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Q&A How to indicate emphasis in plain text manuscripts

Some short story markets (e.g. Daily Science Fiction) request manuscripts in plain text. How do you indicate emphasis in a plain text manuscript?

2 answers  ·  posted 10y ago by Dale Hartley Emery‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:09:45Z (over 4 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/9241
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Dale Hartley Emery‭ · 2019-12-08T03:09:45Z (over 4 years ago)
Some short story markets (e.g. Daily Science Fiction) request manuscripts in plain text. How do you indicate emphasis in a plain text manuscript?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-10-27T22:40:17Z (over 10 years ago)
Original score: 5