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| McBadgere |
 May 18 2013, 06:35 AM
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QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 06:18 AM)  Well, my mom used to sell uhhhh...the things single and unlucky married women use for when they have no...men...and she's still pretty prudish. Good job she's not Welsh...She'd be called Dilys...  ...*Cough*... Sorry...I'll go away now... It's one thing to have them on the shelf, but anything else is another thing entirely... The M-I-L used to start any sentence with "Aw *wife'sname*" and massage her temples when she read apparently...  ... |
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| SubRosa |
May 18 2013, 05:32 PM
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QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 01:18 AM) QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 18 2013, 12:14 AM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 06:11 AM) Calm down!!! XD My rule is, if I can't show it to my mother, then it isn't acceptable. Doesn't that depend on the mother?... ...I wouldn't show stuff like that to mine, but the wife used to write a lot of...Racy vampire stuff...And made hers read it all... ...Well, my mom used to sell uhhhh...the things single and unlucky married women use for when they have no...men...and she's still pretty prudish. I used to too. I was a produce clerk at a local grocery store. Lots of cucumbers...  -------------------- |
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| Elisabeth Hollow |
May 18 2013, 05:34 PM
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QUOTE(SubRosa @ May 18 2013, 11:32 AM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 01:18 AM) QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 18 2013, 12:14 AM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 06:11 AM) Calm down!!! XD My rule is, if I can't show it to my mother, then it isn't acceptable. Doesn't that depend on the mother?... ...I wouldn't show stuff like that to mine, but the wife used to write a lot of...Racy vampire stuff...And made hers read it all... ...Well, my mom used to sell uhhhh...the things single and unlucky married women use for when they have no...men...and she's still pretty prudish. I used to too. I was a produce clerk at a local grocery store. Lots of cucumbers... Hahahahahaha!!!! -------------------- |
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| Darkness Eternal |
May 18 2013, 08:37 PM
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 Master  Joined: 10-June 11 From: Coldharbour |
QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 18 2013, 01:46 AM) QUOTE(treydog @ May 17 2013, 07:42 PM) The best thing to do is to write the scene as you want it- and then PM it to a moderator for a review. That way, you are covered. I did write it already. I sent the one paragraph in question to another author on this forum, although she is not a moderator, to get an opinion. If she finds it "iffy", I will certainly do as you suggest. Thanks Trey.  Go wild, friend. Go wild. Someone here told me as long as it didn't involved the swallowing of fluids, then we're in the clear. Oh and violence and sexuality in a single scene might be frowned upon, too. So be careful. In fact, I'll send you a few scenes I wrote(though I never posted them here  ).-------------------- And yet I am, and live—like vapours tossed.
I long for scenes where man hath never trod A place where woman never smiled or wept There to abide with my Creator, God, And sleep as I in childhood sweetly slept, Untroubling and untroubled where I lie The grass below—above the vaulted sky.” |
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| ThatSkyrimGuy |
May 18 2013, 10:53 PM
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 Finder  Joined: 4-May 13 From: Somewhere between here and there |
QUOTE(SubRosa @ May 18 2013, 11:32 AM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 01:18 AM) QUOTE(McBadgere @ May 18 2013, 12:14 AM) QUOTE(Elisabeth Hollow @ May 18 2013, 06:11 AM) Calm down!!! XD My rule is, if I can't show it to my mother, then it isn't acceptable. Doesn't that depend on the mother?... ...I wouldn't show stuff like that to mine, but the wife used to write a lot of...Racy vampire stuff...And made hers read it all... ...Well, my mom used to sell uhhhh...the things single and unlucky married women use for when they have no...men...and she's still pretty prudish. I used to too. I was a produce clerk at a local grocery store. Lots of cucumbers... Yeah, but...cucumbers don't have three speeds ( slow, medium, and who needs a man ) -------------------- A Question of Fate is my Skyrim Fic
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| ThatSkyrimGuy |
May 19 2013, 04:58 PM
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#386
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Finder Joined: 4-May 13 From: Somewhere between here and there |
This question has more to do with actual posting in the forum than a writing process. I use MS Word for writing and editing. Was that an audible "Ugh!" I just heard? Anyway, here is the question -
Is it possible to post in RTF or WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) format? When I post, I copy/paste from Word to the Reply text box. At that point, I have to go through the text and insert my italics, bold face, paragraph breaks, etc. Doing so is not the end of the world, but pasting and having it look exactly as it does in Word would be so helpful, especially when it comes to editing after the fact. I would also like to thank those that responded to my post regarding content. You were all very helpful. It turns out that I was fretting over nothing, as the text is very tame compared to other text that has been deemed acceptable. Thanks again -------------------- A Question of Fate is my Skyrim Fic
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| Colonel Mustard |
May 19 2013, 05:00 PM
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#387
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 Master Joined: 3-July 08 From: The darkest pit of your soul. Hi there! |
QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 19 2013, 04:58 PM) This question has more to do with actual posting in the forum than a writing process. I use MS Word for writing and editing. Was that an audible "Ugh!" I just heard? Anyway, here is the question - Is it possible to post in RTF or WYSIWYG (what you see is what you get) format? When I post, I copy/paste from Word to the Reply text box. At that point, I have to go through the text and insert my italics, bold face, paragraph breaks, etc. Doing so is not the end of the world, but pasting and having it look exactly as it does in Word would be so helpful, especially when it comes to editing after the fact. I would also like to thank those that responded to my post regarding content. You were all very helpful. It turns out that I was fretting over nothing, as the text is very tame compared to other text that has been deemed acceptable. Thanks again It works with Firefox, but not with Chrome. Can't say about Internet Explorer, because who uses Internet Explorer, amirite? |
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| ThatSkyrimGuy |
May 19 2013, 05:06 PM
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Finder Joined: 4-May 13 From: Somewhere between here and there |
QUOTE It works with Firefox, but not with Chrome. Can't say about Internet Explorer, because who uses Internet Explorer, amirite? I use IE...  -------------------- A Question of Fate is my Skyrim Fic
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| King Coin |
May 19 2013, 05:06 PM
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QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 19 2013, 10:58 AM) When I post, I copy/paste from Word to the Reply text box. At that point, I have to go through the text and insert my italics, bold face, paragraph breaks, etc. Doing so is not the end of the world, but pasting and having it look exactly as it does in Word would be so helpful, especially when it comes to editing after the fact. I've taken to just typing the italics tags right into my documents while I'm writing. Like this: CODE [i]Some words to be italicized[/i] Kind of looks goofy, but it works. Boldface is the same except with a [b] and not an [i]. Not sure what you mean by paragraph breaks, I just put extra spacing between paragraphs. This post has been edited by King Coin: May 19 2013, 05:08 PM -------------------- |
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| SubRosa |
May 19 2013, 05:16 PM
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#390
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Ancient Joined: 14-March 10 From: Between The Worlds |
QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 19 2013, 11:58 AM) When I post, I copy/paste from Word to the Reply text box. At that point, I have to go through the text and insert my italics, bold face, paragraph breaks, etc. Doing so is not the end of the world, but pasting and having it look exactly as it does in Word would be so helpful, especially when it comes to editing after the fact. I would also like to thank those that responded to my post regarding content. You were all very helpful. It turns out that I was fretting over nothing, as the text is very tame compared to other text that has been deemed acceptable. Thanks again I do exactly the same thing. Though I do not use paragraph marks in Word. A long time ago I got into the habit of putting a space between all of my paragraphs in Word instead. So I just have to manually bold and italicize everything after I paste my text into the forum. -------------------- |
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| Acadian |
May 19 2013, 05:20 PM
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Like KC, I just draft using the bracket tags like [i] etc and have gotten used to it. Regarding para spacing, I find that if I make sure that my working draft has line spacing set to no spaces between paragraphs, I get (on the forum) the same thing I get in my draft (proper para spacing).
I also do at least a couple of my latter edits by pasting my draft into a PM to myself and reviewing it there. Not only does it give me a different look, but it is a good time to verify forum format. I like using a PM to myself for this in case I accidentally hit the wrong button, it precludes posting something before I'm ready. I mean, not that I've ever accidentally posted before I was ready. . .  -------------------- |
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| Grits |
May 19 2013, 05:24 PM
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 Councilor Joined: 6-November 10 From: The Gold Coast |
I do the same with the [ ] [/] business. For the paragraphs I make sure that Word is not adding a space before or after paragraphs that make it look as if they're... do we still say hard returns?... um, makes it look as if I've hit enter but actually didn't.
Also I PM my posts to myself first to check for spacing and the like. That way I'm not dancing around and cursing when I go to actually post. EDIT: Lol,  edThis post has been edited by Grits: May 19 2013, 05:25 PM -------------------- Jerric's Story * Darnandex * Screenshot: Cyrodiil Meadow |
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| mALX |
May 19 2013, 05:27 PM
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 Ancient Joined: 14-March 10 From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN |
QUOTE(Acadian @ May 19 2013, 12:20 PM) Like KC, I just draft using the bracket tags like [i] etc and have gotten used to it. Regarding para spacing, I find that if I make sure that my working draft has line spacing set to no spaces between paragraphs, I get (on the forum) the same thing I get in my draft (proper para spacing). I also do at least a couple of my latter edits by pasting my draft into a PM to myself and reviewing it there. Not only does it give me a different look, but it is a good time to verify forum format. I like using a PM to myself for this in case I accidentally hit the wrong button, it precludes posting something before I'm ready. I mean, not that I've ever accidentally posted before I was ready. . . SPEW!!! Nor have you ever accidently posted your next chapter on someone else's thread, ROFL !!! Those were the good old days on the BGSF, weren't they? ROFL !!! -------------------- |
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| mALX |
May 19 2013, 06:10 PM
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Ancient Joined: 14-March 10 From: Cyrodiil, the Wastelands, and BFE TN |
QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 19 2013, 12:06 PM) QUOTE It works with Firefox, but not with Chrome. Can't say about Internet Explorer, because who uses Internet Explorer, amirite? I use IE... I do too, and never have a problem transferring my old MS Works stuff onto it at all. Unfortunately, I can't transfer my old MS Works stuff anywhere else without issues, lol. -------------------- |
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| McBadgere |
May 19 2013, 06:28 PM
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Councilor Joined: 21-October 11 |
My twopenneth...
I always write (type) it out (which is always a good start )...I copy and paste the amount needed to a new page, keeping the original formatting...This keeps the original typing out clean...Then I go through the new one adding the [ ] and [/] stuff around what's there already...So then, when I get it to here, it's all done... Then I preview it on the post, just to go through it one more time... And then Robert's your relative...One post... That said, it's been a while since I needed to anyways...So, as you like... ... |
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| treydog |
May 19 2013, 09:19 PM
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Yes, Preview is your friend. Except when the Internet decides to take a nap and eats your incredibly clever "Where we are" intro- which you did not save in Word and which therefore does not exist anywhere except in your fevered (and highly annoyed) imagination.
PMing to self is an excellent idea. I normally do the copy/pasta from Word, go through and find all my italics and then Preview to check for line/paragraph breaks that got garbled. It gives me another chance for a proofread- although (according to some people) I have read the thing so many times by then that the words are worn out anyway. -------------------- The dreams down here aren't broken, nah, they're walkin' with a limp...
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| ThatSkyrimGuy |
May 19 2013, 10:21 PM
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Finder Joined: 4-May 13 From: Somewhere between here and there |
So I guess I am married to the current process, unless I decide to add a third browser to my machine (already have IE and Chrome). Well, like I said, it ain't the end of the world. Regarding the Preview, I agree and already use it as my final proof read. And I still leave nits!
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| Elisabeth Hollow |
May 19 2013, 10:26 PM
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Ancient Joined: 15-November 12 From: Texas |
I'm one of those weirdos who edits as they go along. Then when I'm sick of editing, I quit until I'm ready to post. I go over it and sometimes completely change the flow of the chapters unless it's been in my head for weeks.
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| SubRosa |
May 19 2013, 11:04 PM
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Ancient Joined: 14-March 10 From: Between The Worlds |
QUOTE(ThatSkyrimGuy @ May 19 2013, 05:21 PM) And I still leave nits! So do we all. That is why editors have jobs. If I paid Acadian for every nit of mine he found, he would be the richest man in the world... -------------------- |
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| Grits |
May 19 2013, 11:09 PM
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Councilor Joined: 6-November 10 From: The Gold Coast |
Indeed. And I find new ones every time I change the font.
 Back in the day I used to read everything (product specs, promotional materials) backwards before I sent it to the printer to make sure I had written the words I thought I had written. Spell check sometimes causes its own problems. -------------------- Jerric's Story * Darnandex * Screenshot: Cyrodiil Meadow |
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