Hi,i'm new here.
so inspite of all the care taken, i sadly got my first article rejected with the message being:
==== Rejection Information for Your Article: ====
Please follow all formatting guidelines.
==== End Rejection Information for Your Article ====
I'd like to know whether it was rejected outright as soon as they noticed the formatting was off, or did they check the grammar and content as well?
I'm pretty nervous about making grammatical errors, and I want to know if this message means everything else was ok?Also could this error be a result of error in formatting the summary, because the formatting is quite awkward in that darn textbox.
Please help, I dont want to get a double rejection for a lack of info.
Thanks
oh one more thing, what's the rule regarding underlining?the guidelines mention italics and bold, but nothing about this.Is it ok to underline each subheading?
And what error messages would you get for excessively wordy articles or missing introductions or conlusions.I know that grammar errors comes as 'grammatical errors, awkward wording...etc. etc.'
So thanks again.
Meaning of rejection message
Moderators: Celeste Stewart, Ed, Constant
Re: Meaning of rejection message
Articles that are not submitted in the required font type and size described in our guidelines are not generally checked for errors.
Rejection messages for other errors will indicate the nature of the problem.
Thank you,
Ed
Rejection messages for other errors will indicate the nature of the problem.
Thank you,
Ed
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pensivescribe
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Re: Meaning of rejection message
And what about the summary,am i allowed to add ellipses where i'm cutting from the article? Also what about underlining subheadings in articles?
i know im being a bit paranoid here.
thanks
i know im being a bit paranoid here.
thanks
Re: Meaning of rejection message
PS,
For what it's worth, I don't underline subheadings. I've seen authors use ellipses in their long summaries and then the word "more" to indicate that this is not all there is to the article. I just post my full article though, so the buyer can get the whole picture. Other authors outline the article in the short summary and then post a part in the long summary. If you do that, be sure to let the buyer know this isn't your entire article, like putting the word "more" or "Purchase the article for full text" or some such at the end.
Since you can edit the short and long summaries later, worry more about getting your article accepted before you worry about these things. Run your article through spellcheck and grammar check and have someone else look at it before you submit it. Someone else may catch errors you don't see.
Good luck!
Debbi
For what it's worth, I don't underline subheadings. I've seen authors use ellipses in their long summaries and then the word "more" to indicate that this is not all there is to the article. I just post my full article though, so the buyer can get the whole picture. Other authors outline the article in the short summary and then post a part in the long summary. If you do that, be sure to let the buyer know this isn't your entire article, like putting the word "more" or "Purchase the article for full text" or some such at the end.
Since you can edit the short and long summaries later, worry more about getting your article accepted before you worry about these things. Run your article through spellcheck and grammar check and have someone else look at it before you submit it. Someone else may catch errors you don't see.
Good luck!
Debbi
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pensivescribe
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Re: Meaning of rejection message
thanks debbi that helped a lot.But wouldn't posting your complete article lead to plagiarism?
Re: Meaning of rejection message
Full article vs. excerpt is discussed in several forum threads. Here is one of them, but there are more scattered around.
http://www.constant-content.com/forum/v ... =2&t=15185
It varies by author and so far we don't have any stats on success rates or plagarism rates with either. I don't know how easy it would be for Support to determine this since the authors can change their long summaries whenever they want to (as far as partial vs. full goes).
The bottom line is, do what you feel comfortable with.
Debbi
http://www.constant-content.com/forum/v ... =2&t=15185
It varies by author and so far we don't have any stats on success rates or plagarism rates with either. I don't know how easy it would be for Support to determine this since the authors can change their long summaries whenever they want to (as far as partial vs. full goes).
The bottom line is, do what you feel comfortable with.
Debbi
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HayleyWriter
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Re: Meaning of rejection message
Hi Pensivescribe,
(Nice name by the way!)
I usually paste the whole article in the long summary box and the delete paragraphs from the bottom up - usually about the last three paragraphs or so, depending on the length of the article. Then I put in a comment: ...more For the full article, please purchase the rights.
What you want to do is allow potential customers to see enough of the article to be able to make a decision on the purchase. You wouldn't buy a car without going for a test drive, and the extended summary is the test drive equivalent for the customer. Customers want to know what they are purchasing. I find that the more you put in the summary, the more customers are likely to buy the article. I know many authors who do paste the entire article in the long summary section.
As regards to plagiarism, it does sometimes happen, but CC works very hard to protect authors. If you try to copy and paste from someone's long summary, you will find it is impossible. This is just one of the many features CC builds in to protect us authors. Another one is the hidden phrase for google alerts. This phrase is built into the hidden text of the long summary.
If you notice any articles of yours from CC that have been published elsewhere illegally, contact Support. The people who run the website are fantastic in working to get the articles OFF the illegal websites. Basically, with these features and the help from Support, you do not have to worry too much about plagiarism from the long summary. Focus on writing good articles that will appeal to customers and you will succeed here at CC!
Hope this helps,
Hayley
(Nice name by the way!)
I usually paste the whole article in the long summary box and the delete paragraphs from the bottom up - usually about the last three paragraphs or so, depending on the length of the article. Then I put in a comment: ...more For the full article, please purchase the rights.
What you want to do is allow potential customers to see enough of the article to be able to make a decision on the purchase. You wouldn't buy a car without going for a test drive, and the extended summary is the test drive equivalent for the customer. Customers want to know what they are purchasing. I find that the more you put in the summary, the more customers are likely to buy the article. I know many authors who do paste the entire article in the long summary section.
As regards to plagiarism, it does sometimes happen, but CC works very hard to protect authors. If you try to copy and paste from someone's long summary, you will find it is impossible. This is just one of the many features CC builds in to protect us authors. Another one is the hidden phrase for google alerts. This phrase is built into the hidden text of the long summary.
If you notice any articles of yours from CC that have been published elsewhere illegally, contact Support. The people who run the website are fantastic in working to get the articles OFF the illegal websites. Basically, with these features and the help from Support, you do not have to worry too much about plagiarism from the long summary. Focus on writing good articles that will appeal to customers and you will succeed here at CC!
Hope this helps,
Hayley