After We Collided's stars and creator say movies just can't ignore young, female fans anymore

Books for women and by women tend to get a bad rap. They’re “chick lit,” or “trashy romances.” Fan fiction—which is often written by women for whom writing isn’t a full time job—is viewed as less than, a tawdry, childish foray into a fantasy world. But titles for women and by women are some of the book industry’s most read and most profitable, and fan fiction sites like Wattpad and Archive Of Our Own have yielded a number of works with millions upon millions of rabid followers.