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Author’s Guide: How to submit a fanfic the right way.

As you know by now, we got no time to read all your fics and decide if they’re worthy enough to become a part of our archives:  we have no control over your submissions; you can upload any Matrix text you want to our site and that means that we TRUST in you.

While building the Authors’ Index, we sadly realized that several people submit their fics the wrong way. That’s why we’re setting a few rules from now on to make it clear enough for everyone.

Basic Rules:

-         At the very beginning of this site we wanted to create a high-quality Matrix archive, and that’s still the primary idea underneath it all. Please, submit only those fics you consider good enough to be a part of this site. If you are unsure about your texts or if you have doubts about its quality, use the WIP-and-beta board and ask our members for their opinions.

-         Guests are not allowed to submit their fics. Since the archives are placed in our message board, only registered users can publish their texts.

-         Only submit complete works. If you are caught adding chapters to your story it will be moved to the WIP-and-beta board without any previous warnings.

-         Please don’t submit a fic to the archives if you’re looking for opinions on how to improve it. The archives were designed the way they are for you to get reviews. Opinions on how to improve texts remark the fact that you have doubts about it and that the fic can still go through some changes so please set it on the WIP-an-beta board.

-         Copy and paste or type your fic in the text field. External links are no longer accepted. (For instance, linking to the fanfiction.net location where your fic is placed). We’re going to delete this kind of posts if necessary.

-         Nicknames: if you submit a fic to the archives, your nickname on the Authors’ Index will be the one you use on the message board; it doesn’t matter if your fanfiction.net account has a different nickname. Also, if you ever change your user name in the boards please notify the admins to also change it in the Author’s Index. (Only in case you are already part of the Authors’ Index, of course.)

-         Before posting your fic, please make sure is free of typos and grammar mistakes.

Submissions- step by step:

-         Once you’ve posted a fic in The Archives, please head over to the “Monthly Updates” section of the boards.

-         Open the thread regarding to the current month submissions and reply with this information about your fic: Author, Title, Rating, Category-ies, Summary, URL. For example:

 “April Bubmissions” – Reply:

Author: ZeldaDragon

Title: Ego Boots

Category: Humor

Rating: PG

Summary: Sparks sure loves his practical jokes...

URL: http://tlgf.suddenlaunch3.com/index.cgi?board=Humor&action=display&num=1150737011

-         If the thread is locked, that means we’re no longer accepting fics for that month’s update. Feel free to open a new thread for next month.

-         If any of those elements is missing, your fic WON’T get into the Author’s Index.

Categories:

-         We have all these categories: Adult, Agent, Drama, Romance, Action, Humor, AU (alternative universe), OC (original character) and Crossover. You can choose more than one to describe your fic.

Ratings:

-         These are the different ratings used in our archives:

-         G – For general audience.

-         PG – Not suitable for children.

-         PG 13 – Not suitable for children and even parents should be there while reading.

-         R – Strong content such as non-explicit sex, violence, gore, etc.

-         NC 17- Explicit sex.