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Posts by August Canaille‭

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Q&A 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 bet...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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...

0 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 a...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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 ...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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...

2 answers  ·  posted 7y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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Q&A 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?

1 answer  ·  posted 6y ago by August Canaille‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

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