If some nice person could assemble me a very simple, yo-tech(almost no-tech) explanation of preparing manuscripts properly with Microsoft Word, I'd much appreciate it. Y'all have been so generous, I didn't know that I didn't know, and "Beg Deb for help," isn't always a choice. Also, anyone have a favorite punctuation refresher book?
Hey, I've been in a firefight before! Well, I was in a fire. Actually, I was fired from a fry-cook opportunity. I can handle myself.
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erikaj - Dec 27, 2004 12:21:08 pm PST #8898 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
dcp - Dec 27, 2004 12:39:16 pm PST #8899 of 10001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Also, anyone have a favorite punctuation refresher book?
Here is a good online resource.
Offline, my default reference is Strunk & White's The Elements of Style. [link]
Anne W. - Dec 27, 2004 2:11:51 pm PST #8900 of 10001
The lost sheep grow teeth, forsake their lambs, and lie with the lions.
Deb, insent.
deborah grabien - Dec 27, 2004 2:31:32 pm PST #8901 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
erika, I'll ask The Husband (ours, of course), but basically he just set my default settings in Word to standard manuscript format. Those paramters are Courier 12, double space, title upper left, page number upper right. Paragraphs have two carriage returns between them.
I can never figure out how to do or even explain the margins, since this frelling program doesn't use that language; it uses inches and columns and stuff.
erikaj - Dec 27, 2004 2:49:07 pm PST #8902 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Thanks. Because it's come to my attention that I suck at that. And that I use punctuation like I picked it up off the street. And I looked to Crush Guy to console me(and I don't mean porn) and he was more like "Well, yeah, but it's not like something you just blurt out." Smartass. He is so not getting any of this. What was I thinking?! I'll just leave him to the girlie that gets "monogamy" and "monotony" mixed up.
deborah grabien - Dec 27, 2004 3:04:10 pm PST #8903 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
I'll just leave him to the girlie that gets "monogamy" and "monotony" mixed up.
"I'm not spending another night with a woman whose favourite colour is beige." Incredibly Hot Scots Detective Andy in Minette Walters' perfect first mystery thriller, "The Ice House".
Also, in terms of punctuation, who is it who always yells "Fragments! There are too many sentence fragments!"
Huh? Huh?
erikaj - Dec 27, 2004 3:30:10 pm PST #8904 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
I thought that was foreplay. Dang, I do that wrong, too? This is so not my week.
deborah grabien - Dec 27, 2004 3:32:00 pm PST #8905 of 10001
It really doesn't matter. It's just an opinion. Don't worry about it. Not worth the hassle.
(suhNEEEEEEERK!)
erikaj - Dec 27, 2004 3:53:00 pm PST #8906 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Ha, ha. Well, at least somebody profits from my pain.
Brynn - Dec 27, 2004 9:42:25 pm PST #8907 of 10001
"I'd rather discuss the permutations of swordplay, with an undertone of definite allusion to sex." Beverly, offering an example of when your characters give you 'tude.
Deb: insent