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Serial writing, also called episodic writing, has been known since Victorian times and was popularized by [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Dickens Charles Dickens] when he began writing [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Pickwick_Papers <i>The Pickwick Papers</i>] in 1836. Serials were rarely seen in ''Daria'' fanfiction until spring 2004, when [[TAG]] began writing "[[Fortunate One]]" without having it beta-read. Most of his stories before then had been beta-read. He believes he saw other serials appear before "Fortunate One," but is unable to name them. The practice caught on and spread rapidly until serials have become as commonplace as short stories on message boards, and beta-reading has (alas) become rare.

 

 

A serial is not the same thing as a [[series]], as the basic units of a series are self-contained short stories. As a rule of thumb, consider that the individual parts of a serial cannot be nominated for a fanwork award (too short, can't stand alone), but the individual parts of a series can.