Where are these other "better" fanfiction archive sites? I know of this one but would like to broaden my horizons. What I like about FF.net is that it's a one-stop shop for just about any fandom, and I don't have to seek out fandom-specific archives.
So here are the types of stories that aren't allowed on FF.net. I don't know how to link to it because I can only view it while logged into my user account. Does that make it impermissible to quote here?
- Non-stories: lists, bloopers, polls, previews, challenges, author notes, and etc.
- One or two liners.
- MST: comments inserted in between the flow of a copied story.
- Stories with non-historical and non-fictional characters: actors, musicians, and etc.
- Any form of interactive entry: choose your adventure, second person/you based, Q&As, and etc.
- Chat/script format and keyboard dialogue based entries.
So it considers "chatfic" to be different from "interactive" fic. I can understand the chatfic (what it is and why it's banned). I get why the format has potential to be abused and lead to posting of non-stories, which is what the site is intended for. I'm not sure I've figured out interactive fic.
It would seem like Choose Your Own Adventure fics would be legitimate fics... just with links to different subsequent chapters to choose from at the end of each chapter. To me, that's also a legitimate format for fiction. Can someone weigh in as to why it might not be? Likewise, when I see "Truth or Dare" fic what I envision is someone writing vingettes based on prompts (or "dares") people either suggest in reviews or send them via PM. As long as the responses are actual narrative, then I don't see what the issue is. That doesn't seem different than responses to Challenges or LJ prompts.
I've never actually seen either style of fic, though, so I'm not sure what they mean. Are people doing something here that is completely different from what I'm thinking of?