[ SECRET POST #1930 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #1930 ⌋

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 05 pages, 110 secrets from Secret Submission Post #276.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 1 - broken links ], [ 0 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 1 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ], [ 1 - posted twice ].
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Comments

[birdboy2000.livejournal.com]

What do you look *for*? I know what to avoid, but even when I find decent spelling and grammar and no obvious red flags in the summary, there's still a lot of fics that are just not that impressive. Serious question; I could use some tips at navigating the archive, because I haven't read much fic lately.

[ologist.livejournal.com]

For FFN I always bump up the filter for the wordcount to at least 20 000, selected completed only and look for something with less than 20 chapters. There's still not an overwhelming number of great fic but it seems to help?

Also maybe check out the C2s, and when you do find something you like, check out the author's favourites.

[birdboy2000.livejournal.com]

A good idea - I'm very fond of drabbles, but FFN probably isn't a great place to look for them. C2s I should definitely look into more, though.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I second the checking the number of chapter method. My general rule of thumb is that I only click on a fic if dividing the total wordcount by the number of chapters gives you an average chapter length of 1,000 words and up.

I also filter out anything under a certain word count, but I do it more because I like long fic better than short fic. I've found a lot of good short fics and ficlets on ff.net, but mostly when I'm browsing there, I'm looking for really long fic that I can download to my laptop or Nook (since there are apps and software programs that let you easily download fic from ff.net, but the only way to do it from LJ is to copy-paste the whole fic).

[(Anonymous)]

The best way to navigate FFN is through favorites lists. If you can find one fic that you like, go to the author's profile and check out their favorite stories and favorite authors. If they write good fic, the stuff they recommend will at least be readable, and once you find other stuff that you like, you can go to those author's profiles to see their favorites, and basically navigate that way, without even touching the firehose of the Just In page.