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Welcome to the Authors’ Café. As you can see, there are some changes occurring here, primarily in the stuck threads. There were some redundancies and some unnecessary ones which will be removed or incorporated into another sticky. Please review the rules, which have been updated from the last ‘Guidelines’ thread. You will also see that the Ratings system has been officiated below.
Authors’ Café
Rules and Regulations
1.) Adhere to the general forum rules, which can be found here.
2.) Respect the creativity of others. If you do not think someone’s story idea or preview is good, you are entitled to your opinion, but be considerate and respectful.
3.) Before posting a thread, make sure that there is not an exisiting thread for your post.
4.) If you would like to have something approved, you must get the consent of two of the two current fanfiction moderators (Zephyr Flare and Dragonfree).
5.) Do not post any threads for people to submit characters for your story; your story is a work of your own design.
6.) When posting a preview, you should include a good bit of information, and the story in question should generally be underway. That is, a preview shouldn’t be the announcement of an idea, it should be a look into a coming fiction and generally it is a good idea to include an excerpt or scene.
7.) Do not post threads explicitly advertising your fic Unlike a preview, a thread like this would say something like “Hey check out my fic <link>.”
8.) Do not use this thread for posting story ideas or requesting help. This thread will be for questions about the rules. Remember, though things may be open for debate, the moderators have the final say.
Rating Your Fanfiction:
A question which is often disputed is “what rating should I give to my fanfic?” The old Ratings sticky had different examples of how to rate your fic, but this will be the universal scale for the forums:
G
A G rating can be applied to a fic that is generally suitable for all ages. Graphic scenes of sex and violence, nudity, drugs, and persistent profanity will not be found in a G rated story. The most you will really see here is an occasional use of ‘Hell’ or possibly ‘Damn’ If the usage is more than rare, you may want to look at a PG rating.
PG
PG signifies that some aspects may not be suitable for younger audiences. Sexuality and profanity may be apparent, but in moderation, and nudity/graphic violent and sexual scenes are usually absent.
PG-13
Fics rated PG-13 are likely to contain frequent or semi-frequent profanity and scenes of violence and sexuality that are probably inappropriate for audiences younger than thirteen. Nudity is usually brief and not fully detailed on, and graphic sex scenes are still usually absent. Profanity will be your regulars - the stuff you hear on primetime television (at least in America) for example, and uses of harsher/perverse words will appear only occasionally.
R
R-rated fics will include graphic scenes of violence, sexuality, frequent use of profanity, themes intended for adults, nudity, drug use, et cetera. While PG-13 would have moderate-frequent use of profanity, R generally has more and harsher language. R ratings may not apply to language, as a fic can be devoid of profanity and still achieve an R rating. Detailed nudity and descriptive sex and violence may also be present. Noted that this is the highest allowed rating on the forums and must be approved by a Moderator on fanfictions to be posted.
NC-17
NC-17 is basically anything you would see in R, but kicked up a notch. This is a rating for stories with the harshest language, most brutal violence, descriptive nudity, profane themes, and graphic sex. Noted that any fanfiction rated this is NOT allowed on the the forums.
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There you have the rules and official ratings scale. Rules are subject to be added on to and ammended. You may post questions or concerns you may have here.
Authors’ Café
Rules and Regulations
1.) Adhere to the general forum rules, which can be found here.
2.) Respect the creativity of others. If you do not think someone’s story idea or preview is good, you are entitled to your opinion, but be considerate and respectful.
3.) Before posting a thread, make sure that there is not an exisiting thread for your post.
4.) If you would like to have something approved, you must get the consent of two of the two current fanfiction moderators (Zephyr Flare and Dragonfree).
5.) Do not post any threads for people to submit characters for your story; your story is a work of your own design.
6.) When posting a preview, you should include a good bit of information, and the story in question should generally be underway. That is, a preview shouldn’t be the announcement of an idea, it should be a look into a coming fiction and generally it is a good idea to include an excerpt or scene.
7.) Do not post threads explicitly advertising your fic Unlike a preview, a thread like this would say something like “Hey check out my fic <link>.”
8.) Do not use this thread for posting story ideas or requesting help. This thread will be for questions about the rules. Remember, though things may be open for debate, the moderators have the final say.
Rating Your Fanfiction:
A question which is often disputed is “what rating should I give to my fanfic?” The old Ratings sticky had different examples of how to rate your fic, but this will be the universal scale for the forums:
G
A G rating can be applied to a fic that is generally suitable for all ages. Graphic scenes of sex and violence, nudity, drugs, and persistent profanity will not be found in a G rated story. The most you will really see here is an occasional use of ‘Hell’ or possibly ‘Damn’ If the usage is more than rare, you may want to look at a PG rating.
PG
PG signifies that some aspects may not be suitable for younger audiences. Sexuality and profanity may be apparent, but in moderation, and nudity/graphic violent and sexual scenes are usually absent.
PG-13
Fics rated PG-13 are likely to contain frequent or semi-frequent profanity and scenes of violence and sexuality that are probably inappropriate for audiences younger than thirteen. Nudity is usually brief and not fully detailed on, and graphic sex scenes are still usually absent. Profanity will be your regulars - the stuff you hear on primetime television (at least in America) for example, and uses of harsher/perverse words will appear only occasionally.
R
R-rated fics will include graphic scenes of violence, sexuality, frequent use of profanity, themes intended for adults, nudity, drug use, et cetera. While PG-13 would have moderate-frequent use of profanity, R generally has more and harsher language. R ratings may not apply to language, as a fic can be devoid of profanity and still achieve an R rating. Detailed nudity and descriptive sex and violence may also be present. Noted that this is the highest allowed rating on the forums and must be approved by a Moderator on fanfictions to be posted.
NC-17
NC-17 is basically anything you would see in R, but kicked up a notch. This is a rating for stories with the harshest language, most brutal violence, descriptive nudity, profane themes, and graphic sex. Noted that any fanfiction rated this is NOT allowed on the the forums.
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There you have the rules and official ratings scale. Rules are subject to be added on to and ammended. You may post questions or concerns you may have here.
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