Yes. If you're new to the AO3 signup process, I can walk you through the basics. Feel free to scroll past anything you already know!
- Click the link to the Sign Up Form. - In the Requests, select at least three and up to fifty tags. Everything will be in the Relationships field, whether it's romantic "/" or platonic "&" or even a single character request. - Select if you want your gift to be fanfic, fanart, or if you would be happy with either one. - In the Optional Details field, write a blurb about what you want for those tags, including a Do Not Want list. (For example, maybe you don't want your selected characters to be killed off in the story.) - Multiple prompts are not necessary but they give your potential writer/artist an idea of the things you like.
This is the part you were asking about:
- In the Offers section, you have to choose at least four and up to fifty tags that you are willing to write a 500 word story (minimum, if you want to write 50,000 words, go for it) about or draw a picture about. By signing up, you are agreeing that you will make something for that relationship or character for someone else who has requested that tag.
If you go here you can see what people have already asked for. 50-100 people tend to sign up every year so there will be more requests rolling in.
There are two schools of thought about offers. Some people offer the things they want to write/draw, and don't worry about who is asking. Others watch the signups and decide what to offer based on who is asking for something they're interested in writing/drawing for. At the end of signups, I go through to see that everyone has someone they can write/draw for, and if there's no one asking for what you're offering, I will ask you to add offers to match someone's (your choice of person, not mine) request. AO3 has a program that matches people's offers to other people's requests. After matching is run, you will be emailed your assignment, which should match up to one of your offers. The recipient's request will have other tags you didn't offer. You are only responsible for creating one story or drawing about one tag in your assignment, abiding by your recipient's listed Do Not Wants. The rest of their signup and their letter if they have one are there to give you an idea of what they want in their gift.
- On or before April 25th, go to your AO3 profile page, select the Assignments page at the far left, and click "Fulfill" to post your assignment. - If you find you can't fulfill your assignment, you can click the "Default" button instead and I will find someone else to create for your recipient. Note that if you Default, you are not guaranteed a gift of your own. - At just past midnight UTC on May 4th, all the gifts become visible. If you have turned in an assignment that meets the minimum requirements (500 words/500x500 pixels, focuses on one requested tag, does not contain any Do not Wants), you are guaranteed to receive a gift.
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Date: 2021-03-01 12:54 pm (UTC)Yes. If you're new to the AO3 signup process, I can walk you through the basics. Feel free to scroll past anything you already know!
- Click the link to the Sign Up Form.
- In the Requests, select at least three and up to fifty tags. Everything will be in the Relationships field, whether it's romantic "/" or platonic "&" or even a single character request.
- Select if you want your gift to be fanfic, fanart, or if you would be happy with either one.
- In the Optional Details field, write a blurb about what you want for those tags, including a Do Not Want list. (For example, maybe you don't want your selected characters to be killed off in the story.)
- Multiple prompts are not necessary but they give your potential writer/artist an idea of the things you like.
This is the part you were asking about:
- In the Offers section, you have to choose at least four and up to fifty tags that you are willing to write a 500 word story (minimum, if you want to write 50,000 words, go for it) about or draw a picture about. By signing up, you are agreeing that you will make something for that relationship or character for someone else who has requested that tag.
If you go here you can see what people have already asked for. 50-100 people tend to sign up every year so there will be more requests rolling in.
There are two schools of thought about offers. Some people offer the things they want to write/draw, and don't worry about who is asking. Others watch the signups and decide what to offer based on who is asking for something they're interested in writing/drawing for. At the end of signups, I go through to see that everyone has someone they can write/draw for, and if there's no one asking for what you're offering, I will ask you to add offers to match someone's (your choice of person, not mine) request. AO3 has a program that matches people's offers to other people's requests. After matching is run, you will be emailed your assignment, which should match up to one of your offers. The recipient's request will have other tags you didn't offer. You are only responsible for creating one story or drawing about one tag in your assignment, abiding by your recipient's listed Do Not Wants. The rest of their signup and their letter if they have one are there to give you an idea of what they want in their gift.
- On or before April 25th, go to your AO3 profile page, select the Assignments page at the far left, and click "Fulfill" to post your assignment.
- If you find you can't fulfill your assignment, you can click the "Default" button instead and I will find someone else to create for your recipient. Note that if you Default, you are not guaranteed a gift of your own.
- At just past midnight UTC on May 4th, all the gifts become visible. If you have turned in an assignment that meets the minimum requirements (500 words/500x500 pixels, focuses on one requested tag, does not contain any Do not Wants), you are guaranteed to receive a gift.
Let me know if you have any other questions!