When putting text on a webpage, something called HTML tags have to be inserted to format it. Fanfic is basically a whole lot of text. When fanfic isn't coded, it just looks like a gigantic block of text, with no indentations or paragraph breaks or anything.

Well we don't want that, do we??? No, we don't. So here's how to code your own fanfic...

Pretty much the only code you need to know is the <p> code. Anywhere you type that, you'll end up with a paragraph break. For instance, without the <p>, the intro to this page would look like this:

"Coding Your Fanfic When putting text on a webpage, something called HTML tags have to be inserted to format it. Fanfic is basically a whole lot of text. When fanfic isn't coded, it just looks like a gigantic block of text, with no indentations or paragraph breaks or anything. Well we don't want that, do we??? No, we don't. So here's how to code your own fanfic..."

Ugh. Horrible. So go through your fic, and anywhere you want there to be a new paragraph, type <p>

You also might want to make things bold, underline them, or italicize them. For that, just type <b>whatever you want bold</b>, <u>whatever you want underlined</u>, <i>whatever you want italicized</i>.

Notice that for bold, underline and italics, you have to surround the text you want to change with two little codes (called tags). PLEASE REMEMBER TO CLOSE YOUR TAGS. Don't forget to add the </b> or whatever, because if you do, all the text in your document will change.

If you have any questions about coding your own fic, please ask me. It's better that you ask than to have you do it completely wrong :)

When you submit your coded work, please be sure to send it to the address specified for the coded fics. Thanks for making the effort to save us some time, we really appreciate it!