#for whoever needs these tips for ao3
If you want to filter out oneshot collections (fics that look like multichaps but are actually a series of oneshots posted as chapters of the same work) from your search results on AO3:
- Start by tapping on whatever tag you want to read. That will take you a page full of results where all of the works use that tag.
- Tap on the Filter button at the top of that list of fics. This will open up the filter menu.
- Scroll down to the bottom of that sidebar and find the box called Search Within Results
- In that box type -oneshot* AND -drabble* AND -ficlet*
- Then press the button labelled Sort and Filter
You will now have works with that tag that do not have the words oneshot, oneshots, drabble, drabbles, ficlet, ficlets in their title, summary, tags, or author’s notes.
If you still want to see oneshots that are actually one 1 chapter long (or fics that have only 1 chapter posted so far), you’ll need to have a second browser window open for the tag :(
To filter for oneshots, do all of the steps above, but at step 4 type this instead expected_number_of_chapters:1
