40 Writing Questions - Questions 5 and 6
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5. What’s a tag you never want to use for your works even when it applies?
If the tag applies, I'll use it; I consider it a common courtesy. If, however, I can't decide how to tag something (e.g. events in my Blue Castle Cissy fic or all of my Selphie/Doomtrain WTF), I will at least use the "Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" tag on AO3. In other words, proceed with caution; your comfort is on you, and your preferences, Reader.
6. What’s your ratio for rating your works?
I'll admit, I have no idea what this question is asking? Ratio? Of what to what? Kudos to comments? Porn to plot? Or are they asking for rationale? Yeah, let's go with rationale.
Nice little fics with no cursing or canoodling or carnage get rated G. Mild cursing and violence (minor mention of blood, no gore), thematic elements such as death or grief or persecution, and mild romance (some kissing and cuddling, up to implied sex) receive a T rating. M rating is for coarse language, strong violence featuring a lot of blood and/or gore, on-screen sex that doesn't reference specific body parts, and general freakiness that I feel might be better relegated to a higher rating. While my only E-rated fics so far are rated such for explicit sexual content, including specific reference to body parts, sex acts, and/or positions, if I did write a particularly gory or truly unhinged fic, I would use this rating for that as well.
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Full list of questions here.
5. What’s a tag you never want to use for your works even when it applies?
If the tag applies, I'll use it; I consider it a common courtesy. If, however, I can't decide how to tag something (e.g. events in my Blue Castle Cissy fic or all of my Selphie/Doomtrain WTF), I will at least use the "Creator Chose Not To Use Archive Warnings" tag on AO3. In other words, proceed with caution; your comfort is on you, and your preferences, Reader.
6. What’s your ratio for rating your works?
I'll admit, I have no idea what this question is asking? Ratio? Of what to what? Kudos to comments? Porn to plot? Or are they asking for rationale? Yeah, let's go with rationale.
Nice little fics with no cursing or canoodling or carnage get rated G. Mild cursing and violence (minor mention of blood, no gore), thematic elements such as death or grief or persecution, and mild romance (some kissing and cuddling, up to implied sex) receive a T rating. M rating is for coarse language, strong violence featuring a lot of blood and/or gore, on-screen sex that doesn't reference specific body parts, and general freakiness that I feel might be better relegated to a higher rating. While my only E-rated fics so far are rated such for explicit sexual content, including specific reference to body parts, sex acts, and/or positions, if I did write a particularly gory or truly unhinged fic, I would use this rating for that as well.
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Full list of questions here.
