Fic Formatting Guidelines

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Since we have such an influx of new members and people new to posting in general, pandanoai asked me to post a review of the fic posting format guidelines. It doesn't have to be exactly like this, but this is most of the pertinent information that most people want to know. ^_^

This is to make it easier for readers to know what they're about to click and keep fic from being passed over because people can't find the rating or summary.


Subject line: Fic Title (part/of#) (rating)

Body: Your fic header should look something like this -
Title: Title name
Author: lj user="yourljnamehere" (add < > to each side)
Rating: For ease of use please use the G - NC-17 system
Pairings/Characters: Tony or Steve gen fic is still fine.
Beta: For most fics over 500 words, a beta is recommended. Saves one from embarrassing typos. If you don't have a beta just ask one the community, I promise we don't bite and you should be able to find someone to help. runenklinge is in charge of the betas so please PM her concerning any of your needs, and also the Beta List is here.
Warnings: You do not need to warn for slash or sex. Please warn for death!fic (yes even if it might spoil your plot), BDSM, bondage, rape, dub-con, child-abuse. If you aren't sure if you should warn about something ask one of the mods or your beta.
A/N: Want to make a shout out or tell us where the idea came from? This is the place.

Summary: Please do not skip this we want to know what your fic is about.

Lj- cut or link - This can be a link to your journal post with the fic or an lj cut. It can be a quote from the fic or simply the title. Please no fake lj cuts, i.e. making link look like a lj cut.

You do not need to include archive permissions. The archive is now self-serve.




Rating System:
G - General Audiences
All ages admitted. No nudity, no sex, no drugs, minimal violence, and limited use of language that goes beyond polite conversation.

PG - Parental Guidance Suggested
Some material may not be suitable for children. May have mild violence, brief nudity, sexual themes, crude humor or very mild drug references.

PG-13 - Parents Strongly Cautioned
Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. May contain moderate language, some explicit nudity, intense violence and/or gore, or mild drug content.

R - Restricted
Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. May contain very strong language or strong sexual content/innuendo, strong explicit nudity, strong violence and gore, or strong drug content.

NC-17 - No One 17 and Under Admitted
May contain very strong sexual or offensive language, strong explicit nudity, explicit sex, very strong gore or disturbing violence.

Adult = NC-17 - These to ratings are interchangeable and recognizable enough that it won't cause confusion.


If you have any questions. Please ask one of the mods or ask others in the community for help. We're a pretty friendly group and will be happy to help. ^_^

Comments

[pandanoai.livejournal.com]

And for appropriate ways to post fic in action see these lovely comm posters :D

Here (http://community.livejournal.com/cap_ironman/13215.html) and here (http://community.livejournal.com/cap_ironman/256792.html)

[runenklinge.livejournal.com]

Good that you help us to improve our comm^^

...pity that I don´t always stick to the rules myself -.-
I´ll try to do this better in the future

[chaosakita.livejournal.com]

Why is "graphic drug abuse" under NC-17? I think we see this visually in PG-13 movies, right?

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

I have no idea. I cribbed from the actually ratings, so this is the official stuff for the film people. I will edit that out.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

What are the rules on fics that are from a series containing Steve/Tony elements, but that focus on other Avengers pairing? (i.e. say, a Hank/Jan fic from Classic-verse) Or gen about Steve or Tony?

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Also, my Issues thank you for making "death!fic" warnings mandatory.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

I'm not a mod but both classic!verse (which is overall Stev/Tony) and Steve or Tony gen should be fine as it always has. I didn't mean for it to come across in anyway as I was a mod or trying to tell people what they can or can't post, this was just meant to help making finding fic easier.

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

I figured it would be fine as long as it was avengers-centric and had Steve or Tony in it, or was part of a larger Steve/Tony fic series (since Avengers fandom pretty much = this comm), but I'm always a little wary of posting stuff that doesn't focus on at least one of the two of them.

[pandax-pro.livejournal.com]

steve and/or tony and/or the avengers is all on topic :D

we edited that part out to not confuse people.

gen is definitely appreciated :D as is pre-slash and, well just as long as steve and tony are in the fic and play a big role eventually :D

[elspethdixon.livejournal.com]

Ah, okay. Good to know ^_^.

[muccamukk]

Hi, we're considering amalgamating all the rules posts into one. This is great. Do you mind if we steel it for the new one?

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Sure. Steal away. I'd just like the BDSM warning removed since it encompasses way to much, in favor of D/s and other warns that would normally fall into BDSM practices.
:)

[muccamukk]

I'm fixing that now.

[kijikun.livejournal.com]

Cool thanks. ^_^