Is it just me. When posting work no paragraphs

[SinderellaSin]

Everytime I post a story for checking it comes out as a block.

See there's a linein between which is how it's written but when I post it.
Oh look it just looks like one big block. I've posted it by putting it in the box with gaps, I've tried as .txt file but both came out looking like this

Instead of like this. Is it me, is it because im sending from a mobile? Just wondered if other people had met with the same problem.

 

[barefootgirl69]

Everytime I post a story for checking it comes out as a block.

See there's a linein between which is how it's written but when I post it.
Oh look it just looks like one big block. I've posted it by putting it in the box with gaps, I've tried as .txt file but both came out looking like this

Instead of like this. Is it me, is it because im sending from a mobile? Just wondered if other people had met with the same problem.

Double spacing between your paragraphs should fix this.

 

[SinderellaSin]

Problem from posting from a phone in think. I finally managed to attach the story from a file. Fingers crossed

 

[iwatchus]

I was copying and pasting from Pages and it took me a few submissions to realize that some of my returns were typed as shift returns, which are non-displaying characters when displayed here. I had a dialogue rejection where I thought I had gotten everything right, but I think Laurel was seeing it as quotes abutting each other. I had to go back and fix all the earlier stories as well. I am used to looking for that particular typo now.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I need a real keyboard to type stuff. I can't imagine using a tiny pretend, virtual keyboard for more than a dozen words.

 

[Britva415]

Everytime I post a story for checking it comes out as a block.

See there's a linein between which is how it's written but when I post it.
Oh look it just looks like one big block. I've posted it by putting it in the box with gaps, I've tried as .txt file but both came out looking like this

Instead of like this. Is it me, is it because im sending from a mobile? Just wondered if other people had met with the same problem.

You can't try to format a set of paragraphs as follows (pretend the underline characters are invisible indentation spaces)

_____Paragraph 1 bla bla bla lorem words. Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.
_____Paragraph 2 bla bla bla lorem words. Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.
_____Paragraph 3 etc.

Because, the site doesn't see that as paragraphs, the site sees it as unnecessary white-space between sentences. The site will clean the unnecessary white-space up by removing it, concatenating what's left.

Instead, make sure that the way you're separating your paragraphs matches how the site is going to display them:

Paragraph 1 bla bla bla lorem words. Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.

Paragraph 2 bla bla bla lorem words. Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.Bla bla bla lorem words.

Paragraph 3 etc.

A webpage is not paper, and different typographical conventions are enforced by software than by print typesetters.

 

[StillStunned]

The quick and easy solution is to do Find & Replace, replacing "^p" with "^p^p". (The "^p" being the hard return.)

 

[BobbyBrandt]

I need a real keyboard to type stuff. I can't imaging using a tiny pretend, virtual keyboard for more than a dozen words.

I'm right there with you, although I do dictate parts of my story into my phone sometimes, converting it to text and then transferring it to my computer for inclusion.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Nobody found my typo easter egg.

 

[filthytrancendence]

This is a neat tool for adding line breaks. Very useful when the thing is very long.

https://www.textfixer.com/tools/add-line-breaks.php

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

This is a neat tool for adding line breaks. Very useful when the thing is very long.

I add line breaks with the Enter key. No need to download more stuff that may or may not pose a risk.

 

[filthytrancendence]

I add line breaks with the Enter key. No need to download more stuff that may or may not pose a risk.

It's not a download. You paste in the text, push a button, and it's done.

I also do that, but I've written some long stuff in Word in the past that was only single spaced because of the default trailing paragraph spacing, and that saved me from going through and adding 1000 line breaks to the stupid thing.

 

[StillStunned]

It's not a download. You paste in the text, push a button, and it's done.

I also do that, but I've written some long stuff in Word in the past that was only single spaced because of the default trailing paragraph spacing, and that saved me from going through and adding 1000 line breaks to the stupid thing.

The quick and easy solution is to do Find & Replace, replacing "^p" with "^p^p". (The "^p" being the hard return.)

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

So, you gotta give your stuff to some other third party, not knowing what they're gonna do with it, instead of using the thing on every keyboard you already have.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

Oh, and don't use Word which is well known to pollute files with nonsense.

 

[filthytrancendence]

So, you gotta give your stuff to some other third party, not knowing what they're gonna do with it, instead of using the thing on every keyboard you already have.

I don't know why you're intent on arguing with me about it. Nobody's making you use it. It was helpful to me at one point, so I shared it. That's all.

 

[ElectricBlue]

It's not a download. You paste in the text, push a button, and it's done.

I also do that, but I've written some long stuff in Word in the past that was only single spaced because of the default trailing paragraph spacing, and that saved me from going through and adding 1000 line breaks to the stupid thing.

Why don't you double return as you write? Sounds nuts to do it after the thing is written.

 

[SinderellaSin]

I am going to say it here. I was determined to sort everything by myself. I let someone edit my story and yes changes were made. I tried an ai and it changed so much. So I went back rewrote it. Gave the characters proper conversation. As in the essay.... 5 days later it's still rejected.

Im sorry im not supreme standard of writer and editor, but after every rejection (especially a five day delay one) it chips away at you. This last one has just taken away the fun in writing for me. Just given a standard reply everytime.

Rant over, a week away. I may write. I may not we shall see. Sorry needed to get it off my chest rather than write it as a separate discussion.


I never claimed to be Dickens or Shakespere. Steven King or Dan Brown. I wrote for fun. I tried my best. It was fun.

 

[NotWise]

I never claimed to be Dickens or Shakespere. Steven King or Dan Brown. I wrote for fun. I tried my best. It was fun.

I don't think rejections are every about the quality of your writing. No-one expects Dickens or Shakespeare. They're sometimes about content, and very often about mechanics.

The notice you received when it's sent back should tell you where to look, though usually in a pretty generic way. You can get help on the Editor's Forum.

 

[Five_Inch_Heels]

I am going to say it here.

And has been said before ....

Post a few paragraphs here including some dialog, let the squirrels hack away at it for bit ....

 

[TheLobster]

So, you gotta give your stuff to some other third party, not knowing what they're gonna do with it, instead of using the thing on every keyboard you already have.

The form on that page @filthytrancendence linked is purely client-side; it works locally, without sending anything to any server. I verified that using the Chrome's dev tools' Network tab.

Indeed, the entirety of what it does is do the fancier version of what @StillStunned suggests, since it also sanitizes other duplicate whitespace. The exact code is here if anyone's interested:

var para = document.getElementById("paragraphs").checked;
var nopara = document.getElementById("noparagraphs").checked;
var noBreaksText = document.getElementById("oldText").value;

if(para == 1 || para ==  true){
    //replace all line breaks with a marker   
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"<1br /><1br />");

    // find paragraph breaks
    re1 = /<1br \/><1br \/>/gi;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re1,"<2br />");
    //get rid of all remaining single line breaks
    re12 = /<1br \/>/gi;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re12,"");

    //exchange duplicate paragraph break markers
    re13 = /<2br \/><2br \/>/gi;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re13,"<2br />");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re13,"<2br />");
    
    // replace double whitespaces
    re15 = /\s+/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re15," ");
    
    //Insert paragraphs breaks
    re14 = /<2br \/>/gi;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re14,"\r\n\r\n");

    //Just in case clean-up
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
}else{
    //If this text has some line breaks in it then take case of them
    //replace ass line breask with a marker   
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\r\n|\n|\r)/gm,"<1br /><1br />");
    // replace double whitespaces
    re15 = /\s+/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re15," ");
    
    //replace multiples spaces after punctuation
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\.\s+)/gm,".");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\!\s+)/gm,"!");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\?\s+)/gm,"?");
    
    //Add lien break markers after sentences
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\.)/gm,".<1br /><1br />");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\!)/gm,"!<1br /><1br />");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(/(\?)/gm,"?<1br /><1br />");
    
    // find paragraph breaks
    re1 = /<1br \/><1br \/>/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re1,"<2br />");
    //get rid of all remaining single line breaks
    re12 = /<1br \/>/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re12,"");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re12,"");

    //exchange duplicate paragraph break markers
    re13 = /<2br \/><2br \/>/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re13,"<2br />");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re13,"<2br />");

    //Insert paragraphs breaks
    re14 = /<2br \/>/gm;
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace(re14,"\r\n\r\n");
    
    //Just in case clean-up
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");   
    noBreaksText = noBreaksText.replace("\r\n\r\n\r\n","\r\n\r\n");
}
    
document.getElementById("newText").value = noBreaksText;

 

[SinderellaSin]

So just my normal kickback reaction to being rejected. I thought I'd edited it and of course i added another 2000 words to enhance the story. Again writing from a phone rather than a laptop. So what I've learnt is auto correct doesn't work well. I miss a few " or sometimes I hit ' instead so now I have to edit it for the 6th time as the proof reader didn't allow those changes. I will resubmit.

I am just a writer, a submissive to my words. Literotica is my domme wanting me to be a better submissive, yes sir!

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