber-crossedStar WarsduoKylo RenandRey Skywalker, a pairing often abbreviated to Reylo.
It sold in just 12 hours.
The pair have since published nearly 30 novels, and theyve hit the New YorkTimesbest-seller list multiple times.
(The odder yet nevertheless popular male pregnancy trope hasnt achieved quite as much mainstream traction.
)The Love Hypothesiseven features fan art on the cover.
Not that those are trivial elements.
Romance novels rarely run longer than 100,000 words and typically have a three-act structure.
Fan-fiction stories can run hundreds of thousands of words and take a meandering approach to plot.
Theres a learning curve.
When youre writing a romance, theres a beginning and an end.
You have a plot and emotional beats, explains romance author and fan-fiction reader Adriana Herrera.
With a fic its more episodic.
Theres a different flow to it.
Beyond the structural nature of adapting their work, fanfic writers often have to reskin IP-based elements.
Some fanfic writers, Hazelwood and Christina Lauren included, rewrite their fics before publishing them.
Its a process known as filing off the serial numbers, which involves more than simply changing the names.
Building original characters their quirks and distinct traits proved more difficult for her than developing a plot.
Not all fic writers are benefiting from the boom yet, at least.
Publishers havemade some progressdiversifying their love stories, but disparities remain.
Those shortcomings notwithstanding, the fan-fiction-to-romance pipeline continues to grow.
YA fantasy author Rosamund Hodge promises her upcoming release,WhatMonstrous Gods,hasReylo vibes.
Julie Soto promises her next book,Not Another Love Song,will be familiar to fanfic readers.
Ali is clearly a big romance reader as well as being a fic reader, she says.
Even Hollywood has noticed the trend.
Last October, Bisous Pictures, which producedNetflixsPersuasionadaptation,announcedit would be bringingThe Love Hypothesisto screens.
