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RokofAges75:
Grr!  See, I'm used to writing that way, just not indenting and putting spaces between paragraphs, cause I think that's what looks best online.  But when I started this one, I actually looked up how to correctly format a manuscript and told myself I would write it that way from the beginning so that I wouldn't have to go back and re-format it later.  I just did that for Broken and am in the process of doing it for BMS because I'm printing them out, and I want them to look real book-ish.  And it is freaking time-consuming!  I don't want to have to do that again, on top of editing and revising the content.

I figured out how to get the editor on AC to work instead of just the text box, but when I tried to post a chapter that way, it posted the whole thing in one paragraph!!  Ahhhh!

Has anyone been successful in typing a story in Word, correctly formatted, with indented paragraphs and no space in between, and been successful posting it on AC without the formatting getting screwed up?  I've tried it all the different ways I can think of, and no way is perfect.

nicksgal:
I have! ;D My secret is....

I paste into notepad before I post it into the AC box, so that all the formatting is gone, then I redo it by hand on AC. lol

lmao That's not what you wanted, but that's how I like to do it. :) It's the time I use to make sure everything's right before I finally post it. :)

honey:
^ ick! that sounds like no fun.


Yeah, I've only formatted one of my stories in actual "submitting" format. It's a big pain in the A, but at the same time, I'm so used to seeing it "AC" style on the page that I have a hard time reading in real format. My brian gets mad at me and I mix stuff up a lot more. So for now I'm sticking with what my eyes are used to and will just have to go back and reformat before I send it to my editing friends. (then they can hopefully catch any formatting goofs I make as well)

RokofAges75:
Ugh, Dee, yeah... that would drive me nuts.  I have done it before when I really need a part to be in italics or whatever, but to do every bit of formatting in every chapter that way?  No thank you LOL.  I'd rather have slightly crooked indents.

nicksgal:
Well, it is the reason it takes me like a half hour to post a long chapter. lmao I just like having the last minute time to fix things. :)

But, the AC way makes my eyes hurt when I write. lol So I like posting it on my computer in the normal way. :)

The only other writing format I can handle is probably closest to what most people call "script format" but I call it "paneling format," since I use it when I write out comic scripts. lol

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