What do you do if you're trying to show what a character is thinking? What about their internal dialogue? The industry standard is to eliminate the quotation marks and put the thoughts in italics. You may still need the dialogue tag if it makes the line clearer for readers. I hope ...
But, still, those bits of text in italics are enough, and the bit at the bottom of the page is like trying to sneak a book in. This feeling that prose is getting in the way of the medium has lasted - so text stories in the Sci-Fi Special, I've always ignored. Novel spin-offs ...
Free access to powerful generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) in schools has left educators and system leaders grappling with how to responsibly respond
Assuming that all the Internet plumbing does its work*, I’ll see you later this week, over at SteveWoodruff.com (and for some of you, I’ll see you in Chicago at the SOBCon conference)! *in my final post, I’ll put up all the links to move your feeds and subscriptions over to...
Let’s further assume that Hawkeye actually does write a blog aimed at helping potential clients, because, honestly, it’s less work for me that way. Here’s what the query might have looked like in that alternate reality. Again, if you were Millicent, how would you...
Thanks, but I didn’t write this one. I did write a post about the difference between “famous” and “notorious” in which I fulminate against using “famous” to describe bad people: Catherine, I share your feelings about that use of “anxious”. I want to offer the poor dear reassur...
1) My flow of thoughts becomes restricted on the computer. 2) I tend to type more in text language rather than full words (‘u’ for you, nm for ‘nothing much’, you get the picture) on the computer. But one of the guys in my class, Julian, actually WRITES ‘u’ and stuff li...
The FA nibs were primarily designed to write in short pen strokes, forkanaandkanjiin Japanese. Do you have a problem with the ink flow using the FA nib on the Custom Heritage 912, when you ‘print’ in distinct majuscules and minuscules that are not joined cursively?
Option A does not have a readily noticeable box and you have to figure out where to start writing. #27 More simple, and the huge amount of time the other text editting buttons are not needed at all. #32 I like the big blue box in B. Just like in this study to ...
When you move into your new house, you often make it yours. Whether it’s through the addition of indoor plants, sheer curtains, or an abstract painting that makes sense only to you – there is self-id...