Newcomer's guide

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Introduction
In a nutshell: ''The Novelas wiki is the site to post your stories and creative writing projects, and where a community can collaborate with the writing effort. ''

Novelas also supports a variety of projects ranging from large, established constructed worlds to poetry. Participation in the community will help you and others enjoy the art of creative writing and feel part of a significant collaborative project.

As a wiki, this site follows the GFDL. Note that others can change your story.

Editing a page

 * 1) Find the page first.
 * 2) At the top of the page, find and click the tab that says Edit.
 * 3) Edit it! Save often.
 * 4) Click on Preview under the text field to see what it will look like. Try to use it every time.
 * 5) Click on Show changes to see what changes you've made.
 * 6) Click on Save changes to finish. DON'T FORGET THIS STEP!!!

Getting started

 * At the top of the screen is a link, "login/register". Please do. It takes half a minute and lets us identify with and communicate with you, as well as give you a proper welcome.
 * You have your own user and user talk page for each wikia, accessible via a link at the top of the page.
 * For discussions, sign your posts with four tildes ~.
 * Separate sections and topics with headings, ie. ==New Topic==.
 * Adopt good faith toward other people and try not to misrepresent them.
 * To see recent changes made on the site, click on the 'recent changes' link.

How to

 * To create a new work, type in the name of your story into the textbox at the top of the page!
 * To discuss a page, click on the tab that says Discussion near the top of the age.
 * To watch an article, click on the watch tab near the top of the page.
 * To move a page, click on the move tab near the top of the page.
 * To see page history, click on the history tab near the top of the page.
 * To upload an image, click on 'upload image' link on the sidebar and follow the instructions.
 * To create a link, use.
 * To add an image, use.
 * To categorize a page, use.


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