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Everything you need to use Escritas: create an account, publish and organise your poems, and discover what the site has to offer.
Create an account, sign in and recover access.
Register
- Open the registration form.
- Fill in your name, email and password — or use your Google account.
- Submit to receive the confirmation email.
Confirm registration
- Open the email received after registration.
- Click the confirmation link to activate your account.
- After confirming you can sign in normally.
Sign in
- Go to the login page.
- Enter the email and password used during registration.
- Confirm to access your personal area.
Forgot your password?
- Go to the password recovery page.
- Enter your account email and submit the request.
- Follow the link sent by email to set a new password.
Publish, edit and highlight your writing.
Publish a new poem
- After signing in, go to your profile.
- Select the option to add a new poem.
- Fill in the title, text and additional details, then publish.
- If you enable Highlight, the poem appears at the top of your poem list.
Edit or delete a poem
- After signing in, open the poem's page.
- At the top of the page there is a button to edit or delete it.
To gather poems into a book, see the Books section.
Gather your poems into a book with a cover and its own presentation.
Create a book
- Go to your author page (from your profile).
- Click the Create book button.
- Fill in the title, year and, optionally, a synopsis and cover image; you can check right away the poems to include in the book.
Add poems to the book
- From your author page, open the book's edit page.
- In the Poems in this book section, search and check the poems that belong to it — a poem can belong to more than one book.
- Click Save book poems — newly added poems go to the end of the order.
Order the poems in the book
- From your author page, open the book's edit page.
- In the Order poems section, drag the poems or use the ▲/▼ arrows.
- Click Save order — that is the order they appear in the book.
- In the same list you can open each poem or remove it from the book (the poem is not deleted).
View the book
- Open the book's page from your author page.
- The cover, synopsis and all poems are presented as a book, in the order you set.
- Click the cover to jump to the first poem.
Collect poems by any author — classics or community — in personal lists.
Create a list
- On a poem's page, click Save to list.
- In the panel, type the name of the new list and confirm.
- You can also create lists in your profile, under Lists.
Add or remove a poem
- On the poem's page, click Save to list.
- Tick the list(s) where you want to save it — it is saved immediately.
- To remove it, simply untick the list.
Manage and share your lists
- In your profile, open the Lists section and click a list to see its poems.
- Each list can be public (visible to everyone) or private; you can also delete the ones you no longer need.
- Public lists have their own page with share buttons — you can send them to anyone.
Show appreciation for the writing and keep up with the authors you like best.
Liking a poem or an author
- On poem and author pages, click the Like button (♥).
- The like counter updates right away and the author gets an email letting them know their writing was appreciated.
- To remove the like, click the button again.
You don't need an account to like — but when you're signed in, the like is tied to your profile.
Following an author
- On an author's page, click Follow (you need to be signed in).
- Whenever that author publishes a new poem, you get an email with the text and a link to read it.
- The author is also notified that they have a new follower.
- To unfollow, click the button again.
Notifications
Likes, comments and new poems from authors you follow arrive by email. You can turn these notifications off (or back on) at any time by editing your profile.
What there is to discover on Escritas — and how to take part.
Classics and community
Escritas has two areas: the classics — renowned poets and writers, with biographies, works and poems — and the community, where registered members publish their own writing. Everything in this guide (publishing, books, lists) happens in the community area; lists can mix poems from both areas.
Discover
- Browse poems, quotations, books, movements and literary prizes.
- Explore poems by theme or see the house picks.
- Use the literary dictionary to clarify terms and poetic forms.
- See what happens today in poetry and the recent activity on the portal.
Take part
- Like poems and authors, and follow the authors you want to keep up with — you get notified about their activity.
- Comment on poems and author pages; leave a message in the guestbook.
- Found a typo or mistake? Use the Report error button on poem and author pages.
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