All Comments on 'Submitting Literotica for Beginners'

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MarshAlienMarshAlienalmost 17 years ago
I would have gladly paid double for this story!

Not only is this stuff worth knowing, it's actually stuff I've always wanted to know, at least for the last four months since I started posting.

HarddaysknightHarddaysknightalmost 17 years ago
This is a really good "How To"!

Your information is greatly appreciated. Many writers already knew this, but many of us didn't. Thanks.

BedtimeStories77BedtimeStories77almost 17 years ago
Formatting text for Lit stories.

Lit already has a very well written resource for bold and italic font (et. al) from 2002. It can be found in the "Writer's Resources" link on Lit's story homepage. Currently the submission is ranked with an "H". :)

~Eve

MegamuffinMegamuffinalmost 17 years ago
Yay!

Good to know. I got a good chuckle out of the idea of "losing a little bit of your soul."

DaveDeSadeDaveDeSadealmost 17 years ago
Another way

Can't you accomplish the same thing by typing it in Word then saving it as a .txt file? I think all the formatting instructions stay as hypertext mark-ups.

s53miths53mithalmost 17 years agoAuthor
Re: another way

>Another way<br>

>05/22/07 By: DaveDeSade in USA<br>

>Can't you accomplish the same thing by typing it in Word then <br> >saving it as a .txt file? I think all the formatting <br>>instructions stay as hypertext mark-ups.

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I just tried it, couldn't get it to work, anyone else try?

SlickmanSlickmanalmost 17 years ago
Thanks from an old time submitter

You'd think after 110 stories I would know this but hey...I didn't. Much Appreciated...Slickman

AnonymousAnonymousalmost 17 years ago
We can always learn something new

Eve: "Lit already has a very well written resource for bold and italic font (et. al) from 2002. It can be found in the "Writer's Resources" link on Lit's story homepage."

This is true. I've read it, but was able to deal with this short set of instructions from s53smith more easily. Ghost writer.

zeke81zeke81almost 17 years ago
Lose a piece of your soul

I agree with you on that part. It's hell waiting for a story to be posted, but boy when it does get posted my soul sings out loud. I'll have to copy and paste those instructions so I can put them to use when I need them.

starrkersstarrkersalmost 17 years ago
Simple, to those who know how

It seems obvious, if you know how. But I do remember wallowing in the mire of "how do they do that?". This should be linked to from the FAQ page.

AnonymousAnonymousalmost 17 years ago
What's the opposite of 'genius'?

...That's me and computers! But I thought / was a forward slash, and \ is a backslash. It seems, 'cos you typed it, that you mean /, but is it possible you meant to type \ meaning backslash, which is the word you use? Or am I arse over tit on this?

Jesus, this machine is wonderful when it does what you want, but a bugger when it doesn't!

glynndahglynndahalmost 17 years ago
Or you can just give up

and consider yourself lucky if you can even find the shift key, let alone, use it. A helpful story.

tygztygzabout 11 years ago

Just a note - "/" is a normal or forward slash; "\" is a backslash.

cittrancittranalmost 11 years ago
Huh...

Helpful, though I admit I'm surprised that they use bare HTML coding for this stuff.

That said, I think I'll still be using .doc submissions, as that's the file I'll be sending to my editor.

AnonymousAnonymousover 1 year ago

Italics and emboldened text is not even necessary if you have written well.

AnonymousAnonymous6 months ago

I have read this, and I am still confused. I think showing examples of actual text coded as italics, bold and underlined would be simpler.

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