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How do I post a story?

Fri, 08/01/2008 - 04:03 — Sovran
  1. Make sure you have author status. If you don't, follow the instructions above to apply for author status.
  2. Once your status is in place, log-in to the site and click “Create Content” in the left-hand menu
  3. On the Create Content page, click “Story”
    • On the Submit Story page, enter your story’s basic information (Title, completion status, main character(s), Genre, Timeframe, Canon divergence, Attributes, Warnings, and Summary).
    • Enter your story’s betas, if any. If one or more of your betas are Metafic members, you can enter their usernames in the “Registered Betas” fields. You can enter other betas in the “Additional Betas” field (all on one line).
    • At the bottom of the page, click ‘preview’ to see how your story will be presented on the site, or click ‘submit’ to submit your story.
  4. Once a story’s basic information is entered, you need to submit the body of the story as a chapter. After entering the story information, you’ll be shown your story page, and you’ll see a link for “Create new Chapter.” Click the link.
    • Enter the chapter name, chapter number (use 1 for prologues if needed), and the body text of your story.
    • If you are using HTML tags in your story (for bold, italics, etc), click the “Input format” menu and select either Filtered HTML or DocFrac HTML. For more information about DocFrac, see this page.
    • Enter any Author’s notes. These will show at the bottom of your chapter.
    • Click ‘preview’ to see how your chapter will be presented on the site, or click ‘submit’ to submit your chapter.
  5. Once submitted, both Stories and Chapters will be sent to the validation queue. Once validated, your story and/or chapter will be posted and published to the front page of the site.
  6. If your story is a submission for a Cracked Muggle challenge, an admin will add it to the challenge category.
The admins retain the right to edit any story or chapter information to ensure compliance with Metafic's formatting and classification structure. We will not edit the body of a chapter without communicating with the author.