Need help with coming up with tags to put on your fic? Look no further. I've adapted my own personal list of tags and tag genres I like to consult when trying to think of what to tag my work as. Assume all examples provided are just that: examples. The options listed are not your only ones!
(Feel free to suggest additions in the comments/reblogs. I'll add them when I get around to it.)
(Edit: someone on discord sent me this link to another more expansive list here! So if what I've got here isn't enough for you, feel free to pop over there and see if that helps!)
POV (First Person, Second Person, Third Person)
Format (Epistolary, Journal Entries, Vignettes, In-world Document, Comic, Art)
Length (Drabble, Oneshot, Compilation, Multichapter, Longfic)
Narrative Structure (Linear Narrative, Nonlinear Narrative, Choose Your Own Adventure)
Inspiration/Purpose/Type of fic (Songfic, fix-it fic, casefic, missionfic, crackfic, five plus one things, self insert fic, x reader)
Genre (Worldbuilding, horror, mystery, action, romance, gothic horror, eldritch horror)
Content, warnings, and other parts of your fic
Specific Content Warnings (Gore, blood, teeth, types of bodily fluids, bugs, amputation, surgery, bullying, harm to animals)
Settings (New York City, other specific cities, modern day, Victorian era, 1980's, other time periods, types of buildings if those are important—like restaurants or libraries)
Situations/Activities (Road trip, tea party, roommates, first date, baking, sewing)
Phenomena/Events (Festivals, natural disasters, weather events, blizzards, thunderstorms, holidays, spring break, feasts, parties, birthdays)
Supernatural Creatures (Vampires, werewolves, fairies, fey, demons)
Real creatures (cats, dogs, fish, horses, birds, lizards)
Kinks and NSFW content (I'm not gonna list anything since I don't really go here, but if someone wants to rb with a list with this stuff go ahead!)
AUs (Canon divergence, vampire, coffee shop, college, mafia, mermaid, fantasy, modern day, omegaverse)
Tropes (Enemies to lovers, there was only one bed, animal transformation, rescue missions, hanahaki disease, fake dating/married)
Degree of hurt and healing (Gore, graphic injury, whump, angst, hurt/no comfort, hurt/comfort, fluff, sickfic)
Relationships, romantic and platonic (WLW, slash, F/F, M/M, MLM, NBLM, NBLW, yuri, yaoi, toxic yuri/yaoi, platonic, QPR, best friends, siblings, found family)
Endings (Happy ending, sad ending, bittersweet ending, ambiguous ending, alternate ending)
Misc labels and commentary (I wrote this instead of sleeping, no beta we die like men, how do i tag, dead dove do not eat)
Fandom specific tags (I cannot tell you what the tags for your fandom are. But like, with Pokemon as an example, it'd be like. "Nimbasa City" or "Gym Challenge" or "Mega Evolution" or whatever.)
Whatever headcanons you have and are writing with (Trans Character A, Asexual Character B, Nonbinary Character C, this can also apply to like nationalities but not all stories take place in the real world)