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bottomlouisficfest · 3 years

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Hello, Bottom Louis Fic Fest participants! We know that some of our participating writers are seasoned professionals and have posted fics many times before, but we also know that there are some first-time writers participating and we want to ensure that everyone knows exactly how to post their fic to our collection on AO3 and to Tumblr and Twitter.

Please note that the due date for fics is November 15, 2020 at 10AM ET, but you may post your fic to the collection beginning today if your fic is already completed. Fics will begin being revealed publicly on November 18, 2020.

All Writers: Please read

Our collection is the Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2020 <-- submit your fic here!

You will be assigned a posting date/time via email on November 17, 2020.

Please include your prompt in the summary or beginning notes on AO3 or in the end notes on AO3 (if you want to avoid spoilers) so readers know what it was.

On Tumblr and Twitter, we’d recommend having your photoset with the fic information and link scheduled to post at your assigned date/time.

In your fic posts, please tag us (@bottomlouisficfest on Tumblr or @BLFicFest on Twitter) so people know you wrote the fics for the fest.

Your fic must remain public on AO3 until the fest is complete.

The photoset/moodboard and link to your fic will be posted to both Tumblr and Twitter, either by you or by the BLFF. We will sort out who is posting what when we email you with your assigned posting date and time.

If possible, please post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr from desktop instead of mobile to avoid it looking distorted for users of Tumblr on desktop.

For Info on Posting to AO3, Tumblr, or Twitter: Please Read

Posting to AO3:

Step 1: Sign into AO3.

Step 2: Click or hover over “Post” in the upper right corner of your screen.

Step 3: Click “New Work.”

Step 4: Fill out all the basic information for your fic.

Rating: Choose a rating for your fic. Since all fics for the Bottom Louis fic fest will have smut, we’d suggest that all fics be rated either Mature or Explicit. Mature is more appropriate for fics with less graphic smut, whereas Explicit is more appropriate for fics with more graphic smut.

Archive Warnings: If you have any serious warnings that need to be issued for your fic (such as graphic violence, major character death, or rape), please select them here. If none of those more extreme warnings apply to your fic, we’d recommend selecting No Archive Warnings Apply.

Fandoms: Please type and select One Direction (Band). If your fic involves a crossover with another fandom, you can also add those here.

Categories: Though not required, we’d recommend selecting M/M (for a male/male pairing) and any other pairings that apply to your fic.

Relationships: Though not required, this is where you should enter the relationships that are featured in your fic. For example, you can put Harry Styles/Louis Tomlinson or Zayn Malik/Louis Tomlinson. You may enter as many pairings as you have in your fic.

Characters: Though not required, if you would like, this is where you can enter the names of all or most of the characters that are featured in your fic.

Additional Tags: Though not required, we’d highly recommend using tags to your advantage, as many people search through AO3 tags to find new fics to read and therefore may be more likely to stumble on your fic. You can enter tags related to tropes that are featured in your fic (e.g. Enemies to Lovers, Fake Relationship), descriptions of the type of sexual content that may be involved (e.g. Rimming, Bottom Louis), any additional warnings, and any other details that you think might draw people to your fic. If you need more tag ideas, feel free to ask the BLFF mods off anon or scroll through other fics on AO3 for inspiration.

Step 5: Fill out the Preface information for your fic.

Work Title: This is where you will put the title of your fic.

Summary: This is where you will put the summary of your fic.

Notes: Although this is optional, you may want to add notes at the beginning and/or end of your fic. Notes at the beginning might further explain any tags or warnings, provide any context that will help people understand your fic, or tell people what prompt your fic is based on. Notes at the end of the fic might request kudos and comments, link to your Tumblr and/or Twitter accounts, link to your photoset on Tumblr, inform people what prompt you wrote your fic based on, or thank people for reading. We’d highly recommend linking to your fic’s photoset in the end notes.

Step 6: Fill out the Associations information for your fic.

Post to Collections/Challenges: This is how you will add your fic to the collection. Our collection is Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2020. If you need further assistance adding your fic to the collection, please contact us.

This work has multiple chapters: If your fic has multiple chapters, select this box.

Set a different publication date: Although you can ignore this when you first submit your fic to the collection, on your assigned posting date (you cannot do it ahead of the date), you will want to check this box and change your publication date to that posting date. More information on this in Step 11 below or here.

Choose a Language: Be sure that English is selected.

All other options in this section are not relevant for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest.

Step 7: Fill out the Privacy information for your fic.

Only show your work to registered users: For this fest, please make sure your fic is public at least until all the fics are posted so that more people can read your fic.

Disable anonymous commenting: If you only want users with accounts to comment on this fic, select this box. Please note that this may decrease the number of comments you receive on your fic.

Enable comment moderation: If you would like to approve comments before they are posted on your fic, select this box.

Step 8: Enter your work text. If your fic will have multiple chapters, this is where you will enter the text from chapter one. You may add in any relevant HTML (such as bolding or italicizing text as desired). If you need a guide to HTML on AO3, check here. If you’ve found that copying and pasting your fic text into AO3 created extra spaces, there’s help on fixing that here.

Step 9: Post your fic (or preview it first, if that makes you more comfortable, and then post). Your fic is now officially part of the collection and will be revealed on your posting date. You will be able to edit your fic as necessary before it is made revealed, so don’t fret if you find typos or anything that you would like to add before your posting date.

Step 10: On November 17, 2020, you will be notified of your posting date/time by email. If you have an issue with that posting date/time for any reason, please let us know.

Step 11: On your posting date, please change the posting date of your fic from the day you submitted it to your assigned posting date. This will ensure that your fic is moved to the most recently posted fics on AO3, which will help more people see it. For more information on changing your posting date, click here.

Step 12: On your assigned posting day and time, the BLFF mods will reveal your fic. You will then be permitted to post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr and Twitter (or the BLFF blog will post it for you if necessary). More on that below.

Posting Your Photoset/Moodboard to Tumblr on Your Posting Date:

Note: If you don’t use Tumblr, the BLFF will do this for you. We will confirm whether you or the BLFF will be posting your fic to Tumblr when we email you about your posting date for the fest on November 17, 2020.

Step 1: Start a photo post on Tumblr. We’d highly recommend doing this on desktop instead of on mobile because often posting photos from mobile ends up messing them up for desktop, which can mean your photoset ends up looking like a collection of huge photos instead of an actual photoset or some other issue with formatting occurs.

Step 2: Add your photoset/moodboard to the post either as one large image (if it’s in that form) or as separate photos and arrange them to your liking.

Step 3: In the text body of the post, include any relevant details about your fic.

Our suggestion would be to include:

Title:

Rating:

Word Count:

Summary:

A link to your fic (we’d suggest making the title of the fic into a link)

A mention that you wrote this fic for the BLFF (please tag us @bottomlouisficfest)

You can also include any relevant warnings (which should also be tagged or mentioned on AO3) or the number of chapters if it’s a chaptered fic (e.g. Chapters: 8/8) if you’d like to.

Step 4: In the tags of the post, be sure to tag any relevant blogs that might reblog it (e.g. @bottomlouisficfest, @blouisparadise, @hlsource, @hlcreators) so that it’s easier to find. Please be sure to tag any blogs within the first five tags of your post so they will be able to see it in their tag. The BLFF blog and BLP will be reblogging all of the fics at least twice.

Step 5: At your assigned time and posting date, you may post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr. Our suggestion would be to schedule your photoset post to Twitter and Tumblr (if you have either of those social media sites) so that it goes up exactly at your assigned posting time on your posting date rather than waiting to post it when you have a chance that day.

Once you’ve posted your photoset or moodboard to Tumblr, please send an ask to the BLFF blog so we know it’s up and can find it to reblog it and spread the word. We will also be checking periodically throughout the day to be sure that we don’t miss it.

Posting Your Photoset/Moodboard to Twitter on Your Posting Date:

Note: If you don’t use Twitter, the BLFF will do this for you. We will confirm whether you or the BLFF will be posting your fic to Twitter when we email you about your posting date for the fest on November 17, 2020.

Step 1: Create a tweet to promote your fic. We’d recommend including:

Your photoset

A link to your fic on AO3

A mention that your wrote the fic is for the BLFF (please tag us @BLFicFest)

Step 2: Post this tweet on or after your assigned posting time on your assigned posting date. If you are not available to post it at that exact time, you can schedule it. To schedule a tweet, go to write a tweet as normal and look for the small calendar icon with the clock over it (this icon is furthest to the right). This will allow you to select a date and time for your tweet to be posted. The BLFF Twitter account and the BLP Twitter account will both RT it once it is up.

And there you have it! Your fic will officially be completed and a part of the BLFF. We’re so proud of you and excited to read your fic!

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bottomlouisficfest · 4 years

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Please note that the due date for fics is December 1, 2019 at 10AM ET, but you may post your fic to the collection starting now if your fic is already completed.

If you’ve posted fics before and feel fully comfortable with the process, here is the most important information for you to keep in mind as you post your fic:

Our collection is the Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2019 (Bottom_Louis_Fic_Fest_2019).

Please include your prompt in the description or beginning notes on AO3 or in the end notes on AO3 (if you want to avoid spoilers) so readers know what it was.

You will be assigned a posting date by email within 48 hours of submitting your fic.

Your fic will be made public at 10AM ET on your assigned posting day.

On Tumblr, we’d recommend having your photoset ready to go and scheduled to post at 10AM ET on the posting date so it can go up immediately.

In your fic posts, please tag us (@bottomlouisficfest on Tumblr or @BLFicFest2019 on Twitter) so people are aware that your fic was written for the fest and we can find it

The photoset/moodboard and link to your fic will be posted to both Tumblr and Twitter. If you do not have one (or both) of these forms of social media, the BLFF accounts will post it for you. We really want all of the fics to have as large of a reach as possible, so we’d like both the Twitter and Tumblr fandoms to know your fic exists.

If possible, please post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr from desktop instead of mobile to avoid it looking distorted for users of Tumblr on desktop.

If you’re new to posting, need a refresher course, or only need to be taught how to post to the Bottom Louis Fic Fest collection, please read on and be sure to share this post.

Posting to AO3:

Step 1: Sign into AO3.

Step 2: Click or hover over “Post” in the upper right corner of your screen.

Step 3: Click “New Work.”

Step 4: Fill out all the basic information for your fic.

Fandoms: Please type and select One Direction (Band). If your fic involves a crossover with another fandom, you can also add those as applicable.

Categories: Though not required, we’d recommend selecting M/M (for a male/male pairing) and any other pairings that apply to your fic.

Characters: Though not required, if you would like, this is where you can enter the names of all or most of the characters that are featured in your fic.

Step 5: Fill out the Preface information for your fic.

Work Title: This is where you will put the title of your fic.

Summary: This is where you will put the summary of your fic.

Step 6: Fill out the Associations information for your fic.

Post to Collections/Challenges: This is how you will add your fic to the collection. Our collection is Bottom Louis Fic Fest 2019 (Bottom_Louis_Fic_Fest_2019). If you need further assistance adding your fic to the collection, please contact us.

This work has multiple chapters: If your fic has multiple chapters, select this box.

Choose a Language: Be sure that English is selected.

All other options in this section are not relevant for the Bottom Louis Fic Fest.

Step 7: Fill out the Privacy information for your fic.

Only show your work to registered users: For this fest, please make sure your fic is public at least until all the fics are posted so that more people can read your fic.

Disable anonymous commenting: If you only want users with accounts to comment on this fic, select this box. Please note that this may decrease the number of comments you receive on your fic.

Enable comment moderation: If you would like to approve comments before they are posted on your fic, select this box.

Step 8: Enter your work text. If your fic will have multiple chapters, this is where you will enter the text from chapter one. You may add in any relevant HTML (such as bolding or italcizing text as desired). If you need a guide to HTML on AO3, check here.

Step 10: Within 48 hours of you posting your fic to the collection, you will be notified of your posting date by email. If you have an issue with that posting date for any reason, please let us know immediately so we can change it.

On your assigned posting day, the BLFF mods will reveal your fic at 10AM ET. At that time, you will be permitted to post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr or Twitter (or the BLFF blog will post it for you if necessary). More on that below.

Posting Your Photoset/Moodboard to Tumblr on Your Posting Date:

Note: If you don’t use Tumblr, the BLFF will do this for you. Instructions for Twitter users are below this section, so please check there if you use Twitter.

Step 2: Add your photoset/moodboard to the post either as one large image (if it’s in that form) or as separate photos and arrange them to your liking.

Step 3: In the text body of the post, include any relevant details about your fic.

Our suggestion would be to include:

Title:

Rating:

Word Count:

Summary:

A link to your fic (we’d suggest making the title of the fic into a link)

A mention that you wrote this fic for the BLFF (please tag us @bottomlouisficfest)

You can also include any relevant warnings (which should also be tagged or mentioned on AO3) or the number of chapters if it’s a chaptered fic (e.g. Chapters: 8/8) if you’d like to.

Step 4: In the tags of the post, be sure to tag any relevant blogs that might reblog it (e.g. @bottomlouisficfest, @blouisparadise, @hlsource) so that it’s easier to find. The BLFF blog and BLP will be reblogging all of the fics at least twice.

Step 5: At 10AM ET on your assigning posting date, you may post your photoset/moodboard to Tumblr. Our suggestion would be to schedule your photoset post so that it goes up at exactly 10AM ET on your posting day rather than waiting to post it when you have a chance that day.

Step 6: The BLFF will also post your photoset to Twitter (or you may post it yourself if you have a Twitter and our accounts will RT it) with a link to your fic so the Twitter fandom can enjoy it.

Posting Your Photoset/Moodboard to Twitter on Your Posting Date:

Step 1: Create a tweet to promote your fic. We’d recommend including:

Your photoset

A link to your fic on AO3

A mention that your wrote the fic is for the BLFF (please tag us @BLFicFest2019)

Step 2: Post this tweet on or after 10AM ET on your assigned posting date. The BLFF Twitter account and the BLP Twitter account will both RT it.

Step 3: If you have a Tumblr as well, please follow the instructions above regarding posting your photoset to Tumblr. If you do not have a Tumblr, the BLFF will post your photoset and any relevant details about your fic to Tumblr so the Tumblr fandom can enjoy it.

And there you have it! Your fic will officially be completed and a part of the BLFF. We’re so proud of you and excited to read your fic!

#we will also be sending an email later today #:)

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