High Level Games is a community of fans of role-playing games that pools our talents to get the word out about all kinds of role-playing games. We are always on the lookout for people who are interested in getting involved in providing listicles for our blog. If you are interested in blogging for us, we only ask that you write a listicle of a tabletop pen and paper role-playing game related topic that follows the style guide below and contact us with it.
High Level Games Style Guide
PREAMBLE: The vision of High Level Games is that the editorial process is both a service we provide to our creators and, at its best, should be a conversation. What it is not, however, is a group of people who will "fix" your writing for you. Instead, our editorial team consists of incredibly generous and thoughtful volunteers who want to see you become the best writer you can be. These guidelines and all interactions with the Editorial Team have this vision as its foundation. If creators are struggling, the Editorial team in particular and the High Level Games Creators community in general are there for support. With this in mind, the following outlines our expectations.
1) Articles that do not show a modicum of self-editing will be sent back to the author with a request for another draft. We will provide feedback on articles in the High Level Games Drive Folder. We expect authors to submit their work on time. If they do not, Editors will reach out to assuage any concerns. Submitting on time gives us the ability to edit and send effective feedback. We cannot give feedback if you do not submit on time. This may lead to a decision not to run an article.
2) The words, for us, are spelled ‘roleplay’ and ‘tabletop.’ Consider strongly your use of ‘just’, most usages will be deleted. ‘For’ and ‘to’ have different meanings and are not interchangeable. We, proudly use and champion the Oxford Comma. ;-)
3) All articles should be uploaded to your High Level Games Drive Folder. If possible, put them into a Google Doc format. If not, Word doc or docx is acceptable.
4) Titles will follow this format: 8 Points For The High Level Games Style Guide (the first letter of each word is always capitalized). Titles cannot be part of a series, at this stage our website is not designed to organize articles in that way. Additionally, titles must follow the above format. Concise, short titles are preferred.
5) All articles should be in a Listicle format. Each list Item should look like this:
1) Welcome To High Level Games (this is a change from the previous style guide)
There should be no punctuation at the end of the list item title. Articles should follow this format: Introduction of topic, numbered list, conclusion, bio. This means you need to write a minimum 2-3 sentence introduction and a minimum 2-3 sentence conclusion after the list.
6) All articles should have a title. This title should be both the file name, and at the top of the article.
7) Bios should be appended to each article. The editing team will do this for every article before it gets to Quinn’s desk. Bios may be changed at any time the writer wishes to do so. They should promote other projects that writers are involved with.
8) Don’t use the dash punctuation mark. Ever.
9) Writers are encouraged to contact any of the Editorial Team or Leadership Team at any time. You may reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter.
10) Help out by getting the word out. Authors are expected to share their own work, and whenever possible share the articles of their fellow columnists. This helps get our articles in front of people’s eyes and also helps reduce the possibility that any one person will be accused of spamming groups. We want to share our articles, but we do not want any single person to get flack for our marketing strategy.
11) We need an open source image for every article. If you have one, please provide it with credit.
12) When using numbers in body text, zero through ten should be spelled out. Numbers 11 and higher should be written numerically.
PREAMBLE: The vision of High Level Games is that the editorial process is both a service we provide to our creators and, at its best, should be a conversation. What it is not, however, is a group of people who will "fix" your writing for you. Instead, our editorial team consists of incredibly generous and thoughtful volunteers who want to see you become the best writer you can be. These guidelines and all interactions with the Editorial Team have this vision as its foundation. If creators are struggling, the Editorial team in particular and the High Level Games Creators community in general are there for support. With this in mind, the following outlines our expectations.
1) Articles that do not show a modicum of self-editing will be sent back to the author with a request for another draft. We will provide feedback on articles in the High Level Games Drive Folder. We expect authors to submit their work on time. If they do not, Editors will reach out to assuage any concerns. Submitting on time gives us the ability to edit and send effective feedback. We cannot give feedback if you do not submit on time. This may lead to a decision not to run an article.
2) The words, for us, are spelled ‘roleplay’ and ‘tabletop.’ Consider strongly your use of ‘just’, most usages will be deleted. ‘For’ and ‘to’ have different meanings and are not interchangeable. We, proudly use and champion the Oxford Comma. ;-)
3) All articles should be uploaded to your High Level Games Drive Folder. If possible, put them into a Google Doc format. If not, Word doc or docx is acceptable.
4) Titles will follow this format: 8 Points For The High Level Games Style Guide (the first letter of each word is always capitalized). Titles cannot be part of a series, at this stage our website is not designed to organize articles in that way. Additionally, titles must follow the above format. Concise, short titles are preferred.
5) All articles should be in a Listicle format. Each list Item should look like this:
1) Welcome To High Level Games (this is a change from the previous style guide)
There should be no punctuation at the end of the list item title. Articles should follow this format: Introduction of topic, numbered list, conclusion, bio. This means you need to write a minimum 2-3 sentence introduction and a minimum 2-3 sentence conclusion after the list.
6) All articles should have a title. This title should be both the file name, and at the top of the article.
7) Bios should be appended to each article. The editing team will do this for every article before it gets to Quinn’s desk. Bios may be changed at any time the writer wishes to do so. They should promote other projects that writers are involved with.
8) Don’t use the dash punctuation mark. Ever.
9) Writers are encouraged to contact any of the Editorial Team or Leadership Team at any time. You may reach out via email, Facebook, or Twitter.
10) Help out by getting the word out. Authors are expected to share their own work, and whenever possible share the articles of their fellow columnists. This helps get our articles in front of people’s eyes and also helps reduce the possibility that any one person will be accused of spamming groups. We want to share our articles, but we do not want any single person to get flack for our marketing strategy.
11) We need an open source image for every article. If you have one, please provide it with credit.
12) When using numbers in body text, zero through ten should be spelled out. Numbers 11 and higher should be written numerically.
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