Subject: Re: Oh, that makes sense.
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Posted on: 2011-04-21 03:38:00 UTC
It's not just Europe; if you go to Australia (or New Zealand) they're just as likely to use one as the other. Makes things difficult for you crazy Americans and your different lexicons :p
Now, many of you are no doubt familiar with the irritation caused by the page-wide line breaks FF forces us to use. No need for that anymore. There is a work-around. Top secret.
Here: A Guide to FFnet's War on Punctuation
Enjoy, and spread the word.
Less than is stripped but greater than isn't?
While it's useful, I think I'd be too annoyed to have to go through the steps they suggest just so I can just ~~~~ section breaks instead of page wide horizontal rules.
I usually only use the page-wide breaks to set my Author's Notes apart from the story; any other type of break (switching time, place, or point of view, for example), I just go to a new chapter.
If I absolutely must, I use ------- to set it off.
However, I'm glad you posted that link. I'm so tired of having my text changed whenever I save (most of the time, I don't notice until after I've published). Now I know what kinds of things to watch for. :)
...it would have resulted in having greatly varying chapter lengths. I'm just too used to normal books having many scenes and breakaways within the context of a single chapter that it feels off to break individual scenes into chapters.
Glad to have been of service!
FFnet accepts anything as a scene break as long as it is regular text symbol and not repeated more than twice in a row.
I tend to use just one full stop - almost invisible, when you're reading so that I can have multiple 'blank' lines for spacing purposes. It's not perfect, but works well enough.
I do that too!>
The things that go at the end of a sentence. Like that.
Crazy Europeans and your different lexicons.
It's not just Europe; if you go to Australia (or New Zealand) they're just as likely to use one as the other. Makes things difficult for you crazy Americans and your different lexicons :p
You wouldn't believe how many times I've had that argument, with Americans and others, and it never gets resolved because EVERYONE is so completely STUBBORN and REFUSES to consider that maybe someone else's method might be better, or even just acceptable. Gah. It's insane. It's truly, truly insane - and that's among the PROFESSIONALS, who are supposed to be, you know, professoinal. I know you were teasing, but... gah, I hate this issue. I'm just going to hide in a nice picture book now...
Neshomeh isn't gonna get mad at me for responding with just a smiley, is she?
There was a post in there, so it wasn't just a smiley.
(Also, no. That would be silly.)
^_~
~Neshomeh
It does? Well, I'll be damned.