How should I present this on my college applications?

Applying to College
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<p>I am applying for four schools: GA Tech, UGA, Stanford, and Duke. Among some other achievements in high school, I feel like one of my greater ones is a bit harder to talk about...writing One Direction fanfiction.</p>

<p>I know it sounds weird, but my stats for this are in summary...
"4.8+ million readers, 4.5k reviews over 16 works of writing, 4.1/5 star author on GoodReads, was offered publishing deals and authorship offers but declined because I was only 15 and I wanted to finish high school uninterrupted, featured in online magazines and news sites, only did this in 10th grade and 9th grade which was why I didn’t participate in many clubs in 9th grade. Started my first story in December 2011 and it took me until June 2012 to finish it. It is 498 pages long and has the bulk of the 4.9 mil readers." (this is on a little brag sheet I typed up for my teachers, obviously in the Common App it's abbreviated.</p>

<p>I stopped writing due to hate mail and high school stress, so I really only have one full-on completed story. Some are still unfinished but have a good amount done, others don't, and a lot of them are completed, one-chapter short stories.
I guess what I'm asking is, should I put this on my college application, how do I do it in a way that doesn't make me sound pretentious, and should I link them (in the additional info part of the app for Stanford, which is my dream and ultra ultra reach school) to my stories if my stories have bad words in them? Or should I go through and edit those out? What do you guys think? Will admissions officers find this relevant at all, will they care, do they mind bad words?</p>

<p>Thanks so much, sorry if this was confusing at all.</p>

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<p>I think it’s a very distinctive accomplishment. I don’t know how “bad” the “bad words” are. Normally, you should never include profanity in an application essay, but this is different. If you had published fiction, a blog, or other literary efforts with some occasional profanity, it wouldn’t be a problem provided the writing is strong in both style and substance. Have you been assigned an admissions rep at Stanford and/or Duke? Most of these reps are young, and they might be able to provide guidance. That’s what they’re there for. They will be reading your application. I think it couldn’t hurt to dash off an e-mail explaining that you have a successful sideline writing fan fiction, and asking the best way to present it. They don’t have to share your passions, but I think they will probably respect them. </p>

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<p>Yay, thank you very much for the reply! The bad words are kind of bad, honestly, but they’re in context, if that makes sense. So If one of my characters says the f-bomb it’s pertaining to their situation. Every curse word adds emotional emphasis, or I at least tried to make it have as much meaning as a curse word could have. And no, I have not been assigned an admissions rep because my school is kind of insignificant and small right now. I have visited Stanford, but not Duke. However, I don’t really know how to acquire an admissions rep? What is the process of doing so, or even just getting in contact with someone to get my message across?</p>