Don't Let The Days Go By

[leobrat]

Okay, so random question...Do you guys feel like this format is necessary any time any type of fic is posted?

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Summary:Like, does that little format help alert you that fic is being posted when you're scrolling by your f-list? I always feel like it's false advertising if I'm just posting a drabble (as I am about to

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[mslane19]

I think a drabble should have Drabble written in the title of the post. That helps me.

[leobrat]

When I'm posting an actual fic (which I think of as over 1k words), my subject is always FIC - Fandom (Characters, 1/?). But I kind of like using whatever song I happen to be listening to at the time as a subject line, and I feel like that basic fic one looks very clinical. But I do always do it, because I'm kind of a baby when I feel like nobody sees my fic. :/

[empressearwig]

Definitely it's a visual cue. If I'm posting them in bulk in my fic journal, I will sometimes skip that step, but it's a fic journal, I figure people know what they're getting into.

My general rule of thumb is under 500 words is a drabble, 500-100 would be a ficlet, and anything over 1000 is actual fic.

[leobrat]

Haha, yeah it seems to be everyone's opinion (I'm always the cheese standing alone!)

[leobrat]

True. I've thought about getting a fic journal, but oy...I would not look forward to archiving everything over there.

[slybrunette]

I prefer a header like that whenever a story is posted. Personally because of my OCD but also because that is standard and required in most comms so I don't see much sense in skipping it. Plus it does alert the person scrolling through their flist that there is fic.

A true drabble means 100 words. That's the true definition of it. I've seen it top out at 300 words. Anything between 300 - 1000 is a ficlet, and anything above that is a plain old fic. Anyone calling 4000 words a drabble needs to brush up on the meanings of the words their using.

[leobrat]

I do always, always use a header for fic, but for a little drabble, eh...I just feel like I'm falsely advertising. But it seems to be the consensus that it's helpful, so I think I will start using it more.

[abvj]

Well, you know I have LJ OCD, so I need a header and a separate post for my fic. I also need to have corresponding tags... but we won't get into that. you already know how crazy I am.

A drabble is, like Slybrunette said, tenchincaly 100 words. I'd consider anything below 300 one, but anything above 1000 is definitely an actual fic.

[leobrat]

Hi! I've been really 'messy' in my LJ lately, and have noticed that I haven't been tagging stuff properly...when I did my round-up at the end of 2010, I *know* I missed stuff and in some cases, totally lost stuff at commentathons and whatnot, but c'est la vie. I live and learn, I guess.

I wish I could hire an LJ maid...(Now who's crazy?)

[abvj]

For me, I think it stems from the fact that LJ, originally, was a place for me to post my fic and nothing else and I like it to be ordered. Also, I love it when I go to an author's journal and I really like their stuff and all I have to do is click on their tags to find more stuff I think I'd like. I think that is where it really started - if, by chance, somebody wanted to read more of stuff (how pompous do I sound?) I wanted them to be able to find it right away. Is that weird? I think it is.

Also, I would totally do that for you. Not going to lie. I'm a part of a community that was about to run out of space for their tags (you can only have so much, I guess) and needed to re-organize. Their system was terribly redundant and I was going to tell them that I would do it. No joke.

I LOVE YOUR ICON!

[leobrat]

Thanks! hope27 made it, in that last big batch she did.

Haha, I wouldn't ask you to 'clean my room' for me. I ask you for enough favors!

[hope27]

I do post a "header" like that usually just because on certain communities that I post my drabbles to require them and I just transfer it over.

But I do see how posting all the information seems like a big lead in for only a few hundred words. Either way, I'm always excited to see the words "fic" or "drabble" by your name! ;)

[leobrat]

You're sweet, honey :)