Activity for August Canaille
| Type | On... | Excerpt | Status | Date |
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| Edit | Post #27797 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #25269 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #24550 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #22977 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #22525 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
| Edit | Post #22485 | Initial revision | — | almost 5 years ago |
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How do you stop capitalizing the first two letters on Scrivener? In Word it's quite easy to stop the CApitalization OF THe FIrst TWo LEtters, but I cannot figure out how to do it on Scrivener. How would I auto-correct this error? (more) |
— | over 6 years ago |
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What is the name of the service or job title for typing handwritten manuscripts? I was thinking about paying someone to type up the handwritten pages of my novel, so that I can go straight to the editing process. (I prefer first drafts to be with pencil.). This way I can juggle more projects. For some reason I assumed this specific job was a transcriptionist, but that is technica... (more) |
— | almost 7 years ago |
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Do editors rewrite? I write fiction, I guess you could say experimental fiction, but I just feel I am more of a stylist. Every story of mine that's been accepted was taken as is. Now, for the first time, I am dealing with an editor who sent back a heavily edited draft of a short story. They did more than cut: they rewro... (more) |
— | about 7 years ago |
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How to use small caps in stage directions of a play? I hate asking this, but for some reason I am utterly confused: is small caps not capitalized? I assumed if I wrote a characters name, "JASON", for instance, and then highlighted it and selected the small caps feature, that it would change it slightly--but it doesn't. I've never used it, a play submis... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Using ellipses in a novel A lot of my favorite writers use ellipses, in both narration and dialogue. I know the rules for them, and how they are broken (somewhat) for fiction. The problem I have is that when I vacillate between the three-dot ellipsis and the four-, I run into a problem on line breaks. In Journey to the End of... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |
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Satirical writing: how much can you say about famous athletes? I recently re-read a story I did from 2012, and reading it cold made me realize how much I liked it. There was just one problem: the narrator mentions real athletes. Writing from an alter ego, in an obviously satirical way, the narrator goes to the London Olympics and tries to fuck all the athletes. ... (more) |
— | over 7 years ago |