Content & Quality Expectations

As your write your guides, here are some guidelines that may help you make your article flow better and improve it's overall quality.

Formatting and Error Free

Spellchecker

You are required to use the spellchecker before submitting the article. This is something very easy to do and takes 2 minutes to toggle it on and go through your article and correct any spelling mistakes.

Make sure the Card Tooltips and Card Inserts are Rendered

Click on 'Preview' in the editor to view what your article look like. Read through the article in Preview mode to catch any errors.

Be sure to Respond to comments

Readers sometimes leave feedback/comments/questions for your articles. Be sure to respond to them to get interaction going with your readers!

Examples

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/beginner-deck-tech-basic-ramp-druid/
Word count 3060 (The Basic Guides series by Sheng is actually stickied on the official Blizzard Hearthstone forums!)

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/mastery-arena-play-fundamentals/
Word count 4758

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/blackacres-deckbuilding-theory-part-basics/
Word count 3394

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/top-five-mistakes-hearthstone-avoid/
Would count 2793 + 28 minute video

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/efficiently-start-new-f2p-hearthstone-account/
Word count 4319

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/play-turns-two-three-arena/
Word count 14000 (you didn’t mis-read. It’s 14k!)

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/closing-that-gap-from-rank-5-to-legend/
Word count 3104

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/hitting-legend-handlock-optimal-plays-efficient-laddering/
Word count 6041

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/extensive-miracle-rogue-deck-black-magic/
Word count 12,000

http://hearthstoneplayers.com/legend-zoo-warlock-deck-guide-part-1/
Word count 2307 (this is a little light, but hey, it’s Zoo!)

It is not necessarily true that the longer the article is, the better it becomes. However with that said, we haven't seen a well-received article on the website that is below 1,500 words.