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Do I usually think in (and then write) 4 line paragraphs?
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Do I usually think a clause and then but or however it?
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Hum?
You've been up to late.
Get some sleep.
To answer your question, who knows? We all have our habits, this must be yours.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
Do you?
If you do, I'd like know who your your editor(s) is/are - because what has appeared here, presumably after editing, shows neither of those traits as predominating.
On an admittedly cursory examination, the prevailing paragraph length in 'Heart of Darkness' is longer than in many other stories posted here; but it suits the syle of the tale very well. And note "prevailing" - there is diversity of length, which is well matched to the changing pace of the story.
Xi
Bisley slogan: 'We aim to please; you aim too, please.'
In my First Cut
I actually play computer games while I write. This means that when I alt-tab back to the word processor I find that these are two things that I often notice need cleaned up. I actually find that alt-tabbing is a very good way to view the appearance of your story. It also helps find things such as using the same, important word multiple times in a paragraph.
Alt-tab?
What does this do? I don't randomly punch buttons to see what happens, call me cautious.
Karen J.
"A dress makes no sense unless it inspires men to want to take it off you."
Francoise Sagan
"Life is not measured by the breaths you take, but by the moments that take your breath away.”
George Carlin
Alt-Tab
It is way to switch between open application within Windows. I use it since I will always choose the keyboard over the mouse. The thing about it is that flipping from one application to Roughdraft or Wordpad causes the text on the screen to hit me, commonly used words jump out or to much uniformity is noticeable.
Clever, but I worry
Seems a good proofing trick. The human mind is good a pattern recognition and that trick would likely encourage it.
Be careful, if your PC, or any part of it, is from SRU alt-ANYTHING could be very dangerous. I LIKE my *tab* and would prefer not to loose it - thank you very much -- though if alt-whatever turned out to be a cute twenty-ish blonde built like a ... But I digress.
John in Wauwatosa
John in Wauwatosa
Nope, tried
Nothing happened along those lines and I mean I tried.
ALT-TAB, ALT-WHATEVER and ALT-EVERYTHING. Even tried the ALT-ANY combo.
Nuthin'.
I'm [looking down to check just one more time] still ... this. :o\
Maybe my PC is just too PC.
Jess
"In this universe there are many strange interesting things. I like to think I am one of those Strange interesting things. "
"In this universe there are many strange interesting things. I like to think I am one of those Strange interesting things. "
Try Exorcism
Dear Arcie Emm,
It may be a curse. It has all the hallmarks of one and they are not uncommon in this place. Admittedly the cursee traditionally has to face breast growth inappropriate to his gender or the substitution of sexually inviting items of feminine lingerie for his habitual garb of mundane boxer shorts.
But there is no rule, written or unwritten, governing this. Such keyboard malfunction may just be a worrying variation from the norm. Alternatively it may just be a curse that has gone wrong. One cannot count on all cursers possessing a perfect command of their craft in these modern times. The art has, or so I am given to understand, of late fallen into, if not disrepute, certainly a certain laxness of execution due to the decline in the study of Latin and other classical languages.
(Note I say 'given to understand' as I am naturally myself chary of attracting the wrath onto my own head of any practitioner of magic who might, quite erroneously, feel I am maligning either himself or his colleagues.)
I suggest you think back as to whether you could have yourself irritated anyone dressed in green such as described in Randalynn's recent authoritative work 'Dentristy for Gifted Equines'. Alternatively suave gentlemen distinguished by horns and trailing an odour of brimstone are frequently the cause of many problems associated with the supernatural. One of the difficulties of course is that such beings delight in taking on the form of harmless, frequently bespectacled and bearded, old men of visually impeccably truthful and harmless appearance.
One cannot be too careful. I personally am polite to the point of fawning, to every passer bye I might meet.
A possible solution is to undertake regular blood sacrifices. Although this practice has largely fallen into disfavour due to the scarcity of available virgins and the modern squeamishness in the respect of the slaughtering of new born babies, suitable goats and other sundry ruminants can be obtained relatively cheaply on Ebay or from your local stockist and these will prove relatively efficacious albeit lacking the usual guarantees.
I do hope that the above proves to be of use.
Please let me know if I can be of any further assistance,
Hugs,
Fleurie