Prior to publishing your first work, we recommend that you become familiar with our , particularly the Manual of Style, the Layout Guide and our editing policy. It also helps to look at other authors' works to see how they build their pages and format their stories. Determining what type of story you are submitting is also key, and we have a simple formula for helping you to determine this: short stories are typically 1,000 words or more, novellas are 7,500 words or more, and novels are 40,000 words or more. This guide will assume that you are familiar with basic wiki formatting, but features an appendix at the end for those troublesome coding peccadilloes.