Board Thread:Administration/@comment-4832646-20140401205802

I've been thinking for a while on things that should be added to the Quality Standards. Here a few things I've come up with.

General Stories

 * Your story must have a consistent plot. It also must have a decent, original plotline formulated of different events.
 * CAPS are not scary. DON'T TYPE EVERY WORD LIKE THIS TO REPRESENT EXCITEMENT OR FEAR. That's why this (!) exists.
 * There must be a good level of description. Not too little so that the story comes out vague/bland/boring, not too much so that it doesn't halt the story line.
 * Avoid awkward phrasing. Make sure there's a flow. Read your story aloud to yourself.
 * If the formatting of the story breaks visual mode on the editor (Classic or not), it will be deleted.
 * It must spelled correctly (already in there). Also, know the differences: "Your" (possessive) "You're" (You are). "There" (A place) "Their" (possessive) "They're" (They are.) "It's" (It is) "Its" (possessive)
 * The story MUST make sense.
 * There has to be a hook. Something to grab the reader's attention and entrench them in the story.

Micropastas

 * The story can only be considered a micropasta if it is under 300 words.
 * There must be a plot of at least two (2) events.

Poems
(TL:DR)  POETRY IS REALLY FUCKING HARD TO WRITE. 
 * Walls of text are no more welcome here than usual. Use Stanzas.
 * It must tell SOME kind of story.
 * It must have some kind of meter and prose.
 * It cannot be AABB rhyme scheme. (First two lines rhyme, second two lines rhyme. First doesn't rhyme with third and second doesn't rhyme with fourth.)
 * It must have some depth and complexity. Stick to the same subject and do not jump around.

Original Characters
This isn't fanfiction.net. We don't prohibit Original Characters, but if you are intent on writing a story with them, PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE do not base them off a pre-existing character. Any stories involving "Jeff-Inspired", "BEN-Inspired", "Photonegative Mickey-Inspired", or other "Inspired" characters will be deleted as spin-offs.

Note this is only a draft. I'm going to attempt to see if other people, such as Skelly, Guy, or Nooth have anything to add if they don't happen to see this. Then, if this comes out good with support or otherwise something else happens, I will write up another revision to add to the QS. There is more than likely other things that need to be added and subtracted as well.

I will also be hunting through advice blog posts from Guy, Nooth's, and mine, and re-reading the Style Guide for any other provisions that could be added.

 