TARDIS Big Bang: Rules and FAQs

Submission Guidelines

You may submit your story as a text file, a Word document, or an HTML document. We're not (too) picky.
E-mail your story to Tardis.bigbang [at] gmail [dot] com.
Make sure your story has been beta'ed, and have someone check over the spelling and grammar. No matter how good you are at proofreading, it won't hurt to have a second pair of eyes look at it.
Leave one blank line between paragraphs. Do not indent paragraphs.
Be consistent! Use italics the same way throughout your story. If you're using symbols to show where section breaks should go, use the same symbols—not "oOoOo" in one place and "*****" in another. Use double quotes and single quotes consistently.
Include a note at the top of your story describing what should be done. If you want each chapter on a different page, say so. If you want it to be one big file with marked section breaks, say so. If you're using asterisks to indicate what should be italicized, say so. We want you to be happy with your story!
Clearly mark your section/chapter breaks. Don't just leave an extra blank line; use some kind of divider. Tell us what that divider is.
If there's anything we should pay special attention to, let us know. If you want to do anything funky with the formatting (e.g. IM conversations, block quote indents, etc.), let us know.
Make sure you haven't left in any comments from your betas.

DO NOT use Microsoft Word to generate HTML. Submit a Word doc instead.
Do not hard-code fonts. Do not use CSS. We want the stories to have a consistent look and feel.
Use <p>...</p> to indicate the start and end of paragraphs.
Use <hr width="50%"> as a divider between section
If you want your chapters on separate pages, please submit them in one big file and tell us where it should be split. Don't worry about the header information.

Turn off Smart Quotes. Smart Quotes are the work of the devil.
Bold and/or italicize words—don't use asterisks or whatever. You don't need to include any HTML tags; we have macros that will insert them.
If you're using any formatting other than bold or italics, tell us up front so we know to look for it.

Email the Mods at Tardis.bigbang [at] gmail [dot] com, or reply to a modpost at the tardis_bigbang LJ community.