I need more.....

[sg_wonderland]

"Why, yes, AO3 author, I would love to read stories with no summary, no description, and no character list," said I never.

Comments

[jdjunkie]

It's so counterproductive for the author. I just skip on by and I'm sure many others do, too.

[sg_wonderland]

I didn't read any of them and I'm sure I'm not the only potential reader who shrugged and kept scrolling.

[discodiva76]

Yes another one of my writer friends was commenting on this on her journal yesterday...

*sigh*..where have the old days of nettiquette gone in fandom?


I miss them...

[antares_dw]

If the tag list is longer than the story that's strange/bad, but to give no characters, no summary that's much worse. :(

[sg_wonderland]

I saw one that had like 200 tags! If I can't slog through that many tags, I sure ain't reading the fic!

[sg1jb]

Thank you - glad I'm not alone in feeling that way! Nothing sends my gaze skipping past an entry faster than a slew of tags so dense that they form a solid block on the page.

[seshat0120]

And don't forget about uploading each chapter as a whole new story. I know of whom you refer to. He (she) has uploaded over 400 stories to AO3 in the last 4 or 5 days.

[sg_wonderland]

I wondered if this was someone who has left live journal and is posting everything to AO3?

[seshat0120]

Did a little googling and found his (her?) webpage. Looks like all the fic is there (http://www.prophet.phlegethon.org/Fiction/SG-1/frame-index.htm) so I don't think it's a matter of posting because of leaving LJ. Looks more like just deciding to archive everything there all at once.

[sg_wonderland]

I know there's no formal netiquette for that but I don't post more than 3 or 4 at a time.

[seshat0120]

I've never posted more than 5 in a 24 hour period. I learned that from digiscrapping...I can't think of one digiscrapping gallery that allows anyone to upload more than 5 layouts in a 24 hour period. The whole reason being to make sure that any one person doesn't push everyone else way down. I thought it made sense there so I transferred that over to posting on AO3.

[sg_wonderland]

I just think it's rude to post so many that you push someone else off the 'front page'.

[sallymn]

What, they did it for all their stories? {blink} One or two, I would have put down to forgetfulness, but....

No. Just no.