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This is a community for Silver Queen's Naruto fanfiction Dreaming of Sunshine. We really really like it! This community is most often used for the Dreaming of Sunshine exchange, but other people can post here — posting rules are on the comm profile. You can also talk to us on the Heliocentrism discord server.
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Navigation: Rules | AO3 Collection | Tagset | Nomination guidelines | FAQ

Please read this post carefully BEFORE nominating.

Instructions

Everyone can nominate 5 fandoms with 7 relationships each. You can only match on tags that have been nominated and accepted into the tagset, so nominate anything you want to receive or offer.

To nominate:

  • You read the Nomination Guidelines (this post!) and make sure you understand them — don't be afraid to ask me or any of the other co-mods questions if you don't!
  • You go to the tagset and make sure you're logged in to your AO3 account.
  • You click the nominate button and fill in the nomination page with tags you want to request.
  • When I have time, I approve them... assuming you filled it out correctly/assuming that I understand your nomination.
  • If you did it wrong or I'm confused, I'll ask you about it in a nominations clarification post on this Dreamwidth community. You just have to comment on the post or email me to clear things up!
  • I can't see who's nominated what so I can't just ask you directly, you have to pay attention!
  • Lingering incorrect nominations may be rejected, but I will always be willing to add the correct versions in for you if you provide correctly formatted tags later on.

What fandoms can I request? )

Relationship Tag Formatting )

What characters can be nominated in each fandom? )

What are groups? What kind of groups will be accepted in nominations? )

Freeform/Additional Tag Eligibility )

Please Keep In Mind....

The tagset system on AO3 is kind of janky, so I can't see who's nominated what and I can't see all unapproved tags at the same time. We'll need to communicate via Dreamwidth if I have questions about your tags, so keep an eye out!

Here's a link to the nominations section of the FAQ. Please reply below with any additional questions. Anonymous commenting is on, so you don't need an account to do so.

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[Dreaming of Sunshine Exchange] General Rules & Info

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This September marks the 10th anniversary of Dreaming of Sunshine! To celebrate, we are running an exchange. We welcome writers, artists and podficcers to join us in this propitious event!

This round of the exchange is run by Leaf (Tavina), Lionhead Bookends and drowsyivy.

Exchanges are events where participants give and receive fanworks as gifts! This is an exchange for recursive fic (fic of fic!) about the Naruto fanfiction Dreaming of Sunshine by Silver Queen, which is a +700k SI OC fic that started in 2011. You can also learn more about the DoS recursive fandom on Fanlore. Regular Naruto fanfiction that isn't based off of Dreaming of Sunshine is not allowed.

If you sign up, you'll want to check this community for updates and your email for messages from the exchange mod. General updates on the exchange will not be emailed to you with the exception of your assignment, an email that will come from AO3.

Schedule

Nominations & Sign Ups: August 19th-August 26th (23:59 UTC)

Assignment out: by August 28th if not sooner

Works due: September 5th (23:59 UTC)

Work reveals: September 9th

Author reveals: September 16th

Contact

  • Contacting the mod publicly is best done by commenting on one of the exchange posts.
  • Contacting the mod privately is best done by emailing dreamingofexchange@gmx.com.
  • Official communications will be conducted via email and Dreamwidth, but in case of emergency, you may contact Leaf#5990, Lionhead Bookends#4316 or ivy#0909 on Discord.

Updates & Community

  • Your assignment will come in an email from AO3, but all other communication will be done via posts to this comm and email. (If you've never gotten an AO3 assignment before please read this.)
  • If you have a Dreamwidth account, you can subscribe to this community and receive emails.
  • If you want to talk to fellow participants, join the Heliocentric discord!

 

Rules )

 

Nominations )

 

Signups )

 

Assignments )

 

Assignments Due )

 

Pinch Hits, Treats, Further Transformation, & Other Notes )

 

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This is a post about how to write optional details for an exchange and specifically how and why to write a letter! People on the Heliocentric discord seemed at least vaguely interested in information/advice on the topic, so here we are. I've written this to be both as general as possible and also to be very thorough. Hopefully it will help someone!

Table of Contents

A Small Glossary
Do You Even Need/Want a Letter?
The Mechanics of Optional Details & Letter-Writing
Getting your ODs together for signing up
How I personally select tags
How I personally put things in the sign up form
Where/How to post your letter
The Bare Bones of a Letter
Building Up Your Optional Details
Like Lists
Fic Prompts
Art Prompts
Other
Things To Not Include In Your Optional Details/Letter

A Small Glossary )

Do You Even Need or Want a Letter? )

The Mechanics of Optional Details & Letter-Writing

This section is to explain the basics of how to get your optional details together, where to put your letter, and some extra tips to help you do both as smoothly as possible. A lot of this comes from my own process, which may or may not work for you.

How I personally select tags )

Freeform sorting spreadsheet! )

How I personally put things in the sign up form )

Where/How to post your letter )

The Bare Bones of a Letter

The Bare Bones of a Letter )

Building Up Your Optional Details

But hey, you got this far, right? You looked at my argument for "more space and formatting" and you chuckled to yourself as you planned just how many bullet pointed lists you were going to make. Oh yes, I know this enthusiasm. I know it so well, I mean, look at this letter tutorial.

...then you sit down to write your letter and everything you've ever liked or wanted immediately flies out of your head. Oh no.

Fear not! We can combat this. And some of this also applies to just filling in your ODs on the site instead of a letter, so maybe you're reading for that, instead.

Like Lists )

Fic Prompts )

Art Prompts )

Other Optional Details )

Things To Not Include In Your Optional Details/Letter )

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If you have any questions, additional advice, or related thoughts, please let me know in the comments! What do you think works best for letters and sign ups? What has/hasn't worked for you?