HOW TO WRITE GATED FAN FICTION

A production system for long-form fan fiction that stays true to its source — for hundreds of thousands of words.

guide v3.0 · law v5.4 proven over 24 books · 377 chapters · 1,624,963 words CI-verified on every push

Treat fan fiction like software. Give it a source of truth, tests, and state panels — and a story can grow forever without rotting.

THE FIVE DEATHS — AND THE CHECK THAT PREVENTS EACH ONE

The death	The law	The check
Canon drift	Canon-First Creation · Ledger-Canon	canon spine + ledger + gate scan + plagiarism sweep
OC takeover	Multi-Panel Law — canon shown, never skipped	panel audit per chapter + drift guard that fails a frozen meter
Power inflation	Unfixed Law — power is a baseline, never a ceiling	status panel as single source of truth + banned-value scan
Voice drift	Style-match + personality-first	style gate with prose band and hard caps
State rot	Ship Law — update everything the same turn	generated status files + selftest + independent drift scan

READ THE GUIDE

01 · The LawsThe constitution — all 31 entries, the check that enforces each, and the serial that paid for it. 02 · The WorkflowStarting a serial — foundation docset, ore mining, the six-step chapter loop. 03 · Gates & AuditsThe machine room — gate layers and the selftest culture. 04 · Case StudiesThe proof — the serials, what each taught, with numbers; §15 documents the Adaptation Talent system. 05 · GlossaryBand, locks, butterfly, drift guard — every term of art. 06 · AutomationWhen the rules are enforced by code, and the CI form of the battery. 07 · Share KitTemplates and the release checklist. 08 · Advanced EditionTechnique-evolution and fusion laws in full. 09 · MCU AdaptationFilm/TV fandoms — camera law, film order, plural panels. 10 · StoryOS & Control CentrePublishing — readers, state sites, the agent console.

THE PROOF AND THE TOOLS

TemplatesNine copy-paste starting files in the house shape. minigate.pyA working gate in one file — stdlib only, selftest included. The Deep PassHow the guide itself was rebuilt with receipts — links, counts, and every verification. Release v3.0The current edition, tagged.