Editorial Guidelines

LetterRep.com Editorial Guidelines How to Submit a Letter to LetterRep.com 1) Login to your account; 2) After successfully logging in, click the 'Requests' link in the left menu. A submenu will appear. Click a submenu item.     - My Requests - My Requests are requests that customers submit specifically for you.     - Prepaid Requests - Prepaid Requests are requests for which customers paid in advance to have a letter written for them.     - Current Requests - Current Requests are requests for which customers submitted the details of a request, but did not pay in advance. (When you submit a letter in response to one of     these requests, the customer can only see an excerpt - the first 100 to 125 characters - of the letter. Clicking any of these will reveal the linked request titles under the chosen submenu. Click one of these linked titles. 3) The following page will show the details of the chosen request. Read the request details fully. Then, below the request details enter the requested portions of your letter. That's it!!! ATTENTION: It is highly recommended that you compose your work in an ASCII text editor (something like MS Notepad.exe). Once composed, copy-&-paste your work to the letter submission form. A session variable can expire if too much time elapses, so composing your work on the LetterRep.com site can run the risk of the site timing-out and you losing your work. ATTENTION #2:DO NOT NAVIGATE AWAY FROM YOUR PAGE WITHOUT FIRST HAVING SAVED YOUR WORK. THE SITE WILL ALLOW YOU TO NAVIGATE AWAY AND YOU WILL LOSE YOUR WORK. CONTENT QUALIFICATIONS To Be Qualified For Inclusion on LetterRep.com, Your Work: * MUST NOT CONTAIN AFFILIATE PROGRAM LINKS. See Section #3 below. * MUST NOT BE BLATANT AND EXCESSIVE SELF-PROMOTION OR HYPE. * MUST NOT CONTAIN PORNOGRAPHY/ADULT MATERIAL, HATE OR VIOLENCE-ORIENTED, SUGGEST RACIAL INTOLERANCE, ADVOCATE AGAINST ANY INDIVIDUAL, HAVE INSULTING-OBSCENE-DEGRADING TONE OR CONTAIN EXCESS PROFANITY. * MUST NOT CONTAIN INFORMATION ON: hacking/cracking content, auto-surf program advocacy or promotion, bomb creation, support for terrorism/radicalism/religious fanaticism, illicit drugs or drug paraphernalia, steroid use or advocacy, weapon/firearms/ammunition/balisongs/butterfly knives or brass knuckles, or the promotion of hard alcohol/tobacco-related products or prescription drugs. * MUST NOT CONTAIN ANY CONTENT THAT IS A VIOLATION OF ANY LAW, be considered defamatory, libelous, or infringes on the legal rights of others. * MUST NOT BE A SUBMISSION OF THE EXACT SAME WORKS as one that you already submitted. Some writers have submitted the same work multiple times with only a few words changed in the body -- we reject these and ban writers who engage in this practice. * MUST NOT BE A REPLY TO A PERSONAL EMAIL, letter or other correspondence. * PUT NO ADDRESSING, DATING, REFERENCE (RE:), OR SUBJECT in the header of your letters. Letter Title • Be concise: instead of “announce the sale of a boat or house” write “announce sale of property”; e.g., omit articles when possible and unnecessary description. • Lowercase first word. • Use active verb (not –ing or noun phrase): e.g. Announce (not announcing). • End with a period before author if named. • Do not use punctuation after author other than periods for initials, example: write a letter title. Author A.B. Letter Description • Include only 6-8 lines (salutation and body paragraph, or two if short). • End with 3 dots (including period): .… Insert Material • Be concise. • Do not use verbs in brackets (e.g. [insert amount]; just write $[amount]). • Use brackets [ ] , not parentheses ( ). • Name: [name] or [full name] if necessary (not [person's name] or [subject’s name]) • DO NOT PUT XX OR [XX] • Name of company or organization: [company/organization] (not [business name] or [name of business]) • Add apostrophe-s after brackets: [name]'s or [company]'s. • If a date is used in the body of the letter, insert date as [date]. • Time: insert time as [time] or [time period] • Combinations: on [date] at [time], we... • Position or title: [position/title] (not [state name of position]) • Gender: [his/her], [he/she] • Optional material: [Optional:] Then begin the optional content as a separate paragraph. • Dollars: $[amount] • Contact information: [phone number] or [phone] or [email] Letter Body • Business letters: Dear [name]: or To Whom It May Concern: (note colon and caps) • Personal letters: Dear [name], (note comma) • Skip a line before beginning first paragraph. • Double space between paragraphs. • Use the words “from” and “to” rather than a hyphen between times or dates. • Do not use any spacing before paragraphs (LetterRep customers can choose the format from their interface). • Do not add any blank lines at the end of the document   Display Content • Lowercase first word. • End with period. • Use active verbs: complain about poor service; express disappointment with company. Word Choices • Avoid "totally" (use "completely" instead) and “definitely.” • Avoid "a lot" (use "many" or a similar word instead). • Due to = caused by (do not use it to mean "because of"). • Avoid contractions in business letters; they are acceptable in personal letters. • Avoid “thanks much.” • Use “I look forward to” rather than “I’m looking forward to.” • Use “and” rather than “&.” Punctuation • Use a semicolon (;) before “however” and a comma after it. • Use double quotation marks, not single. • Enclose period and comma inside quotation marks. • Use commas after all elements in a series, including last one before “and.” • Use only one space between sentences and following all punctuation. • Use the slash mark (/) for multiple pronoun (or other) options: [his/her] NOT [his or her]. • Follow “To Whom It May Concern” with a colon (:) NOT a semicolon (;). • Do not use tabs; use one space. Remove white space at end of document General • Single space throughout. • Proofread the letter before submitting it! LetterRep.com Editorial Guidelines:(AFFILIATE PROGRAMS) Sorry, we DO NOT ALLOW ANY AFFILIATE (OR DISTRIBUTOR) LINKS in any works. Please don't send them in or your work will be rejected.