Help with writing format.

[8letters]

Looking at my last story that was published, some other things the story text processor does:
* Replaces an em dash (—) with two dashes (--)
* Replaces the character that shows three periods (…) into three periods (...)
* Changes smart or curly quotes into straight quotes
* Changes slanted single quotes into straight quotes
* Puts double quotes around the url in an <a> tag
* Inserts </div><div> at page breaks

 

[FrancesScott]

* Replaces an em dash (—) with two dashes (--)

If I actually include &mdash; it seems to leave it as an em dash rather than two dashes. YMMV.

 

[FrancesScott]

If I actually include &mdash; it seems to leave it as an em dash rather than two dashes. YMMV.

And I had an example of just this in my essay. Maybe it turns RTF or Word em dash into two dashes?

 

[PennameWombat]

I don't honestly know if this is the right place to ask this question. I believe I found it somewhere on this site a while back but now I can't seem to bring it again.
I have posted a couple stories, when I copy them in to save as a draft, italicized sections are no longer italicized. I use that to show internal thoughts for characters.
The majority of my work is done on mobile, so for whatever reason I don't have the option to italicized words unless I'm in a word document.
Does anybody have a suggestion to help me distinguish internal thoughts without using italics?

And I had an example of just this in my essay. Maybe it turns RTF or Word em dash into two dashes?

Just a note that would be useful to put in your How To document.

If someone is using the Literotica Mobile App, and not a browser, to view and read a story, all this formatting is ignored. It simply displays the text using the basic font.

We worked this out a while ago when another author complained all of their italics were gone, but when anyone looked using a browser (on a computer or phone), it was fine. Turned out they were reading the story using the mobile app.

The app has long been ignored and not updated. It works, more or less, but it's definitely suboptimal.

 

[FrancesScott]

Just a note that would be useful to put in your How To document.

If someone is using the Literotica Mobile App, and not a browser, to view and read a story, all this formatting is ignored. It simply displays the text using the basic font.

We worked this out a while ago when another author complained all of their italics were gone, but when anyone looked using a browser (on a computer or phone), it was fine. Turned out they were reading the story using the mobile app.

The app has long been ignored. It works, more or less, but it's definitely suboptimal.

I was unaware that such a thing existed.

 

[8letters]

And I had an example of just this in my essay. Maybe it turns RTF or Word em dash into two dashes?

Submitting this:

gets published as:


My guess, based on what you've shown, is that submitting this:
>>>>>>>>>
“It would only be putting your arm over my shoulder&mdash;”
<<<<<<<<<
would be published as what I originally submitted.

Why the story text processor would take em-dashes as &mdash; and not the actual character is beyond me.

 

[FrancesScott]

Submitting this:
View attachment 2556805
gets published as:
View attachment 2556806

My guess, based on what you've shown, is that submitting this:
>>>>>>>>>
“It would only be putting your arm over my shoulder&mdash;”
<<<<<<<<<
would be published as what I originally submitted.

Why the story text processor would take em-dashes as &mdash; and not the actual character is beyond me.

I think that’s right based on my experience. As to why…? Who knows?

 

[iwatchus]

They never thought to check

 

[EmilyMiller]

Submitting this:
View attachment 2556805
gets published as:
View attachment 2556806

My guess, based on what you've shown, is that submitting this:
>>>>>>>>>
“It would only be putting your arm over my shoulder&mdash;”
<<<<<<<<<
would be published as what I originally submitted.

Why the story text processor would take em-dashes as &mdash; and not the actual character is beyond me.

To confirm the other comments on emdashes

Plucky Penny and the Demon of Doom

uses

<p align="center">&mdash; &mdash; &mdash;</p>

extensively. There are two instances at the top of page one. They don’t get replaced by dashes when published.

 

[WaxPhilosophic]

If you want, I have a web-based formatting tool on my web site.

https://waxphilosophic.sdf.org/LitMark/

In a nutshell...

1. Paste your plain text story in the box.
2. Select words / phrases and use the toolbar buttons for stuff like bold, italic, and centered.
3. Copy the marked up text back to your clipboard for pasting into Lit's new story form.

There's a help page (click the ? icon) with more detail on how to use it to do fancier things.

 

[EmilyMiller]

If you want, I have a web-based formatting tool on my web site.

https://waxphilosophic.sdf.org/LitMark/

In a nutshell...

1. Paste your plain text story in the box.
2. Select words / phrases and use the toolbar buttons for stuff like bold, italic, and centered.
3. Copy the marked up text back to your clipboard for pasting into Lit's new story form.

There's a help page (click the ? icon) with more detail on how to use it to do fancier things.

I do mark up as I write. It would be painful to do it at the end. YMMV.

 

[FrancesScott]

If anyone is interested, the error in made in How To… Punctuate Dialogue has now been fixed.

 

[StillStunned]

Remember, people, errors are like pets. Get them fixed before they multiply.