essays

How to Identify AI-Written Web Fiction

I'm absolutely right!

Nov 27, 2025 • Makin

8 Tropes of the Webfic Age

The Internet has democratized fiction publishing, allowed teenage writers to set new standards, and delivered a bunch of cool new failure modes. Here's…

Jun 10, 2025 • Makin

The Stand v. LOST

It's like Batman v. Superman, it's not a literal but an ideological conflict... either that or this essay is as trash as a modern Snyder film

Jan 9, 2025 • Makin

"Systematic Fiction", Jumpchain, CYOAs, the Celestial Forge and (You)!

A treatise exploring the latest... advances? in fanfiction

Jul 19, 2024 • Makin

Macro Review: The Shills List as of 2024 (Part 1: Main Shills)

Every work I've added to the extremely famous recommendation list and why, part one

Jul 8, 2024 • Makin

28(+3) Reviews: The Pokemon Fanfiction Zeitgeist

Where did Pokemon fics come from? Where are they going? Why does the Borne of Caution guy want to bang his Vulpix?

Mar 11, 2023 • Makin

Book Review: Mad Investor Chaos and the Woman of Asmodeus

Eliezer Yudkowsky returns with the most mainstream-appealing glowfic ever written, which as you'll find out doesn't actually mean much

Jan 16, 2022 • Makin

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