Date: 27 March 2007 05:52 pm (UTC)
Oh yes, I like your labels much better. I do think that it is somewhat important to let people know what's contained in your story - I'm a fan of listing the pairings, any warnings and I love Author's Notes when a fic is especially long and intricate.

I admit I eventually stopped reading the Gen definition wars because it seems like everyone has a slightly different take on what it should be. I think the solution is definitely to have detailed header information (title, author, rating, word count, pairings/characters, warnings, summary - which should reveal genre - and author's notes). It seems like a lot of information, but personally, I'm a lot more likely to click on a story when I know pretty much what I'm getting into.

I also try to do the same thing in the stories that I write, and I don't think it spoils the story to have an FYI at the beginning as to the general basis of the story.
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