Do you have any advice / know any good guides for adding additional tags to fics? Additional tags are one of the main ways I filter when I'm looking for something to read but I never know what to add when I'm tagging my own work
god i suck at additional tags. if anyone has any more specific advice, please feel free to add on or link any advice posts you have. but this is what i do.
when im tagging, i reread the fic im posting. it helps me remember what actually happens in the fic so i know what to tag
first, i always tag fluff, angst, hurt/comfort, or smut appropriately. this is a major thing people filter for
always tag an unhappy ending, and tag anything that could be trigger (abuse, sexual assault, etc)
if youre using a specific headcanon for a character (say your headcanoning a character as trans, gay, ace, or... alive) tag that
if youre writing for a series, when in the series does it take place (pre canon, post canon, during which book/episode/film).
do they kiss, hug, fight (verbally or physically). tag that
does anyone die, minor or otherwise? tag it
is it a specific "type" of fic? a fix-it, an AU, a sickfic, a songfic, an alternative POV? tag all that.
tag the pov character if you want (i forget to do this all the time)
