500 posting error bug has been fixed! Also, deadlines deadlines deadlines!

[elynross]

If you've been having trouble posting and getting 500 errors, the most recent AO3 deploy should fix that. If you're still getting 500 errors, please notify AO3 support, and you might drop a note here, too.

Reminders (all times are US EST):

The deadline for finishing and uploading your completed story is 11:59 pm Monday, December 20th. Here is a

Comments

Question from a newbie

[anonymous]

Can you edit your story at all after you submit it? Or is that the end? Thanks!

Re: Question from a newbie

[alluringcliche]

You can. Newbie also and I was able to.

Re: Question from a newbie

[elynross]

No, you can continue to edit, pretty much forever -- although it's good to try and finish editing as much as possible before the reveal! Mind you, there's always those one or two little glitches that you don't catch until months and months later...

Re: Question from a newbie

[lazigyrl]

That's what I was wondering and while I plan to have it all nice and beta'd before the posting deadline... We know how plans can go.

[wolfie]

AAAAAAAAAAAhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaahhh!

We're staring down cruch time!

[elynross]

BEARS.

[elynross]

Oh, dear. *worries about hypnotizing yuletiders*

[anonymous]

Who gets to decide what is "complete"? Like, what if the author feels it's a complete story, but it's just a slice-of-life kind of thing, a scene that doesn't necessarily have an "ending", and the reader is unfulfilled/doesn't think it's complete? What then?

[elynross]

Completeness isn't about style -- it could be a series of vignettes, a complete scene -- we're fine with things like that.

But we've had stories that broke off without resolution and were clearly unfinished, or stories that ended on cliffhangers with "to be continued" -- which then never were. It's fine to write (or plan to write) a sequel to your own story, but what you *do* post should stand on its own and not require the unposted part to make sense/be a complete story of whatever type it is.

So it's not about whether the recipient likes it or feels "fulfilled." We tend to use what we feel is a pretty common-sense approach, and simply want to prevent people posting whatever they have done as a "story" when they're clearly not finished.

And this only comes into play if a recipient reports an incomplete story, which they don't always do.

[anonymous]

Good to know. Thank you!

[elynross]

I haven't used it myself, but I believe it's pretty straightforward! I know that for the first part, when you go to post, there will be a section that asks if the story is in multiple chapters. This will open two new fields, one to add the number of chapters (if you know it - the default is a question mark), and one to put in your chapter's title. It should be fairly easy to follow from there -- and I bet someone who knows more will respond to you, as well. *g*

[lizardbeth_j]

I have used the function a lot, and it works just as elyn says. Upload the first part and in the header/tag area check the box for multi-chapter work. Do what you normally do to add the tags/warnings/etc for the story as a whole. Once it's all uploaded and hunky dory, when you're looking at the document, you'll see in the top bar the option to "add chapter". Fill it in and keep going. :)