I think that is an absolutely fantastic idea. I'd definately submit some fic for it anyway. It'd be great for authors and really useful to readers too.
A completely honest, no holds barred archive that rated fic writers (with their permission/at their request), then everything was compiled, that way you knew what to read and wouldn't have to spend hours searching for fic.
That's something I think all fandoms need, because there's just so MUCH fic to sift through for all sorts of different tastes.
I'd love to put my name up for that, and I would definitely read from such a site. My fear is that YOU as the maintainer would get flames to end all flames for the ratings. I mean, I already know that I would get rated low for humor because I struggle to write anything funny, but some people like to think they are perfect writers and don't need any improvement, despite the fact that their kink completely turns me off because it's physically impossible and would end with Xander in the hospital possibly with permament damage.
I love this idea, the only problem is I don't even know where to start. I wouldn't want it to be just a single-maintainer site or archive or something, especially if it was multi-fandomed. There would need to be at least 3 trusted people for each fandom, just to screen the fics. That way their would be a more three demensional and fair approach to the whole thing.
Flamers can go fuck themselves, debasing yourself by acting like a 12 year old on the internet for the first time is just stupid.
*sigh* I love this idea and I even have ideas for author profiles and the look of the site, I just have no idea to make these thoughts go further.
why not talk to someone like Trixx who maintains a web site about how to set it up (monthly costs and getting layout help). Once you know that, you could probably see who would be interested. Shakatany has read damn near everything in Buffy and is very picky about what she calls "good" so she might be able to work that fandom. Through the Rerun awards I could get some people from other fandoms for you. The big thing would be getting a paypal account set up and seeing if enough people would donate to keep the site up and going. I'd help out with initial set up costs if you would play major domo of the organization.
Here's what I'm thinking. I kind of have no, and I mean no, money. So I was trying to think about how to start it as a community. I've sort of figured it out, in the fact that everything could be archived and linked from the memories
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That's verrrrrry interesting. ::thinks:: I mean, it would be almost guaranteed to cause anger and hurt feelings, just by the nature of fandom. And I have personal issues with the idea of breaking down the evaluation of fiction by numbers (movie/book reviews on the "x stars out of five" scale make me flaily as well; again, though, this is just me). And of course there's the problem of subjectivity: "there would be no question as to whether or not they would be good," you say, but not everyone has the same definition of "good." If a reader DISLIKED a story linked there and argued that it should be removed, how would you deal with that?
But I can see how it would be useful, too, because the idea of one-stop shopping for fic, and the idea of a profile for an author's writing patterns, is kind of cool.
Unfortunately, I too have no web skillz and thus cannot give advice on how to go about it.
See, yes, I'm sick of having to read dialog and events and exposition all wrapped up in the same paragraph.
Gah, I meab BETAS!
And see, it's not really about garunteeing you LOVE it, just garunteeing it won't suck ass because you want one thing and get another.
The whole point would be to have objectivity. If you write a story about Xander getting vamped and it's slash with Angel, don't mislead people into thinking it's a completely original AU involving Xander and a mysterious dark man.
The whole point would be to have a group of people who know fic to give the cold hard truth about the story.
I think this is a really interesting idea, Ems, but I think you might see some resistance to it from certain corners of fandom. First off, some authors aren't going to agree to have their work archived in such a way. I remember some time back one of my flist getting an invitation to participate in this exclusive fic-posting comm and turning it down because one of the things she enjoys most about fandom is its egalitarian nature. A lot of the commenters seemed to agree with her
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A completely honest, no holds barred archive that rated fic writers (with their permission/at their request), then everything was compiled, that way you knew what to read and wouldn't have to spend hours searching for fic.
That's something I think all fandoms need, because there's just so MUCH fic to sift through for all sorts of different tastes.
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I mean if it was multi-fandomed you'd need at least three fic screeners/reviewers for one fandom alone.
I wonder how I could do something like this... *wanders off to think about it*
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I love this idea, the only problem is I don't even know where to start. I wouldn't want it to be just a single-maintainer site or archive or something, especially if it was multi-fandomed. There would need to be at least 3 trusted people for each fandom, just to screen the fics. That way their would be a more three demensional and fair approach to the whole thing.
Flamers can go fuck themselves, debasing yourself by acting like a 12 year old on the internet for the first time is just stupid.
*sigh* I love this idea and I even have ideas for author profiles and the look of the site, I just have no idea to make these thoughts go further.
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But I can see how it would be useful, too, because the idea of one-stop shopping for fic, and the idea of a profile for an author's writing patterns, is kind of cool.
Unfortunately, I too have no web skillz and thus cannot give advice on how to go about it.
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Gah, I meab BETAS!
And see, it's not really about garunteeing you LOVE it, just garunteeing it won't suck ass because you want one thing and get another.
The whole point would be to have objectivity. If you write a story about Xander getting vamped and it's slash with Angel, don't mislead people into thinking it's a completely original AU involving Xander and a mysterious dark man.
The whole point would be to have a group of people who know fic to give the cold hard truth about the story.
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Also, just for clarifacation, the authors would be profiled at their request.
Meh... It'll give me something to think about. :)
Thanks hun. :D
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