Signup guide

[keita52]

It’s finally time to SIGN UP for the first Exchange of Interest! The mods are providing this guide in hopes that it will make the process smoother for everyone :)

1. Sign in to Ao3

If you don’t have an Ao3 account, contact the mods for help!

2. Go to the Exchange of Interest signup form

3. Scroll to the “Requests” field

For each request, please choose either a character or a relationship. The form will not enforce this, so the mods will be checking everyone’s signups to make sure that each request has one character or one relationship, not both.

Character: Enter one character that you would like to be the focus of a fanwork created for you. You may select any character from the show.

Relationship: Enter one relationship that you would like to see in a fanwork created for you. Relationships may be romantic (/) or platonic (&). You may select any Ao3 canonical relationship. If there is a (non-crossover) relationship that you are interested in seeing that is not in the tagset, please contact the mods.

You also have the option to select any character/relationship. This means that you are willing to receive fanwork for, literally, any of the Ao3 canonical characters/relationships. Do not use this option unless you are sure that any is what you want.

Additional Tags: You can request fanfic, fanart, fanvids, podfic, or remix. You must select one option, but you may select more -- up to and including all five.

Letter: If you have written a letter on an external website (such as Tumblr/Wordpress/Dreamwidth/Google Docs), you may link it here. An example of a letter for this exchange has been provided by keita52​, here.

Description: Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you would like to see in a fanwork, both in general and for specific character(s)/pairing(s). Good things to include (in this box, a letter, or both) are general likes and dislikes, preferred content rating, and Do Not Wants. Remember that anyone who creates fanwork for you must respect your Do Not Wants.

If you do not enter anything into this box, and you do not have a link to a letter, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified character(s)/pairing(s). If you have any preferences or triggers, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved.

Here are some things commonly put in the description box:

• Likes and Dislikes: It can be very helpful for your creator if they have some idea of what you like to see, and what you don't. For example: I love Zoe/Reese because they have such chemistry and Reese obviously respects her. Please don't write me something sad about them.
• Squicks and Triggers: Stuff you absolutely do not want, stuff that makes you uncomfortable, or just plain stuff that is Not Your Thing. While the Exchange of Interest does not believe in kink shaming or otherwise insulting people for their own personal taste, we do want people to let their artists or authors know what their limits are. You don't have to give any reasons for this; no x/y/z gives your author plenty of ability to discern where your limits are.
• Prompts: Prompts can be just about anything, but they're meant to be ideas that you'd like to see that can help give your artist or author something to work off of. Sometimes this can be a prompt or a question you'd like explored (for example: What if Control got to join Team Machine?) or an idea you'd love to see (Root and Shaw snuggled up in front of a fire, please!) or just a few words of inspiration (Finch/Reese - books, tea, Bear).

You are required to fill out a minimum of three request fields (Required: Fandom, Character OR Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Letter, Description).

4. Continue to the “Offers” field

For each offer, please choose either a character or a relationship. The form will not enforce this, so the mods will be checking everyone’s signups to make sure that each offer has one character or one relationship, not both.

Character: Enter one character that you would like to be the focus of a fanwork that you create. You may select any character from the show.

Relationship: Enter one relationship that you would like to see in a fanwork that you create. You may select any Ao3 canonical relationship.

You also have the option to select any character/relationship. This means that you are willing to create fanwork for, literally, any of the Ao3 canonical characters/relationships. Do not use this option unless you are sure that any is what you want.

Additional Tags: You can offer to create fanfic, fanart, fanvids, podfic, or remix. You must select one option, but you may select more -- up to and including all five.

Comments to mods: Here is where you can provide additional detail about what you will and won’t create. As with your requests, you can provide general likes and dislikes as well as things that you absolutely will not do.

If you do not enter anything into this box, we will assume that means you are okay with anything for the specified characters/relationships. If you have any preferences or triggers, we would encourage you to add them. It makes the process smoother for all involved.

You are required to fill out a minimum of three offer fields (Required: Fandom, Character OR Relationship, Additional Tags; Optional: Comments to mods).

When you’re done, hit submit! The mods will contact you if anything in your signup needs clarification.