Open Thread: Oracle Hotline

[mithen]

It's been a while since we've looked at AO3 stats, so I'm going to go through a few questions about that as a start for thinking about our work!

--What’s your first and second most common work ratings?

On my "public" account:
General Audiences (270)
Teen And Up Audiences (106)

Pretty tame! But on my "secret" account where I post the things I don't want people to connect to my usual name...
General Audiences (30)
Teen And Up Audiences (22)

Uhh. Huh. I guess even my secret naughty account is still pretty tame, lol. Typical.

And indeed, the fic I'm currently working on (and have made some good progress in!) is going to stay quite General Audiences as well! But I'm enjoying it, and that's the fun thing. What rating are you working on at the moment?

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[svgurl]

General - 142
Teen - 63

So I'm similar to you. I couldn't write explicit sex in the past and still struggle with anything even slightly mature (though I'm more open to try).

The most important thing is that you enjoy the writing so it is good you are having fun with your current fics! I am working on a few exchange and non exchange related fics and I think mine are all Teen for the moment.

[mithen]

The most important thing is that you enjoy the writing so it is good you are having fun with your current fics!

Yeah, it was fun! And like you I have no problem with mature and explicit fics in theory, I just find them really hard to write. It's just really not my style, I guess!

[bradygirl_12]

Hmm, I'm looking at stats but can't find the rating category. Ah, well. I'm sure Explicit is not at the top! 😄

Though I do find it amusing that after declaring my sexual Muses dead, they bestirred themselves recently. 😁

[svgurl]

It won't be on your stats page. If you go to your works list, here for you, you can see a rating section on the side bar and it will list how many fall into each category. :D

[bradygirl_12]

Awesome, thanks! 😄

[mithen]

Svgurl helped you find it! I always like looking at the stats of what I've written--they don't change much over the years, either, although I think my mature and explicit fics have actually gone down in the last few years...