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peskipiksi
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:10 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 32
I have tried to upload a oneshot (my first fic). It would not let me submit without a chapter title and now in my account the story says First Chapter and Not Completed. How do I convince it this is a oneshot?
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MaddyRiddle
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:31 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 222 Location: Argentina
I'm not part of the staff, but I've posted several one-shot stories...

For the completed part, you have to manually change it. Go to Your Account > Edit/Delete Stories and click on the NO after the word Completed: it'll change to YES.

And about the First Chapter thing, one-shot or chaptered fic, no matter what you put as a chapter title will say First Chapter in your account. It doesn't matter, it's just in your account and not what people see when reading the story.

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peskipiksi
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:43 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 24 Sep 2007 Posts: 32
Thanks for this it's really useful. Can I ask what type of wording you put in the Chapter title of your oneshots? I put 'oneshot' - should I change it before it gets looked over by the Admins?
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MaddyRiddle
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 7:58 pm Reply with quote
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I usually repeat the title of the story. But "oneshot" is good too (even better if the story title is long Razz )

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celisnebula
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2007 8:36 pm Reply with quote
Joined: 31 Dec 2004 Posts: 312 Location: USA
Thanks for snagging this questions Maddy!

Peskipiksi, Maddy is quite correct. A lot of authors simply call their chapter title one-shot, or just re-use the story title as the chapter title. It's really up to you.

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