fic fest submissions?

[kennahijja]

Um, yeah, I *will* shut up at one point today, but for now...

Being one of the few LJ fic exchange fest virgins around here, I wonder, when you submit your finished fic... do you format it for posting to LJ right away, or submit it as text or doc file? Any etiquette on this?

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[leni-jess.livejournal.com]

If you want your fic to have the formatting you want - italics in place, etc - put in the html codes (whether it's a Word file or a txt file). LJ mods at least are going to expect it, I think. Also most website archive mods will require it, or be grateful for it. FA must be one of the few archives which doesn't work like that. And you are being careful to disable smart quotes, aren't you?

For a couple of years now I've been in the habit of putting in the codes as I draft - it avoids the risk of missing out on some of them when I'm finalising text for posting. That includes [center] and [bold] for headings. (If the words are just tumbling out, it's another matter - but usually I even correct the output of my stubbornly dyslexic fingers as I go, too.)

If for some other place I want a version with text showing in italics, all I have to do is put it in an LJ post and copy across the results.