It's two and a half weeks until the Yuletide posting deadline. So: how's everyone going ( Read more... )

Handy tip for making bucket lists, should you so choose!  Flamebyrd’s Yuletide Taglist Filter is incredibly helpful.  (A “bucket list” offer is when you want to offer to write more than the ten fandoms the signup form allows.  In that case, you make up to nine regular offers, and then in the tenth offer, list every other fandom you want to offer in ( Read more... )

There are a lot of people confused about what to tag their stuff on AO3. I mean, like, people who use AO3 regularly sometimes talk about not knowing how to tag their fic. And this is Yuletide; there are people who only post to AO3 for ficathons such as Yuletide, and they probably are even less sure what to do. There aren't many rules, and even the ( Read more... )

With signups so close to the horizon, let's talk about how not to flail and explode when they open!

Yuletide noobs, what are you worried about?

Repeat participants, what do you know now that you wish somebody had told you before your first Yuletide?

Who's got a ~Strategy~ and how does that generally go for you?

Are you a newbie who doesn't know what treats are? A veteran who wants another opinion on whether their fandom might qualify? Whatever your question, post it here so other Yuletiders passing by can impart their wisdom on you. I'll try to keep track of the various threads in the body of this post.

( Questions asked. . . )

OMG, sign-ups are almost upon us! I'm so excited. It's about this time that I go digging through meta from previous years, to remind myself of the pearls of wisdom people have compiled about how to get the most out of your Yultide experience. These are my favourites:

liviapenn: How to Not Ruin Yuletide

penknife: Eight ways to break your ficathon writer's brain ( Read more... )

Here at my journal I've made a post with suggestions on how to nominate multimedia fandoms (fandoms that exist in multiple forms, such as a comic and a movie, or a book, a TV miniseries, and a movie) so that you don't accidentally nominate the comic when you wanted the movie, or whatever ( Read more... )

Since every year there are many newbies to yuletide, I thought it would be a good idea to have a post where people who have participated before could give some advice to new participants, and new participants could ask for clarifications on any points they're wondering about. So, previous Yuletide participants: what are your tips for making ( Read more... )

Disclaimer: I am a giant dork, DON'T JUDGE.
2nd Disclaimer: using Yuletide as an excuse for learning new fandoms is risky business and should only be attempted by those with plenty of experience, or possibly last-minute pinch-hitters. Do not try this Yuletide experiment at home.

( Complex Sign-up Decision-making! )