I am approaching panic mode on Yuletide. Serious panic mode. The story wants to be very long, and I'm far enough into the long that I'm not sure I can pare it back down to something short.
Does anybody else miss the Mayor? 'I just want to be a big snake.'
Xander ,'End of Days'
Fan Fiction II: Great story! Where's the sequel?
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Anne W. - Dec 16, 2007 3:01:52 am PST #4694 of 10436
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Fay - Dec 16, 2007 3:23:25 am PST #4695 of 10436
"Fuck Western ideologically-motivated gender identification!" Sulu gasped, and came.
::offers hot toddy and soothing backrub::
Ooh! And brava Jilli, whilst I remember - cracking work!
DebetEsse - Dec 16, 2007 4:10:27 am PST #4696 of 10436
Woe to the fucking wicked.
I, like Dana, have a draft.
It remains to be seen how it reads in the light of day.
If it doesn't totally suck, I'll be back with pompoms.
Micole - Dec 16, 2007 8:51:45 am PST #4697 of 10436
I've been working on a song about the difference between analogy and metaphor.
Oh, and at least this year, no one is having sex with a car.
You say that like there's something wrong with having sex with a car.
... No, I'm not done with my story yet either.
Typo Boy - Dec 16, 2007 9:49:36 am PST #4698 of 10436
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Not that I have energy to take part, but what is this yuletide challenge?
Atropa - Dec 16, 2007 1:25:50 pm PST #4699 of 10436
The artist formerly associated with cupcakes.
So, I was looking at the Yuletide uploading FAQ, and it said not to use all caps to denote shouting. "Do not use upper case letters to show emphasis like shouting or screaming."
Um, that might be a problem for me. Should I just change regular sentence caps and use [em] or [b] tags? I don't wanna, but if that's what I need to do ...
Nutty - Dec 16, 2007 1:50:59 pm PST #4700 of 10436
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I used all-caps in one instance, because it provided the visual emphasis I wanted. In general, though, I think they'd prefer itals for emphasis and bolding for things like section breaks/heads. Closer conformity with the general fanfic publishing style, you know?
(In the hands of 1200 fans, all-caps could be so dreadfully abused it wouldn't even be funny. Except, I mean, it would be lolarious.)
So, unless your story really needs it, I'd advise against heavy use of all-caps.
Laga - Dec 16, 2007 2:20:09 pm PST #4701 of 10436
You should know I'm a big deal in the Resistance.
lolarious
pronounced, "ell oh ell arious" or "low larious"?
P.M. Marc - Dec 16, 2007 2:42:47 pm PST #4702 of 10436
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
Jilli, I think your (light) use of ALLCAPS works, and doesn't need tweaking. That's my 2 cents, anyhow. (Also, my lack of further beta comments after the first pass was due to it not needing more tweaks.)
shrift - Dec 16, 2007 3:59:44 pm PST #4703 of 10436
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
So, I was looking at the Yuletide uploading FAQ, and it said not to use all caps to denote shouting.
I think that minor use of caps is totally fine. As long as you preview your story to make sure nothing funny happened with the ALLCAPS, I say go ahead. I can think of several fandoms where not being able to use caps would be problematic.