A few other creative writing sites (Archive of Our Own is the main one that comes to mind, but I've seen it on a couple other sites, just can't remember which ones ::facepalm) have the function of being able to organize pieces in a collection in chronological order for both the readers' and writer's benefit. I think we should implement a feature like this on Mibba since we already have the Collections option.
While I'm been trying to organize pieces in one of my collections by putting "part x of total-number-of-oneshots" in the Status heading, it can be a hassle if you have to try to rearrange things or add in a oneshot in chronological order between two other pieces, as you have to go in and edit every single piece in the collection to reflect the change. I also write a lot of oneshots and chaptered fics that involve the same pairings, and because of this, I often have people that follow my work requesting a list of these pieces involving a certain pairing in chronological order, so it would be nice to have them automatically show up in chronological order on the collections page.
While I'm been trying to organize pieces in one of my collections by putting "part x of total-number-of-oneshots" in the Status heading, it can be a hassle if you have to try to rearrange things or add in a oneshot in chronological order between two other pieces, as you have to go in and edit every single piece in the collection to reflect the change. I also write a lot of oneshots and chaptered fics that involve the same pairings, and because of this, I often have people that follow my work requesting a list of these pieces involving a certain pairing in chronological order, so it would be nice to have them automatically show up in chronological order on the collections page.
June 25th, 2013 at 08:54pm
