Post by Anna on Mar 11, 2010 9:07:59 GMT -5
Reposting from another thread, where it went off topic... 
Uncle Bob et al--For speech between rider and dragon, I want italics.
Basically, when you send a story to me, text should be formatted exactly as it would be in a novel you buy in a store. So that means no :: ::, no _word_, no ~word~ or anything like that. Generally, the only special formatting you will see in novels is italics.
If you want to clarify whether the rider is thinking to his dragon or vice-versa, use an attribution, such as: It's cold out, today, Jerith complained to T'ran.
In professionally published books, no one ever uses special characters, and I don't see any reason why we should need to, either. Besides, italics is so much easier to remember than all those formatting symbols. (g)
And saving the stories as .rtf is an excellent way to go. I'm all for it. *busily starts writing up submission guidelines*
How true, and sorry to quote the who post
I've read several of the stories, and I have a question for you, would there be any way to get a copy of just the stories in .rtf, then I can read them, kind like at fanfic.net that how I found my way to here, I got the .pda open and it blinds me 
<-- Hard to read it I want to ejoy it. Also I have low vision too.
Ginny,
I upload the stories as .pdfs to preserve the formatting for those who want to print it out. I can certainly provide you with an .rtf copy - but I'll probably have to take out the artwork and whatnot. I'll see how it looks as .rtf for you and upload it to box.net later.
Basically, when you send a story to me, text should be formatted exactly as it would be in a novel you buy in a store. So that means no :: ::, no _word_, no ~word~ or anything like that. Generally, the only special formatting you will see in novels is italics.
If you want to clarify whether the rider is thinking to his dragon or vice-versa, use an attribution, such as: It's cold out, today, Jerith complained to T'ran.
In professionally published books, no one ever uses special characters, and I don't see any reason why we should need to, either. Besides, italics is so much easier to remember than all those formatting symbols. (g)
And saving the stories as .rtf is an excellent way to go. I'm all for it. *busily starts writing up submission guidelines*
How true, and sorry to quote the who post
I've read several of the stories, and I have a question for you, would there be any way to get a copy of just the stories in .rtf, then I can read them, kind like at fanfic.net that how I found my way to here, I got the .pda open and it blinds me 
<-- Hard to read it I want to ejoy it. Also I have low vision too.I upload the stories as .pdfs to preserve the formatting for those who want to print it out. I can certainly provide you with an .rtf copy - but I'll probably have to take out the artwork and whatnot. I'll see how it looks as .rtf for you and upload it to box.net later.
