Si Clarke on content warnings, and why she includes them in her books.
https://whitehartfiction.co.uk/blog/behold-she-blogs/content-warnings-are-not-censorship
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Content warnings are not censorship
CW: ChokingEvery so often, one of my many writers groups/forums on one social media platform or another blows up – usually because some unsuspecting person asks an innocent question about the existence of content warnings.White Hart Fiction
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Charlie Stross
in reply to Author Help • • •I recognize the use of TWs, but I'm unsure how to work out which ones to apply to any given story? Because (a) if I wrote it, I don't get triggered by it (just like I can't spot my own spelling errors either), and (b) how micro-targeted should they be?
Big stuff like rape or noncon are obvious: but ... trypophobia? Antagonist-character-says-transphobic-shit (but is disapproved of by narrative PoV)? Bibendum? (cf. "Pattern Recognition".)
Jen
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •I think the spelling errors analogy is very apt and the same approach works for finding things that need CWs.
You're likely to employ an editor and a proofreader, both of whom will help you find things you don't see in your own work. They may be able to offer CW feedback, too, or you could employ a sensitivity reader.
Be as thorough as possible, but *something* will slip through (also like typos), so don't overthink it.
Charlie Stross
in reply to Jen • • •Shouty person
in reply to Charlie Stross • • •The indie community is divided when it comes to content warnings: some love them, some hate them. No one's ambivalent.
Trad pub, on the other hand, seems to be more united in its rejection of them. I've no idea whether an individual author would even be listened to if they suggested using them. It's entirely outside my realm of experience.
Charlie Stross
in reply to Shouty person • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
in reply to Charlie Stross • •@Charlie Stross @Shouty person @Jen @Author Help the obvious solution here would be to have all of the editors at all publishers spend 2-4 (paid) hours per week on AO3, reading fanfics and learning (and keeping up to date with) all common CWs and tags that readers may expect. :D
(yes, I can see myself a number of reasons why this would be impractical to the point of non-feasibility, and I'm sure I'm missing at least a few more)
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Charlie Stross
in reply to Elena ``of Valhalla'' • • •Elena ``of Valhalla''
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