My points are just fine at 947.22. However, I did lose about eight pages of connections. I'm down to two and a half pages and all of them are quite old connections. So, anyone who reads this can check theirs and see if we're still connected or not. I suspect there will be a flurry of connection requests in the near future.
Bill
I paid again just this morning to get access. My membership was close to expiring, but I don't remember exactly when it does. I'm assuming the new payment will simply be carried over.
Bill
Couldn't you double-space it in an external editor and Copy/Paste it into Gmail?
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Outstanding! Another one out there in the world. Good news for us all.
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It is spam.
Happy Holidays to everyone. Gloomy day outside, nice and toasty warm inside. Looking forward to our pork loin dinner.
Bill
Ah. There you go. Use that 'maybe one scene' to write out the stage movements as well as the spoken dialogue. Full scripts can be tedious to read, but the snippet, if it contains a key element to the plot, would be something the reader would retain for use later in the story. I don't know the genre of your story, but if it is a mystery or the like, then your MCs participation in the scene would be crucial.
Bill
Is the MC's on-stage performance an integral part of the book plot? If so, brief snippets (especially if they have a bearing on the plot) might enhance the story. If the show is only mentioned as a part of the MC's job, then maybe only 1 short snippet of the show might help the reader understand what a script even looks like. Script formats vary quite a bit, so whatever you put down would be fine.
Bill
Hmm, true that. When I re-read the clip, I didn't stop to count the exclamation marks as the dialogue was fascinating enough. I think you might let it stay as is--good and dramatic. Leave them in.
Bill
How about something like a lead-in stating "a frantic exchange of shouted conversation took place during the rough and tumble session." Suitably worded, would that work?
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I have a hard time believing I LOST 1.5 pounds this Thanksgiving. So, that's what I'm thankful for. Good tidings to everyone.
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Not necessary. Just curious.
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Well done, Randy. Who did the narration?
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Only 946.59 here.
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Is the joke that, that isn’t a caribou?
I've lived in both the Philippines and Thailand where that's the generic name for the beast. It is used mostly for plowing fields and hauling carts.
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I had the misfortune to be drinking tea when I first saw it. Took me an hour to clean my keyboard (and my sinuses).
This is a great thread.
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This is a little more visual:
(Three elephants and a caribou walk into a bar......)
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Polly wants a WHAT?
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I stopped going when I got my first pair of hearing aids. The music was SO LOUD and the dialogue was so soft I could barely hear it. That was over 15 years ago.
Bill
Welcome to TNBW, Njoki. Great bunch of writers here.
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I don't fit into my age group either (The Silent Generation) as I am 78. I can tell you right now why we haven't gotten into audio books: Hearing problems. I wear two hearing aids and even using the phone can be a trial. I also go to libraries way more often than they say. and I read ALL the time when I'm not writing.
Bill
I haven't tested it on this site, but on some sites, you can include an ampersand by preceding it with a backslash "\", which means "take the next character as a literal."
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I emailed you about this Sol. Fixed now, so disregard the email.
Bill
I've had no problems posting from either Open Office or Word (depending on which computer I write on - Linux or Wondoze). The formatting always stays the same from source to destination. Where a person runs into trouble is MODIFYING text already posted with edits inside TNBWs edit panel. Formatting can, and most like will, go wrong doing that.
If I decide to alter anything at all in a chapter post, I highlight ALL in the source document, hit COPY, then move to TNBW and highlight ALL inside the edit panel. Then, choose PASTE. This will completely replace everything you've posted previously with the new version, and thus preserve everything as you want it. I rely somewhat heavily on italics and, as you say, they are not kept using Notepad. This process also preserves the complete copy of your source document should you ever need to recover it from TNBW for whatever reason.
Bill
Way to go, Randy. Quite an accomplishment.
Bill
