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marchmetamatterschallengeWelcome to year 4 of the Meta Matters Challenge! I'm your moderator, yourlibrarian.
These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to another location.
Before we begin, some reminders. Please look over the FAQ as there are some important bits for everyone to follow, namely:
Remember to tag all your posts with the "Nonfiction" tag (in the "Additional Tags" section of the posting form if using AO3 or SquidgeWorld).
Remember to add your meta to the March Meta Matters Challenge community on either AO3 or Squidgeworld (if posting on those sites).
If you've already begun copying over your meta, you can always edit the files to add in the tags and collection assignment.
Also, as stated in the previous post, it's a good idea to glance over the FAQ as there have been changes made this year.
Since this is our first check-in, please comment with one or more of the following:
1) Details about you: This could include canons (if any) you've written meta in, years in fandom, things you tend to write about (if you've noticed themes), or whatever else you'd like to share.
2) Details about your meta: How much of your past work are you going to be looking through? Have you already started reviewing fandom accounts? Have you archived a lot of it already in past challenges?
3) Goals you have: Maybe you want to back up a certain number of posts. Maybe you want to update older meta. Maybe you're looking forward to writing new meta. We all have hopes of what we can accomplish this month. Feel free to share them!
Also, if you have any questions not already covered in our introductory post or in our FAQ, include them here.
Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part. Just sign your messages with your username and we'll all get to know you!
yourlibrarian. These posts will be used for us all to check-in with one another, offer encouragement and answers to questions, and maybe tips we come up with as we copy our work to another location.
Before we begin, some reminders. Please look over the FAQ as there are some important bits for everyone to follow, namely:
Remember to tag all your posts with the "Nonfiction" tag (in the "Additional Tags" section of the posting form if using AO3 or SquidgeWorld).
Remember to add your meta to the March Meta Matters Challenge community on either AO3 or Squidgeworld (if posting on those sites).
If you've already begun copying over your meta, you can always edit the files to add in the tags and collection assignment.
Also, as stated in the previous post, it's a good idea to glance over the FAQ as there have been changes made this year.
Since this is our first check-in, please comment with one or more of the following:
1) Details about you: This could include canons (if any) you've written meta in, years in fandom, things you tend to write about (if you've noticed themes), or whatever else you'd like to share.
2) Details about your meta: How much of your past work are you going to be looking through? Have you already started reviewing fandom accounts? Have you archived a lot of it already in past challenges?
3) Goals you have: Maybe you want to back up a certain number of posts. Maybe you want to update older meta. Maybe you're looking forward to writing new meta. We all have hopes of what we can accomplish this month. Feel free to share them!
Also, if you have any questions not already covered in our introductory post or in our FAQ, include them here.
Remember, this account accepts anonymous comments, so if you don't have a Dreamwidth account we still want to hear from you and have you take part. Just sign your messages with your username and we'll all get to know you!
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Date: 2023-03-05 02:20 am (UTC)Hi, thanks for organizing this! I'm atamascolily on AO3, tumblr, and Dreamwidth--I write a lot about Star Wars (especially Legends), Puella Magi Madoka Magica, and various small fandoms. I'm especially interested in symbolism, worldbuilding, and the unexpected connections, influences, and references that shape a work and/or transform my perceptions of it.
A lot of my meta posts fall into the "review" category and thus would not be acceptable by AO3's current rules, so I'm still thinking about how and what I want to do with them--it's challenging to find things on tumblr and it would be good to have them in a more accessible form. I'm probably not going to sign up for a Squidgeworld account this year, but it's good to know that option is available. Many of my tumblr posts are also very image-heavy, which is its own challenge.
To be honest, going through the backlog of stuff on tumblr and DW is honestly kinda intimidating, so I am trying to take it slow and simple instead of trying to do everything at once. So far, I've posted one new meta essay for PMMMM and one revised and expanded tumblr post about Kushiel's Legacy series worldbuilding to the AO3 collection, which feels like a good start!
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Date: 2023-03-05 06:23 pm (UTC)Personally glad to hear about the Star Wars meta 😉 It's always interesting to discover what spurs people to write.
Yes, images can be so relevant for reviews or particular types or meta (such as lighting, costuming, etc.) yet can make it so difficult to duplicate the post in other places. And most places which do image hosting no longer have free tiers or they're very restricted 😞 And some which are free (like Google Photos) make it very difficult to embed them. (I've done it, but it's slow).
I completely understand how daunting the task can seem when you start out. I had done a little crossposting prior to the MMM challenge starting, but most of it has been done in these last 3 years and the first few in particular felt very slow to me. I had over 15 years of work to go through and a lot meta wasn't even tagged as such so I had to do it entry by entry. I also ended up piecing together or expanding different things so it sometimes felt like I was making no headway.
What I hope you'll find is that as you start getting pieces copied, you start feeling the urge to keep at it. I know that it has happened to me just this week. Also I'd say set the bar low the first year. I know that for some just identifying the posts in question was the whole task for their first year (I don't know how it was done, whether through bookmarks or making a doc with links in it). But what I can say is that however much you do, it's more than you'd done before!
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Date: 2023-03-05 07:41 pm (UTC)Thank you, this is all so encouraging!