Can you add emojis to your story?

[T_Blackmoor]

Part of my story has a text exchange and want to add "winky face" and "prayer hands" emojis. Are you allowed to add emojis to your story, or will Laurel kick it back to you to delete them then have to resubmit?

 

[barefootgirl69]

You might get better answers if you post this in the Author's Hangout Forum.

 

[PennyThompson]

Part of my story has a text exchange and want to add "winky face" and "prayer hands" emojis. Are you allowed to add emojis to your story, or will Laurel kick it back to you to delete them then have to resubmit?

Yes you can! Lit will accept and render emojis appropriately, I used a few along with a bit of formatting HTML in some naughty text messages in a recent story of mine.

I think the only thing to keep in mind is that different devices will render emojis slightly differently, based on the emoji library for that operating system and/or web browser. Most of the common ones are pretty standard, but someone on a really old device or OS might not see everything as intended.

 

[T_Blackmoor]

You might get better answers if you post this in the Author's Hangout Forum.

Copy that, New here, still finding my way around

 

[T_Blackmoor]

Yes you can! Lit will accept and render emojis appropriately, I used a few along with a bit of formatting HTML in some naughty text messages in a recent story of mine.

I think the only thing to keep in mind as that different devices will render emojis slightly differently, based on the emoji library for that operating system and/or web browser. Most of the common ones are pretty standard, but someone on a really old device or OS might not see everything as intended.

Perfect, thank you so much

 

[LisaMayTurner]

Please don't!

 

[T_Blackmoor]

Please don't!

Why?

 

[LisaMayTurner]

Why?

Because it makes passion and sexuality and eroticism reduce down to linguistic flow that aligns to teenage and sub-teenage symbolic iconography.

 

[PennyThompson]

Because it makes passion and sexuality and eroticism reduce down to linguistic flow that aligns to teenage and sub-teenage symbolic iconography.

Counterpoint, used carefully and sparingly, it can add verisimilitude and depth of character to a text conversation!

If a character uses emojis in their texts, it says something about them. If a character uses lots of punctuation and capitalization and "Boomer ellipses," it says something else about them.

There are definitely strong opinions on this, though! Some people like portraying realistic text conversations in a story, some people dislike it and prefer to maintain traditional literary conventions. Do what makes you feel good, I say. Nobody's paying you to write, here

 

[TheLobster]

Because it makes passion and sexuality and eroticism reduce down to linguistic flow that aligns to teenage and sub-teenage symbolic iconography.

In narration? I agree, that’d be obnoxious. I’ve never seen emoji used this way though, except as pure typographical symbols in dinkuses (dinkii?).

But in transcripts of characters’ text messages? If you’re going for a contemporary vibe, I see no reason not to use them in a realistic way.

 

[dirk2024]

Because it makes passion and sexuality and eroticism reduce down to linguistic flow that aligns to teenage and sub-teenage symbolic iconography.

Some of us old people use emoji's too.

 

[dirk2024]

Yes you can! Lit will accept and render emojis appropriately, I used a few along with a bit of formatting HTML in some naughty text messages in a recent story of mine.

I think the only thing to keep in mind is that different devices will render emojis slightly differently, based on the emoji library for that operating system and/or web browser. Most of the common ones are pretty standard, but someone on a really old device or OS might not see everything as intended.

Thank you. I have a couple of WIP's where the characters text back and forth. It's part of the dialogue that many people use nowadays. I don't use it in my stories for sexting.

 

[LisaMayTurner]

Some of us old people use emoji's too.

I did not write about the age of the person using them.