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Dom:

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Does everyone use a seperator (**** or ####) between scenes?
I usually just skip an extra line and go to the next scene.

-paul

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I think when you submit a work, the standard for seperating scenes is this:

#
No more, no less.  That way the publisher knows it's actually a scene seperation, and not some sort of typo.


--- Quote from: neurovore on March 02, 2007, 09:27:37 PM ---There are only a few non-governmental organisations in the world with budgets of a size to pay me enough to use MS Word for writing fiction, and let's face it, they're not going to.

I'm currently using emacs, which suffices, but I hold to the belief that the One True Word-Processor where fiction is concerend was Protext for DOS.

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Is Protext what you started writing with, Neurovore?  I've noticed writers seem to be a pretty stubborn bunch; some of the golden age writers stuck to typewriters until the very end, and in the world of computer programs, I've found writers tend to stick with the first one they really learned how to use well!  I use MS Word because it's better then Microsoft Works, and it's the first real word processing program I had access to.  Before this, I used to write longhand in a notebook, and anything is better then that!

Kali:
When I write, it's Times New Roman 12pt, single spaced, double space between paragraphs.  I usually use some repeated character for a major scene separator, something that's not exactly a chapter break but not just a ten minute eyeblink either.  If I'm feeling fancy, I'll use something that's attractive to my eye.  Usually something like ~*~*~*~*~*~*~

I do have to reformat for submitting, into double spacing with tab-indented paragraphs.  And I change scene separators into the centered, lone #    I read it in a Vonda McIntyre thing on submitting, and that's what I've used.  All three times. ;D

I used to write in Arial 11pt.  Whenever I'm re-reading old stuff and I encounter that, I have to change it.  It looks awful to me now.

blgarver:
Kristen ITC, 14 pt, 1.5 spaces...

No, not really.  I use 12 pt Times New Roman, single spaced, double spaced between scenes.  I've only submitted over the internet so I haven't had to mess with formatting for a hard copy submission.  However, I'm almost finished with my first book so I'll be formatting that for hard copy.

I keep in mind that generally, 5 pages of the way I type is about 10 book pages, so I try to stick to that as a framework for my chapters, but I don't go back and double space or change to Courier font.  I won't do that until the 3rd draft or so, when it's closer to submission quality. 

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