Plural Stories

It is impossible to make a concise tagging system using plural slang that everybody knows and agrees on, so here are some explanations of what the tags mean. I generally tried to use the demographics or descriptors used by the creator.

"Access" tags are used for matters of both disability usability and getting your hands on the story. Bootlegging or piracy is most acceptable when it makes a work more disability accessible. More detail:

• access mode: a video game with tools to make it easier to play for folks with disabilities. (Also sometimes called Easy Mode or Cheat Mode.)
• audio/dubbing: the story has been dubbed into English or is available in a sound-only form: audiobooks, podfic, podcasts, etc. Also includes movies with descriptive audio.
• screenreadable: the text can be read by a computer screen-reader. Plain text and HTML, for example, are screenreadable; many bootleg PDFs are not. Also includes available scripts/text-only versions of a visual work (a play, a comic, etc).

Creator tags:

• The "creator:plural" tag is ONLY for creators who have publicly stated they experience something under the plural umbrella, either in the story itself or easily found on the hosting website. Not using the tag doesn't mean the creator hasn't experienced this. Don't be a jerk and out people! When in doubt, don't use this tag!
• The "creator:speaks from experience" tag is for creators who have publicly stated the work is partly autobiographical or inspired by their own experiences, regardless of whether they call that plural or not. For example, Julie Brady has stated that she's a lucid dreamer, but I'm not sure she'd consider that plural, and it'd be mean to tag her as that without her consent. This catalog is called "pluralstories," but it's intended to be expansive in the type of many-selved experiences!

Length tags, by necessity, are somewhat arbitrary, especially when it comes to video games. For the purposes of this catalog:

• short: (1-50 pages, <3 minutes music, <60 minutes of film, <10 hours of gaming/Let's Play)
• medium: (50-300 pages, 3-5 minutes music, 60-150 minutes of film, 10-50 hours of gaming/Let's Play)
• long: (300+ pages, 5+ minutes music, 150+ minutes of film, 50+ hours of gaming/Let's Play)

( Plural tag descriptions/explanations )