This post is pretty much the best way to go about submitting to guides. Aside from the Official FAQ and the TV.com Help Center. You'll also see a few blog entries by some of the top contributers/tv.com staff on the subject.
10 Ways to Get a Submission Rejected
From: How to Submit QUOTES! (by missribs)
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| Quotes are specific dialogue between characters. Quotes submitted should always be specific to the episode, not the show, and should be formatted as follows: _____________________________ here is an example: CORRECT FORMAT: Brooke: So that’s the boy that beat Nathan? (Peyton nods) Brooke: Well, he's good from behind. _____________________________ Please do NOT use any quotation marks. Please do not use < p > or < br > tags. Please put html tags for italics around any "action" (as shown above)-using < i > and < /i > tags. Please put the colon OUTSIDE of the < /b > html tags. IMPORTANT NOTE: DO NOT USE ANY SPACES IN THE HTML TAGS THAT APPEAR ABOVE - I just did that so you can see the tags...there should be NO spaces between any of the characters... IT IS BETTER TO HAVE THE PARENETHESES ON THE INSIDE OF THE ITALICS TAGS, BUT IT MAKES SUCH A SMALL DIFFERENCE THAT I CERTAINLY DO NOT REJECT SUBMISSIONS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE THEM INSIDE! YES, THERE SHOULD BE PARENTHESIS AROUND ANY ACTION IN ITALICS OF THE ABOVE EXAMPLES, THESE I WOULD FIND MORE ACCEPTABLE (SEE BELOW):
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Use of italics and quotation marks! (by missribs)
Hope this helps, and if you have any questions, feel free to PM me.
