Advice on story submission

[Guest]

I'm about to submit my first story. Can anyone tell me what is supposed to go in the "Key words" section of the submission form.

Thanks,
Steve

 

[dr_mabeuse]

They "keywords" are used by people searching the stories for particular subjects. It's also a good place to put a couple of words to describe the main thrust (can i use that word here?) of the story.

Let's say you have a story that has a lot of women wearing boots in it. There's no category for 'boots', so you might put that in the keyword, so anyone looking for a story involving boots will find yours.

You actually don't have to put any keywords in that space far as I know. But that's what it's for.

---dr.M.

 

[Guest]

Thanks. That makes sense for increasing readership if you add some subject words.

Steve

 

[kelley_and_tracy]

I always love the good "doctor ms" comments. Just wish I could draw him into a debate. TRACY

 

[KillerMuffin]

Keywords is a good place to stick in standardized ASSM etc. story codes. The search engine tags them, but they don't show up in your document.

 

[eyefish]

Keywords is a good place to stick in standardized ASSM etc. story codes. The search engine tags them, but they don't show up in your document.

Is there a problem with "Story Search? I've been getting the "whoops" error message for the past 5 days.

 

[KillerMuffin]

Apparently there is.