Handy fic formatting guide

POSTED BY: mal4prez
UPDATED: Tuesday, February 14, 2012 16:51
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STINKINGROSE

Monday, September 18, 2006 11:21 PM

You're basically saying "just put it in brackets", neh?
I like the italics because it doesn't disrupt the flow of the reading but rather allows you to glide over something that could otherwise derail your concentration when you don't recognize it as an English word.

All hail the graet ytpo!

MAL4PREZ

Monday, September 18, 2006 11:56 PM

Not all of it is in brackets... it's the same way you italicize words in a post. Like this:

I want to {i}italicize{/i} cool fic stuff.

I just use the curly brackets so you can see the formatting. When I use square brackets instead of curlies, the web site interprets it:

I want to italicize cool fic stuff.

Does that help?

Edit: I read your post again, I think I'm confused. But I'm not sure.

Are you asking how to italicize in general, or just discussing italicized Chinese? I'm feeling a little clueless. Need to eat.

I have no problem with italicizing Chinese, but, for my own fic, I prefer to use the intonation stuff (the funny marks over the vowels) to make it clear that it is a foreign word. That disturbs me less than having the Chinese stand out, either by brackets or asterisks or italics. But that's just me. And clearly I'm easily confused.

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STINKINGROSE

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:14 AM

Alpha geek hubby just put it in Captain Dummy language. I grok now.

MAL4PREZ

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:17 AM

alpha geek husband = good man to have around

Off I go to eat. Finally! (day of too much travel...)

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STINKINGROSE

Tuesday, September 19, 2006 12:18 AM

Alpha Geek hubby just put it in Captain Dummy language. I grok now.
And I just figured out how to get those emoticons I've been unable to cut and paste.
I thought it was just a handy guide to expressions.

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, October 29, 2006 6:24 PM

Givin this a bump, to let people know it's here if they missed it!

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STINKINGROSE

Sunday, October 29, 2006 9:34 PM

Bumpity bump and bookmarking!

PHOENIXROSE

Sunday, January 14, 2007 8:13 AM

*sneaks in and bumps thread*

MAL4PREZ

Wednesday, January 24, 2007 6:23 PM

I added a few things today... if you dig through the original post, you'll find how-tos for:

- centering paragraphs
- including blockquotes (an easier way to indent sections)
- using horizontal lines to separate sections
- using tables to align text

BTW, I've been trying to set up a style sheet for my fics, but it doesn't work when I try to apply it. I'm either messing up, (highly likely!) or the BSR is ignoring my efforts.

Has anyone been successful with this?

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FIZZIX

Monday, February 19, 2007 3:50 PM

Quote:
Originally posted by mal4prez:
I added a few things today... if you dig through the original post, you'll find how-tos for:

- centering paragraphs
- including blockquotes (an easier way to indent sections)
- using horizontal lines to separate sections
- using tables to align text

BTW, I've been trying to set up a style sheet for my fics, but it doesn't work when I try to apply it. I'm either messing up, (highly likely!) or the BSR is ignoring my efforts.

Has anyone been successful with this?

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I'm the president. I don't need to listen.

OMFG! I mean that in all the sense that you have to say it OHMFGUH!... yeah.

You can use HTML in teh BSR!? YYYYYES! I <3 HTML.
But it sounds like you're trying to use CSS, and I don't know that it'll let you do that, but, alas, I didn't know you could use HTML. *giddy*

Squee moment for the Fizzix!

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