Unique Age Rating Feature to Label Stories, Poems, Articles, Essays, Books, Novels, Novellas, Chronicles & Plays
Why Age Rating?
ICANRITE is trying to make the online publishing experience as easy and as rewarding as possible. One of the unique features we have introduced in our site is for writers to rate their own work by age groups. No one is more qualified or more responsible than the writers themselves. Only they can classify which age group their works should be aimed for. This "Age Rating" feature should also give readers more insights as to what they are expecting to read before they even start.
"Books should be rated the same way we rate movies and games." We’ve all heard such comments before.
Some complain that stories, poems, books... they all contain themes that should be restricted such as: profanity, sexuality, violence, racism, religious beliefs, drugs... However there is a slippery slope between labeling stories & books and restricting access or censorship.
So how do we decide what is appropriate?
There are three tools often used for labeling books (1) Lexile measure, (2) star rating and (3) ATOS levels.
Most of those tools address the level of reading rather than the content. A maturity or age-rating system hasn’t been developed on a national level and is needed to guide readers – and hopefully can be able to prevent censorship.
ICANRITE has tried to develop an easy "Age Rating" feature that emulates the film or gaming industry. These have been around for decades and most of us have grown to recognize them and identify a film or game by the level of profanity, nudity, sexuality or violence it contains.
ICANRITE unique "Age Rating" feature is similar to the system adapted by the Entertainment Software Rating Board (ESRB). We have introduced four simple "Age Rating" labels which writers can use to label their own work themselves.
ICANRITE FOUR TIER "AGE RATING" SYSTEM
ALL
EVERYONE
Content generally suitable for all ages. May contain minimal violence and / or infrequent use of mild language.
13+
TEEN
Content generally suitable for teens 13 years and older. May contain mild violence, suggestive themes, and / or infrequent use of strong language.
17+
MATURE
Content generally suitable for 17 years and older. May contain intense violence, mild sexual content, and / or use of strong language.
18+
ADULT
Content generally suitable for 18 years and older. May contain intense violence themes, explicit sexual content and / or use of strong language.
HOW IT WORKS ?
ICANRITE is trying to make the online publishing experience as easy and as rewarding as possible. One of the unique features we have introduced in our site is for writers to rate their own work by age groups. No one is more qualified or more responsible than the writers themselves. Only they can classify which age group their works should be aimed for. This "Age Rating" feature should also give readers more insights as to what they are expecting to read before they even start.