(MOD) Fic Formatting Guide
FORMATTING GUIDE
Subject headers
Subject links should include, at minimum, the title. Additional information you may include are the pairing/focus and the rating.
Text formatting
Basic required information in the post includes, like the subject a title, rating, and pairing. Supplemental information may include a summary and links to previous chapters. The format below is a basic example, used in this community:
Title: Your title goes here
Author username
Rating: The rating of your fic goes here.
Pairing/Focus: For pairings, it's better to write out the names of the people involved than just stating the pairing name. Some people aren't familiar with the pairing names, that's why. If your fic does not involve a pairing and, instead, is just focused on a member, the you can put 'Member's name-centric'.
Summary: Give us an idea of what your fic is about.
If you're posting your fic directly in the community, put your entry behind an LJ-cut. If not, you can do away with the LJ-cut, and add a link to your work instead.
Here is the HTML of that formatting for your convenience:
Title:
Author
Rating:
Pairing/Focus:
Summary:
This is used only if you are posting your work directly to the community.
NOTE: Please use the html editor when you are submitting a post. Using the rich-text editor risks transferring code over, which causes a change in the font. These changes, even if unintentional, are still against community rules.
You may use a variation of this formatting so long as the required information listed above is present. (THIS is what your HTML should look like and THIS is what your post should look like.)
Ratings
This community uses a standardized rating system for the community to make it easier for everyone to know which rating to use, and what to expect for each rating.
The guide below should, more or less, give you an idea of the general rule of thumb for determining the rating of your fic (based on the standard rating system for movies):
• G -- "General Audience - All Ages Admitted": Applied when a film contains no nudity, sexual content, drug use or strong language. Violence is minimal and the theme of the movie is deemed appropriate for young children. According to the MPAA, a G rating does not indicate the film is a children's movie.
• PG -- "Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children": The Rating Board applies this rating when the members believe the film contains themes or content that parents may find inappropriate for younger children. The film can contain some profanity, violence or brief nudity, but only in relatively mild intensity. A PG film should not include drug use.
• PG-13 -- "Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13." The MPAA added this rating in 1984 to denote films in which violence, profanity or sexual content is intense enough that many parents would not want to expose their younger children to the film, but not so intense as to warrant an R rating. Any movie featuring drug use will get at least a PG-13 rating. A PG-13 movie can include a single use of what the board deems a "harsher, sexually derived word," as long as it is only used as an expletive, not in a sexual context.
• R --"Restricted. Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian": The Rating Board applies this rating to movies the members believe contain a high level of adult content, such as harsh profanity, intense violence, explicit sexual content and extensive drug use. In some states, the minimum age to see an R rated movie unaccompanied is 18.
• NC-17: "No One 17 And Under Admitted": Originally called X, this rating is applied to films the board believes most parents will consider inappropriate for children. It indicates only that adult content is more intense than in an R movie; it does not imply any sort of obscenity. As with films rated R, the minimum age to see a NC-17 movie is 18 in some states.
Images
Banners are not allowed outside an LJ-cut. To place an image inside an LJ-cut, simply use the code below:
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feel free to shoot a comment/PM our way.
Subject headers
Subject links should include, at minimum, the title. Additional information you may include are the pairing/focus and the rating.
Text formatting
Basic required information in the post includes, like the subject a title, rating, and pairing. Supplemental information may include a summary and links to previous chapters. The format below is a basic example, used in this community:
Title: Your title goes here
Author username
Rating: The rating of your fic goes here.
Pairing/Focus: For pairings, it's better to write out the names of the people involved than just stating the pairing name. Some people aren't familiar with the pairing names, that's why. If your fic does not involve a pairing and, instead, is just focused on a member, the you can put 'Member's name-centric'.
Summary: Give us an idea of what your fic is about.
If you're posting your fic directly in the community, put your entry behind an LJ-cut. If not, you can do away with the LJ-cut, and add a link to your work instead.
Here is the HTML of that formatting for your convenience:
Title:
Author
Rating:
Pairing/Focus:
Summary:
This is used only if you are posting your work directly to the community.
NOTE: Please use the html editor when you are submitting a post. Using the rich-text editor risks transferring code over, which causes a change in the font. These changes, even if unintentional, are still against community rules.
You may use a variation of this formatting so long as the required information listed above is present. (THIS is what your HTML should look like and THIS is what your post should look like.)
Ratings
This community uses a standardized rating system for the community to make it easier for everyone to know which rating to use, and what to expect for each rating.
The guide below should, more or less, give you an idea of the general rule of thumb for determining the rating of your fic (based on the standard rating system for movies):
• G -- "General Audience - All Ages Admitted": Applied when a film contains no nudity, sexual content, drug use or strong language. Violence is minimal and the theme of the movie is deemed appropriate for young children. According to the MPAA, a G rating does not indicate the film is a children's movie.
• PG -- "Parental Guidance Suggested. Some Material May Not Be Suitable For Children": The Rating Board applies this rating when the members believe the film contains themes or content that parents may find inappropriate for younger children. The film can contain some profanity, violence or brief nudity, but only in relatively mild intensity. A PG film should not include drug use.
• PG-13 -- "Parents Strongly Cautioned. Some Material May Be Inappropriate For Children Under 13." The MPAA added this rating in 1984 to denote films in which violence, profanity or sexual content is intense enough that many parents would not want to expose their younger children to the film, but not so intense as to warrant an R rating. Any movie featuring drug use will get at least a PG-13 rating. A PG-13 movie can include a single use of what the board deems a "harsher, sexually derived word," as long as it is only used as an expletive, not in a sexual context.
• R --"Restricted. Under 17 Requires Accompanying Parent or Adult Guardian": The Rating Board applies this rating to movies the members believe contain a high level of adult content, such as harsh profanity, intense violence, explicit sexual content and extensive drug use. In some states, the minimum age to see an R rated movie unaccompanied is 18.
• NC-17: "No One 17 And Under Admitted": Originally called X, this rating is applied to films the board believes most parents will consider inappropriate for children. It indicates only that adult content is more intense than in an R movie; it does not imply any sort of obscenity. As with films rated R, the minimum age to see a NC-17 movie is 18 in some states.
Images
Banners are not allowed outside an LJ-cut. To place an image inside an LJ-cut, simply use the code below:
Questions? Comments? Suggestions? Feel free to shoot a comment/PM our way.