ratherastory (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
ratherastory) wrote2011-09-09 03:22 am
ratherastory) wrote2011-09-09 03:22 am
In which you profit from my procrastination
First off, I updated the Fusion Master Post with a list of all the stories in chronological order as well as the order in which they were written, so now people can decide in which order they'd rather read them.
Onto the rest of the post!
Spurred by boredom, procrastination, and an ill-advised half-hour of lurking on the anon meme a day or so ago, I decided to re-vamp my Master List. It was getting overly long anyway, so it was due for an overhaul.
First off, I split it off into two posts. The first post is all SPN, all the time, and SPN RPF/S. The second post contains all my podfic and all the fic from my other fandoms, few as they are right now.
That being said, I'm not sure if I've got this down to a science yet. I still have my fic sorted primarily by length, and while it makes sense to me, I'm not sure it does for anyone else. Also, while my lists currently consist of the title, summary and posting date of the story, I wonder if many readers aren't scanning the list and wondering how the hell they can tell if a fic is gen or slash or het or whatever without clicking and reading the header of the story itself (although 90% of my SPN fic is gen, I just counted while I was working).
In short, who feels like helping me make a better, more user-friendly Master List? I have even made a handy poll for those of you who only want to click and not type. ;)
[Poll #1777113]
Onto the rest of the post!
Spurred by boredom, procrastination, and an ill-advised half-hour of lurking on the anon meme a day or so ago, I decided to re-vamp my Master List. It was getting overly long anyway, so it was due for an overhaul.
First off, I split it off into two posts. The first post is all SPN, all the time, and SPN RPF/S. The second post contains all my podfic and all the fic from my other fandoms, few as they are right now.
That being said, I'm not sure if I've got this down to a science yet. I still have my fic sorted primarily by length, and while it makes sense to me, I'm not sure it does for anyone else. Also, while my lists currently consist of the title, summary and posting date of the story, I wonder if many readers aren't scanning the list and wondering how the hell they can tell if a fic is gen or slash or het or whatever without clicking and reading the header of the story itself (although 90% of my SPN fic is gen, I just counted while I was working).
In short, who feels like helping me make a better, more user-friendly Master List? I have even made a handy poll for those of you who only want to click and not type. ;)
[Poll #1777113]
no subject
Anyway, in the one I have, I had two posts, one for Lost (which was my first fandom and for which I wrote 100+ fics and they were equally slash/gen/het) and one for SPN + other smaller fandoms. I had divided the Lost one in gen/slash/het sections and then I put them on the masterlist in the order I had written them (anything else requires too much effort ;) ). For SPN I never did the slash/gen/het thing because anyway 90% of what I write is Dean/Castiel so I just went with posting order, and same thing for the smaller fandoms.
no subject
no subject
no subject
no subject
I don't mind a wordcount in the master list, but I'm not a big fan of grouping them by length, except maaaybe a separate group of stories 500 words and under. I don't mind a lack of wordcount in the master list, as long as there's a ballpark in the story header so I can go "oh, better not expect to finish this tonight."
I'd rather see them grouped by pairing and maybe rating; perhaps sorted by posting date, though alpha can work better for long lists I return to repeatedly.
I prefer a 'verse have a single listing in a master list, with an overall summary and a link to a master post for that 'verse.
I clicked "warnings" on the good and bad lists. I like to see common major triggers in the master list. I dislike seeing a list of every single kink and squick on the master list, though I welcome it in the story header. Warnings that are a big story spoiler are godawful to see in a master list, less than ideal in a story header, I'd much rather they be linked to and otherwise possible to avoid.
So many tickies, so little time...
Jackie
no subject
I thought about this for SPN, then realized 90% of my fic is gen, which makes it impossible.
Alphabetical might be something to consider...
no subject
I started with SPN fanfic and tended to ignore most non-Wincest, then I got into the show itself. By the time I'd caught up on all the eps, and also read more fic, I realized that with the best writers it wasn't important whether it was Wincest or gen because either way they captured the emotionally incestuous dynamic from canon. For a while I avoided gen where they explicitly were not lovers, but I later relaxed on that too if the story had something meaningful to say about their being specifically platonic soulmates.
But having said all that -- sometimes I'm in the mood for a story where they are overtly definitely screwing, and not in the mood for anything else. Other times I get curious which pairings someone has done, and the fewer there are the less I want to skim their entire master list to find them.
All just my 2 cents of course.
Alphabetical or by posting date, within each category, makes it more possible to keep some track of which stuff you've gotten to.
J
no subject
My masterpost now mostly just has a link to my fics on delicious and an invitation to browse by tags.
no subject
no subject
The advantage of delicious is that you can link people to specific tags, while locking others from the public view. It sucks that you haven't managed to get it to work well for you.
no subject
no subject
no subject
Oh what turns me off a master list? nothing that you said here but I really HATE the fact that with multi part stories on LJ people don't link them up so it is up to the other to search for the next part. An instant turn off for me..
I know that you don't do it but it is a big peeve for me
no subject
no subject
no subject
Anyway.
I've always rather enjoyed how you have yours laid out. It's unique. I know I'm looking at yours instantly, and it's also nice to be able to go "Okay, I have a half-hour before bed... I can read anything from THIS spot and above." or "8 hours, empty hotel, no travelers. What's the longest thing on here I can read??"
Yes, a rambling summary can take forever, but a sweet little one-or-two liner can get a passer-by to read a story they may not have. And, it makes it 2,000% easier to rec to somebody. "I need an amulet-fix-it-fic!" Crap... I know of an excellent one... *spend the next 8 hours opening everything I can find*. Done this before. It sucks, royally. A quick summary makes it loads easier to offer recs to others.
*shrugs* I dunno. To each their own. I enjoy how my Masterpost is laid out, but I also enjoy how your's is laid out. And how CalamityCrow's is laid out. It works for the author, which in the end, I think, is the most important. Having said all this.... the Masterpost I stumbled across a few months ago was unique: it was all sorted by genre. Granted, all yours would be H/C! :P
no subject
no subject
no subject
*snerk*
You may have a point. I was about to point out that I totally wrote a High Seas AU, and then realized that there was all sorts of h/c in there anyway, thus proving your point. *facepalm*
no subject
no subject
I ♥ the idea of being able to filter your master list by word count or by 'type of hurt' or by when posted or whatever!
no subject
I haven't included anything else, not genre, characters, pairings, word count, nothing. I feel like the list is mostly for me, you know? It never occurs to me that a lot of people are perusing my list trying to find things to read. Also, I did it in a hurry, just to get everything listed, then forgot about it. I guess I could add some info to it. :)
no subject