Unfamiliar+genre+proposal

Brad Valentine ENG 408 Tues/Thurs 11:00 **__Unfamiliar Genre Project Proposal__**

Fan Fiction So I finally decided on my unfamiliar genre proposal it is fan fiction. I Know a little about fan fiction but have never written it before. I know it takes the premise of a story and adds a "what if" element to it. It focuses on a story that has allready been created and changes a key event of setting in the story to give it a different outcome.

I would like to find out how much has to change in the story in order for it to be considered fanfiction, how long a piece of has to be, and what types of changes are "allowed." I would also like to know the specific genre it can be written in i.e. narrative? dialogue? etc.