Organizing fic is way harder than writing it

[ratherastory]

Okay.

In yet another attempt to keep my fic manageable and accessible to my beloved readers, I have made a couple more master posts for individual 'verses, and updated my entire Master PostI am still worried that it's a little overwhelming. There are 59 stories up there, not including the podfic. I'm wondering if that isn't a little scary for new

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[tifaching]

I wish. I'm considering splitting mine into separate Masterposts- one for drabbles and one for long fics. It's WAY too confusing the way it is.

I don't think the number of stories would be scary for new readers (at least I hope not), the more great fic the better!

Actually, organizing by length sounds like a good idea. Let the new readers figure out how awesome you are by reading something short, then they can wander through your longer fics for even more amazing reading!

[ratherastory]

Well, it's already organized by length, with convenient tables linking the reader around the whole webpage. I'm just not sure that they wouldn't feel intimidated by the Wall o' Fic when they get to that post. ;)

I don't have many drabbles, but about half my fics appear to be in the 1,000 to 5,000 word range.

[tifaching]

I just popped by your Master Post and damn. You are organized. dante was talking about redoing hers with her story headers and I wasn't sure how that would go, but yours is awesome. Pairings, ratings, summaries right where everyone can see them. I think it's great.

[ratherastory]

*cough*

I might be a little OCD about that sort of thing. ;)

I just asked myself what I would like to see, ideally, in a master list, to let me know what I was getting into, and then I included it all. It actually took a long time to get the list to where it is now, but now it's a breeze to keep it updated.

[claudiapriscus]

Yeah, there's no such thing as too much fic in a master post. It's a wonderful feeling to discover an author is so prolific after you've just really enjoyed a story of theirs.

[ratherastory]

I hope so! I'm just worried new readers will see all that and despair. ;)

[embroiderama]

I think it's best to have everything in one post. Personally, I find it annoying to have to click through to multiple posts with multiple lists unless the author actually has hundreds of stories that can't fit in one LJ post.

[ratherastory]

Okay, good. I already have a few "sticky" posts in my LJ, and I didn't really want to add another one up there, so it's good to have someone validate that.

Thanks!

[sistabro]

No such things as too much fic.. Also, I'm totally a fan of how your list is organized.. that's why I kinda ganked the layout for my own :) Of course, you are crazy prolific, so preemptively splitting up the list may not be a bad idea to accommodate future growth..

[ratherastory]

No such thing as too much fic...

Totally agree with you there! My qualms was more about the fact that the list itself would be overwhelming.

I didn't realize you had re-organized your list. I shall have to go check it out. :)

[jesseofthenorth]

Your masterlist is a thing of beauty! That is exactly what I want when I click a masterlist post. There is nothing more frustrating as a reader than finding a great fic!writer and not finding all their fic. So !YAY! OCD masterpost.
And yes organizing is way harder than writing , even when the writing comes hard. At least there I know what I am doing ;D

[ratherastory]

*beams*

Oh, good! I'm glad that it's working for people, because I hate going to a good writer's LJ and finding an incomplete list, or NO list, or a list with just titles and NO indication of how long the story is (important for people like me who need to manage their time carefully) or what it's about.

So, uh, yes. A little OCD, but that's the way I like my little corner of the universe. ;)