Poll time!

[toomuchplor]

So I'm working towards posting my long-ass fic and I haven't posted anything quite this monumental for 6 years so I wanted to know what you young hip youthful types think when it comes to posting formats for long fic, and for fic in general.  Results will probably inform my decision of where/how to post said long-ass fic in the near future.  Uh, and the 'in parts' thing -- I do mean parts of a completed fic all at once, not installments -- so I'm not talking about posting a section a day or anything insane like that.  WHO DOES THAT, ANYWAY?  (*glares at young hip youthful self from 6 years ago*)[Poll #1618432]

Comments

[anatsuno.livejournal.com]

I said AO3 in one page, but if the 'in parts' was in several chapters, since the AO3 allows me to have all the chapters display on the same page anyway, that's also cool. :D

Also, if the poll had allowed multiple choices I'd have ticked boxes both for the AO3 and Dth, as I like both equally, I think, for reading fic.

[domtheknight.livejournal.com]

For what it's worth, on Dreamwidth since the posting limit is so much bigger you could probably do many fewer separate entries to get the whole fic in. So if that's a factor to consider...

And I second the comment above about AO3, I really love that readers can choose to list the whole fic on one page if they wish and the author can also choose to have chapters, and they work for both people.

Personally I like one page because I often knit while I'm reading, and it's a lot easier to just hit a key to page down than to click a link for the next chapter, while I'm holding knitting needles and yarn and all that.

[cesperanza.livejournal.com]

I also picked AO3 all on one page, though DW all on one page, or your site if there's a link to somewhere I can comment easily is OK too!

[pocketmouse]

The 'all in one part' is more important than the specifics of where that one part is.

[forsweatervests.livejournal.com]

I like AO3 or DW, but LJ has such a short character limit on pages that it bugs the heck out of me. I'm pro all-one-page, but for a fic that long, I'll live if I have to read it on multiple pages.

Helpful?

[jaebi-lit.livejournal.com]

I chose AO3 in one page, but my favorite feature of AO3 is that if you, the author, want to upload your fic as chapters, then I, the reader, can choose to read it as chapters broken up into different pages, *or* I can choose to read it as chapters displayed on one long page. :D Built-in site flexibility = awesome.

[sasha-feather.livejournal.com]

I usually download and read long fic on my Kindle, and I like AO3 because now (or soon?) I can download it really easily from there. :D

[abbylee]

I said AO3 in parts, but I have my settings so that fics will always load on one page there. I just mean "if it feels natural to do it in parts, do that".

I like AO3 because then I can just load one page and also because I love the reading history. Everything else is fairly equivalent for reading, but I get unfortunately distracted from commenting and am much more likely to comment if I'm reading on DW or LJ.

um, what's AO3?

[philexos.livejournal.com]

Dreamwidth and Livejournal like to mess with me. It's just easier to click once and read the show.

[anitac588.livejournal.com]

I clicked other, bc usually it does not matter, depends on my mood. However, I do prefer fic on AO3 in chapters, mostly, bc there's an option to read it in one file if I feel like it and sometimes I do. AO3 is crafty, yo. :D

[countess7.livejournal.com]

i'll read it anywhere, i don't care, whatever's easiest for you, but i'm only going to know it's there to read if there's an lj post about it, because i don't check my dw reading list with any regularity. so i'd love if you could keep cross-posting the story announcements.

[xylohypha.livejournal.com]

I prefer to get fic in one piece--but I don't mind too much if it's broken up into decent-sized chunks. (I do like the way AO3 allows chaptered fic to be displayed in one big piece.)

The important thing is that I'm able to get the words onto my computer screen so I can read them.

[digitalwave]

I don't mind reading wherever you'd like to post it, sweetie. But, if possible, could there be a link from LJ as well? I'm still bad about checking my DW reading list but I'm trying to do better.

[bluebrocade.livejournal.com]

I don't care where I read it if I read it online, but if it's long (for me long >12k words), I don't read it online, I save it into mobi format for my Kindle. In which case, I prefer it be posted somewhere that it's on one page such as AO3 'coz it's easier. Though I certainly have done the cut-past-next page route for many fics. Really sucks when it's dozens of chapters.

[kriscat.livejournal.com]

I really like AO3, but as long as a fic isn't posted in tiny, tiny parts, I'm happy. My big pet peeve is long fics that have been posted in 1K parts. It really breaks the flow of a story if you have to stop and klick on a link that often. Breaking up a long fic in some parts for LJ posting doesn't bother me.

I just hope that people that are posting fic to other places than LJ continues to post links to their stories on LJ so I don't miss out. ;)

[wolfshark]

I'll read fic anywhere, but the fewer the parts, the better!

[calime]

I voted for AO3, but actually, I'll read it anywhere (well, almost anywhere), though I think AO3 is the best, most comfy, bookmarkable option.

[gaypornninja.livejournal.com]

I want to read fic by you and will read it in any fucking way, shape, or form. As that is probably not helpful I will take the poll.

[mific.livejournal.com]

I don't print it out, I make a txt then pdb file and load it on my iphone as an ebook to read at leisure. Well, no actually I then dash off and read it in one go like a starving person!
So as long as I know it's posted the site doesn't matter. AO3's good though as you can make a multi-chapter thing all in 1 if you want - easier to do a select-all.