Provide a story's vital statistics in its listing
I'm delighted that Inkitt is hosting both fanfiction and non-fanfiction, but I need more to evaluate whether I want to try reading a story than merely a picture and sentence fragment. I want to know the following:
- [Required] Title:
- [Required] Author(s): - make sure multi-author stories are well supported!
- [Required] Genre(s): (e.g., Sci-Fi, Fantasy, Romance, Humor - these are not mutually exclusive!)
- [Required] Rating: (use a recognizable system, please)
- [Optional] Trope(s)/Theme(s)/Motif(s): (e.g., Hurt/Comfort, Peggy Sue, AU)
- [Required] Whether or not it's fanfiction
- [Optional] Fandom(s): (if it's fanfiction)
- [Optional] Pairing(s): (specific character names if it's fanfiction, genders and multiplicity either way)
- [Required] Status: In-progress or Complete
- [Required] Length: (e.g., 76,000+ words)
- [Required] Chapters: (e.g., "45", if the story is complete, or "36/45", where the "45"—the total—can be changed by the author as necessary, if the story is in-progress)
- [Required] Story Summary: (at least 200 characters, please)
- [Optional] Newest Chapter Summary: (at least 200 characters, please)
- [Optional] Warnings: (e.g., child abuse, character death, rape, racial epithets, explicit descriptions of violence or sex)
- [Optional] Series: (e.g., a link to other stories in the same series)
Not including the [Required] information leaves me feeling blind when I look at one of your story listings. I don't want to be unpleasantly surprised by some trigger, or find myself reading a story that might require more of a time commitment than I have to invest right now.
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