About This Post:

First of all i would like to welcome all the new users to the Indianpad Family.

Indianpad User section is constantly increasing and with it New members are joining the Indianpad Family. Posts per Day have increased dramatically. But there are common mistakes which the new users are committing – unaware of which they have fallen a victim to me :) for those harsh vote downs. This post would make clear to the New Padders – The basic rules of posting a story which would check them falling a prey to my harsh vote downs :)

Basic Rules for Posting a Presentable/Good
Story

There Are Three parts in a Story – Heading, Body, Link. This Section would explain their Do’s and Dont’s in detail.

Heading

Do’s

• Catchy heading – Believe me, 85% Stories that move to the front page have Good/Catchy Headings.
• Keep it Short & Simple – A longer heading would be automatically edited(Indianpad Magic Scripts) to one which you may not favour.
• Make Sure it Relates to the Story – Title should be such that it gives a definite idea of the story.

Dont’s

• Capitals : “Never” write your headings in Full Capital Letters.Believe me ,No other thing in the world annoys Indianpaddits other than Full Capital Letters in the Heading. From the Screenshot below,you can get a clear idea what damage the Capitals Can Do.

• Bad Heading – 1000’s of stories are posted here daily so a good title is important in attracting eyeballs. Whenever you link to some post, the heading bar shows automated long heading – Check Image below as an example. It’s Better to Cut and simplify the default heading to give a better look to your post. Otherwise a Lame Heading can be voted down for Bad Description as well.

• Explicit Language : Avoid using Sexually Explicit/Abusive language in Your Title as well as the story.In case you are posting in Adult Section,You can kick off this Dont.

Body

The Body is the heart of your post. Body of your post will tell a reader weather to read or leave the complete story. Here are some do’s and dont’s

Do’s

• Short/Neat/Clean – A Small neat and clean description of the story would make a user feel light while reading your story rather than reading a two page story in the body.
• Catchy and Relevant With Heading – Make sure you post the most catchy part of the story which equally compliments the heading.

Dont’s

• Bad Description – Believe me, I must have voted down a thousand stores for Bad Description. It is the worst and most committed mistake on indianpad. Be sure you give a little but descriptive enough paragraph in the body. The Screenshot below shows a perfect example of “Bad Description”. Try avoiding this mistake. Unfortunately, This is the Best Mistake of the Month on Indianpad!

• Explicit Words – As explained earlier, Avoid using Abusive/Explicit words.

Link

• Adult or Not? – Let us suppose you are posting a Non Adult Story but the Source is Adult in Nature, then your story needs to go in Adult Section
• Is this Adult? – I follow “Mother/Sister Objection” Test. The stories which you feel would be objectionable to your mother/sister should go to Adult(strictness value may vary) – More info on this

These were some of the basic rules/tips for the Freshers. I hope you had fun reading the Ram Kahani. :)
Any Queries – I’ll love to Answer

Happy Padding!
Devilsworkshop