I really hate to do it, people, but I can't spend hours on end polishing up story submissions. I've said it before, and I'm going to say it again now.
Stories that are submitted that are a one-CHUNK block of text will be deleted. This is easily overcome by being careful of when you hit ENTER when typing it up. If you hit ENTER, you get a paragraph break, or double space. PC's wrap words, so don't hit ENTER all the time. The computer will do that FOR you.
Punctuation - use it. Carefully. It's so nice! However, seeing this,,,,,isn't nice at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Instant deletion.
Spelling - Please use a spill chekcer. While nut totally acccurate, they doo help. It's hard two read a storee where thingz are misspelledd. We all make typo's, indeed, but some of these things are getting out of hand.
Your email - if there's any doubt, put your user ID or email in the text, please, or use the enhanced submission form. I hate looking people up or having to make a public posting. I really do.
Emotions - ARRRRRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!
I hate seeing things like this, and from the email I get, so do a lot of other people.
Conversation, quotes -
He said, "OK," with a grin.
Paragraph break.
"OK, I will," she agreed.
Paragraph break.
NOT this:
"OK, can you do it?""Yes, I can.""Check it you mean?""Yes, this is hard to read, isn't it?""Yes, it is."
I'm not trying to humiliate or hurt anyone here. Honestly. We want the stories to be easily readable, and neat looking. We want to be better than other fiction sites, and not have all kinds of wild spacing and fonts and things that are impossible to read.
Thanks in advance, and to those I wrote to, please try it again. Get a beta reader if you have to. I'm sure that some members here would be happy to help if you like.
If you would like to BE a beta reader, please let me know.
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