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Date Posted: 00:26:38 07/29/02 Mon
Author: Cas
Subject: Re: The Bookmarks Reorganisation Thread
In reply to: DeepaD 's message, "The Bookmarks Reorganisation Thread" on 10:09:44 07/28/02 Sun

>I was thinking, Vignette - below 1,000 words, Story -
>between 1,001-6,000, Novel - 6,000 - 11,000, and
>beyond that, series...

Like the others I think this is a good idea. Sometimes you're in the mood to read something a bit longer or a bit shorter and depending on where something is archived it's not always easy to see at the start how long a fic is going to be, so this would be very useful. I would go with either of the breakdowns Barb gave and having a distinction between a novellette and a novella is useful - there's a big difference between 7k and 50k words after all. Ultimately I don't think it matters though what each of them is or how many categories we end up with as long as there is a definition for each category.

Cas

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[> Re: The Bookmarks Reorganisation Thread -- Lakrids, 07:14:04 07/29/02 Mon

How about subcategories with genre drama pow pwp romance etc.


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[> [> Re: The Bookmarks Reorganisation Thread -- Robert, 10:44:59 07/29/02 Mon

>How about subcategories with genre drama pow pwp
>romance etc.

That's asking for problems.

People aren't always going to agree which category a fic
falls in, and some fics will belong in multiple categories.

If I'm looking for drama stories, and stories I think of
as dramas are in every category (because they were recced
by people who see things differently), then the
categorisation hasn't really helped me find the kind of
story I'm looking for.

Also, if people aren't careful, such systems tend to end
up with most of the fics dumped into a catch-all category,
negating the point of the exercise.

Besides, the quoted rec should make it clear enough what
type of story it is.


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