Submission guidelines
Please send your remix story to lotrips.remix @ gmail.com as an attachment in plain text (.txt file).
The story should be formatted the same way as for an LJ post: please use for italics and for bold, but don't put in lj-cut tags or a disclaimer (we will add those.) Please separate paragraphs with a blank line. Please do not use the HTML export from Microsoft Word.
If you use MS Word, please go to Tools -> Auto Correct -> AutoFormat As You Type tab and make sure that under Replace as you type the options "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" and "Symbol characters (--) with symbols (-) are unchecked. (In Word 2007 click the Office button -> Word Options -> Proofing -> AutoCorrect Options.)
If you already have smart quotes ("curly" quotes) and apostrophes in the story, paste your story into Notepad, then copy an opening quote into the Find & Replace box and replace all instances with a straight quote. Do the same for closing quotes and apostrophes.
We have visual aids :)
Straight quotes:
Smart quotes:
Also, if your Word automatically converts three dots (...) into a one-character ellipsis (…), please do Find & Replace and replace them with three regular dots. The same with a long dash (-): please replace them with two short dashes (--).
Please use the following template for the header:
Title: Author: Original Story: (title, link, and the author's name) Pairing: Rating: Summary: Pre-reveal Notes: Post-reveal Notes: (if you want to include beta info, please put it here)
Please proofread your story, and if you don't use a beta, at least run your story through a spell-checker.
As usual, if you have any questions about formatting or about anything else, email us at lotrips.remix @ gmail.com
msilverstar and feelforfaith
The story should be formatted the same way as for an LJ post: please use for italics and for bold, but don't put in lj-cut tags or a disclaimer (we will add those.) Please separate paragraphs with a blank line. Please do not use the HTML export from Microsoft Word.
If you use MS Word, please go to Tools -> Auto Correct -> AutoFormat As You Type tab and make sure that under Replace as you type the options "Straight quotes" with "smart quotes" and "Symbol characters (--) with symbols (-) are unchecked. (In Word 2007 click the Office button -> Word Options -> Proofing -> AutoCorrect Options.)
If you already have smart quotes ("curly" quotes) and apostrophes in the story, paste your story into Notepad, then copy an opening quote into the Find & Replace box and replace all instances with a straight quote. Do the same for closing quotes and apostrophes.
We have visual aids :)
Straight quotes:
Smart quotes:
Also, if your Word automatically converts three dots (...) into a one-character ellipsis (…), please do Find & Replace and replace them with three regular dots. The same with a long dash (-): please replace them with two short dashes (--).
Please use the following template for the header:
Title: Author: Original Story: (title, link, and the author's name) Pairing: Rating: Summary: Pre-reveal Notes: Post-reveal Notes: (if you want to include beta info, please put it here)
Please proofread your story, and if you don't use a beta, at least run your story through a spell-checker.
As usual, if you have any questions about formatting or about anything else, email us at lotrips.remix @ gmail.com
msilverstar and feelforfaith