Citations:RPF

Initialism: "(fandom slang) real person fiction"

 * 2006, Su Holmes and Sean Redmond, "Fame Simulation: Introduction", in Framing Celebrity: New Directions in Celebrity Culture (eds. Su Holmes & Sean Redmond), Routledge (2010), ISBN 9780415377102, pages 213-214:
 * Kristina Busse's “'I'm jealous of the fake me”: postmodern subjectivity and identity construction in boy band fan fiction' explores the phenomenon of 'Real People Fiction' (RPF) in which fans envision imaginary versions of 'real' celebrities in narrative form.
 * 2007, Ruadhan J. McElroy, Simple Man: The Autobiography of Peter West, S. H. S. Publications (2007), ISBN 9781435721791, page 196:
 * Apparently, this all started with some Star Trek stories and RPF or “real person fic” started in a Duran Duran fanzine.
 * 2008, Miriam Segall, Career Building Through Fan Fiction Writing: New Work Based on Favorite Fiction, The Rosen Publishing Group (2008), ISBN 9781404213562, page 25:
 * The first known "RPF" is believed to have been authored by members of the Brontë family, who went on to become famous for writing the novels Jane Eyre (Charlotte) and Wuthering Heights (Emily). Based on a children's role-paying game about the Napoleonic Wars, the series featured the Duke of Wellington; his two sons, Charles and Arthur; and their archenemy, Alexander Percy, partly based on Napoleon.
 * 2009, Mary Kirby-Diaz, "So, What’s the Story? Story-Oriented and Series-Oriented Fans: A Complex of Behaviors", in Buffy and Angel Conquer the Internet: Essays on Online Fandom (ed. Mary Kirby-Diaz), McFarland & Company (2009), ISBN 9780786442058, page 68:
 * Fan fiction is an old type of storytelling. Shakespeare's King Henry V, is an example of what fan fiction writers call RPF (Real Person Fiction)—stories about real people, re-told by someone who wasn't there.
 * 2009, Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy (ed. Robin Anne Reid), Greenwood Press (2009), ISBN 9780313335891, page 112:
 * Also, the recent rise and acceptance within the fan community of real people fiction (RPF) has complicated the boundaries with other forms of writing.
 * 2011, Abigail De Kosnik, "Soaps for Tomorrow: Media Fans Making Online Drama from Celebrity Gossip", in The Survival of Soap Opera: Transformations for a New Media Era (eds. Sam Ford, Abigail De Kosnik, & C. Lee Harrington), University Press of Mississippi (2011), ISBN 9781604737165, page 245:
 * Much RPF is about celebrities' private relationships, just as most soap opera narratives concern characters' private relationships.