Double Spacing on Poems

[Koba]

Recently I posted a poem. (Toddling). Everything seemed to go fine when I submitted it. The next day when it posted I was shocked....shocked, I tell you.... to see that it was double spaced. I immediately submitted a redux which posted the next day. I was very grateful of that but during the time when it was up there for all to see with double spacing I was having anxiety attacks which necessitated my increasing my dose of Xanax to the point that I was decidedly unpoetic. I have since noticed, reading through quite a few poems that this seems to happen with a fair frequency. Anyone have any ideas on what causes this double spacing? ....and how can it be avoided?

 

[champagne1982]

Recently I posted a poem. (Toddling). Everything seemed to go fine when I submitted it. The next day when it posted I was shocked....shocked, I tell you.... to see that it was double spaced. I immediately submitted a redux which posted the next day. I was very grateful of that but during the time when it was up there for all to see with double spacing I was having anxiety attacks which necessitated my increasing my dose of Xanax to the point that I was decidedly unpoetic. I have since noticed, reading through quite a few poems that this seems to happen with a fair frequency. Anyone have any ideas on what causes this double spacing? ....and how can it be avoided?

Often, at the end of a line of type there is an extra character added to add space (height) after that line or before the next. The best way to avoid this is to paste the poem into "notepad" on your computer and ensure that all formatting is removed. I won't go into a lesson on how to use formatting in MSOffice software, suffice it to say, that as long as you submit a file in plain text, hit enter where you need a line break and enter twice where you want a strophe separation, then re-copy and paste it into Literotica's submission field, you should have a fail-safe entry. In the "notes" field, I suggest you make a remark to the effect that your poem is to be published without extra space between lines unless it marks the end of a strophe. Your poem likely won't go up the same day as you submitted it, but sometimes it's worth the extra delay to have a piece that stands on its words rather than on its looks.

You should submit shaped poems as a file so that the editors can work their magic and have a clear idea of the image you're trying to convey. Good luck!

 

[Maria2394]

I have always used the online submission form and never had a problem. I always hit "preview" before "submit" to make sure it's alright but I do not know anything about the software Champ speaks of and computers are so different when it comes to things like that.

I have wanted to submit illustrated poems but just don't have the smarts to do it, not even with the tutorial that is posted on a sticky thread. I guess I was born a century and a half too late. Then it wouldn't aggravate me so badly.



Ps, and Koba, the double spacing may have been a teeny bit distracting, but as far as I am concerned, it took nothing away from your content, which was beyond beautiful.