Writing Help 2017

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Writing and coding HTML are two tasks that often intimidate new bacons, but this post will try to make it easier and less scary! This post will be ongoing.
This post will be updated accordingly when and if mods find an article/blog or readers send a request for a certain tutorial.
If there is anything you would possibly wish to be added to this post, comment below or email us! Comments will be screened.
Resources and answers will be provided to you to the best of our ability.
With love, mods.


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HTML
"HyperText Markup Language: a set of standards, a variety of SGML, used to tag the elements of a hypertext document. It is the standard protocol for formatting and displaying documents on the World Wide Web," (Dictionary.com).

WHY IS HTML HEAVILY PREFERRED?
Html coding is essentially universal. For example, on livejournal, when posting, you will either be given the choice between visual editor and html editor. For ArchiveOfOurOwn, it is called rich text vs html. Sometimes, the way one program recognizes a writing format is completely different with how it is recognized on another platform. When we get submissions from writers who've used word document and failed to write in html format---instead using the "italicize" option given to them in the tool bar---- what we encounter is a formating error when we attempt to copy and paste their story onto livejournal's visual editor. Italicized words will revert back to being normal. The spaces between paragraphs will be gone, creating a weird mesh of 2 or 3 paragraphs put into one. Normally, mods will paste submissions onto the html editor but this editor will only recognize changes to the text when there is coding, so if the writer did not write in html format, we are essentially posting their story as plain text... This usually ends with the mods manually fixing the issue.

In short, html formating saves us a lot of time. It is also applicable to multiple web platforms such as livejournal, dreamwidth, archiveofourown, fanficiton.net and so forth.

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Links to basic HTML articles

• Html basics


• Html tags for italics, bolds, underlines, etc


• Html for indentation and lists


• Html basics (different site)


• Html for text colors


• Tutorial: Placing html tags in MS word - by megyal (NOTE: This link can also be found on the front page of our livejournal!)

Tips From MOD2

Writing on livejournal for the first time was weird for someone who didn't understand what HTML was. Even after all these years, I tend to stay with the basics and with what comes naturally to me. With HTML, you can be as fancy or as simple as you'd like. These are quick codes for those who like simple such as myself!

<p> Write an entire paragraph here and end it with this </p>

• WHAT DOES THIS DO? It separates your paragraphs, preventing it from becoming one big block of words from start to finish.

<i> This one will italicize anything between these two cute codes </i>

• IMPORTANT! Remember that when you reach the place where you want to stop italicizing, you must not forget the forward slash in front of the i (</i>)....If you happen to forget, it will italicize everything after that point.

<b> Do you want to bold your font? This is it! </b>

• IMPORTANT! Again, make sure you do not forget to put the forward slash in front of the b (</b>) when you are done using bold.

<u> Underlining important things is important! </u>

• Dont forget that forward slash!

Write in HTML as you are writing your story. It is easier than going back and deciding what you want to italicize and what you want to keep neutral.

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( last updated 2/11/2017 )