If you wish to archive a fanfic at the Teaspoon then it must meet the requirements of the Submission Guidelines. We do not moderate story content or style, save where they conflict with the Terms of Service, but we do expect a minimal standard of spelling, grammar and formatting. If there is an area which you are unsure of, there is a list of helpful websites listed below the guidelines.
Acknowledgements/disclaimers/dedications and so on should be put in the Author's Notes section.
Do not beg for reviews.
There should be no spelling errors; it's only a couple of sentences. Use a capital letter at the beginning of each sentence and a full stop at the end.
Keep it about the story. Sugar, daydreams and other such inspirations, if they must be mentioned, should be kept to the Author's Notes.
For examples of good summaries, please take a look here, here or here.
Spelling and grammar should be of an acceptable standard. We do not expect perfection, but we do expect you to start a sentence with a capital letter. Misspellings should not be common, and you should know the difference between it's/its and there/their/they're. You should know how to punctuate speech. Essentially when reading your fic, it should give the impression that an effort has been made to make sure that the spelling and grammar is correct.
Each paragraph should be separated by a single paragraph break; that is, a single blank line should be between each paragraph, as well as lines of dialogue spoken by different characters. This makes reading your story a lot easier.
For examples of fanfiction where the spelling, grammar and formatting is of an excellent standard, please take a look here or here.
There are author notes within the text of the fic.
The fanfiction has no connection to the Doctor Who universe.
If your fanfic is rejected, you may resubmit after edits. If it has been rejected more than once and you are unsure of what the problem is, please email help@whofic.com.
Most modern web browsers have a spell-checker that works within web forms, which you can use when posting your fic.