the writings of a rambler

I write the same characters in multiple universes. It's all part of my multiverse theory. My stories, drabbles, and works-in-progress. Feel free to ask me for prompts or drabbles!

[matsuba-illustration]

[deus-ex-magyk]

For the striving she has endured in mirrors

[stories-and-things-ive-forgotten]

Item: The Screen Rarity: ⏶ Common

Console or PC?

Feed your dashboard by answering my question, blogger.

Console, but PC for multiplayer.

[the-blue-wraith]

Kingdom Hearts Re:Chain of Memories - Soundtracks Happy 18th Anniversary to the Japanese Release of KH Re:COM! Template

[saaltskies]

"I'm so sorry."

[saaltskies]

"I'm so sorry."

[puyopuyopopee]

I’m noticing an increase in new fic writers on AO3 who…uh…mayy not know how to format their fics correctly..so here is a quick and VERY important tip

Using a random fic of mine as example..

The left example: ✅✅✅

The right example: ❌❌❌

Idk how many times I’ve read a good fic summary and been so excited to read before clicking on it and being met with an ugly wall of text. When I see a huge text brick with zero full line breaks my eyes blur and I just siiiigh bc either I click out immediately or I grin and bear it…it’s insufferable!

If a new character speaks, you need a line break. If you notice a paragraph is becoming too large, go ahead and make a line break and/or maybe reconfigure the paragraph to flow better. I’m not a pro writer or even a huge fic writer but…please…ty…

[ao3-shenanigans]

This is a good thing to keep in mind! It is often and unfortunate that a really good fic doesn’t get love because its formatting makes it too difficult to read!

[asymmetryestablished]

I think I figured out why this happens!

AO3's posting form has two modes: Rich Text and HTML. the vast majority of people write in Rich Text editors, aka any normal word processing software (MS Word, Google Docs, Apple Pages, what have you). but when you first open it, the posting form opens in HTML view. if you paste formatted text into HTML view, it erases every piece of formatting, including paragraph spacing.

this is an easy fix. when you go to post your fic, make sure the posting form looks like this:

not like this:

and please spread the word! this is an important piece of computer literacy that nobody is teaching to the new generations and they deserve to know

[myriad-thoughts]

and the reverse happens when pasting from some places (google doc, ms word) into rich-text where it doubles the spaces between lines. If you look at the html it generates </p><p> </p><p> tags - an extra paragraph containing a single space, which you can search and replace down to a single </p><p> (end paragraph, start new one).

[ruffboi-mags]

Also, since sometimes working with the rich text editor can be a pain even when copy-pasting from another rich text editor, there is a Google Docs script that will format your document in HTML and make it appropriate for posting into the AO3 html editor. I swear by this and I use it every time I post to AO3. It's literally just a specific Google doc that you can make a copy of that includes a script where you just select a menu option and it will automatically convert formatting to HTML, and using this script + pasting into the HTML editor has bypassed the issues of "extra line breaks between paragraphs" and "a space after italics where there shouldn't be" for me.

The original google doc is here and it includes directions both for getting a copy of it into your own google drive and for using it to prepare your fic for posting on AO3.

[mysteryteacup]

Also be aware that if you write in Scrivener it will not keep your formatting when you paste it into AO3, even in the Rich Text editor.

There's a reason I'm only writing one fic in Scrivener (it's the timey wimey one where I need the corkboards function on Scrivener in order to function).

[thegoldenavenger]

adding on that if you use ellipsus (online alternative to Google docs) there is a native "export to ao3" function which automatically copies an html version of your fic including the spacing and formatting and opens a new tab for a new work in ao3. Just paste into the text box and you'll be set!

[rosencrantzsguildenstern]

@mysteryteacup, and everyone else who uses Scrivener;

In Scrivener, you can go to the manual "copy" section of the edit menu and hit "copy special"! Then, it will give you 2 options which auto-generate HTML you can paste into the HTML editor.

[mysteryteacup]

Oooh, interesting! I'll try that next time! Thank you!

[prettiestpear]

[antimonarchy]

(ID: A t-shirt saying 'everything I love causes carpal tunnel' with a medical graphic of a person's hand holding their other wrist in pain. End ID)

[incandescent-creativity]

So much emphasis on the first sentence of a wip. What about the fifteenth sentences. What about them I say

[queen-tashie]

My 15th line is:

Something about naming an heir, like buying life insurance, meant you would die soon.

[incandescent-creativity]

WJSHDHWHSJ I LOVE THIS

[ava-m-gale]

"She paused and rolled her thoughts over her tongue."

right in the midst of my protagonist doing her morning prayer. not bad.

[incandescent-creativity]

I LOVE THAT ONE TOO WOW

[galactic-mystics-writes]

My 15th is:

"'It's just a little storm!"'

Followed immediately with:

'Thunder shook the thick windows.'

[incandescent-creativity]

Something tells me. Not little 😂

[poorly-managed]

"Then she moved with them, her footsteps quiet on the roof."

[incandescent-creativity]

Ah yes the infamous question, super spy or Santa’s helper

[avrablake]

“The line was long, as usual.”

A short line to talk about a long line.

[incandescent-creativity]

Skdjdhshw oh you’re a clever one for that

[dreamsofbooksandmonsters]

My 15th line is:

"She had to lose, she didn’t have to make it painless."

[incandescent-creativity]

KICK THEIR ASS BABE I GOT YO FLOWER

[redshield-writes]

The fifteenth line of my current project is:

"The future he Saw wouldn't make itself."

[roselinbooks]

Alright, I'm joining in!

"The living room was a mess, but Baltan could navigate it blindfolded if he had to."

Oh. That's. That's uh. Hmmmmmm.

[incandescent-creativity]

It’s descriptive is what it is! And speaks to how long Baltan has been living here!

[acenerdsbian]

"All it got her in return was a scoff and a narrowing of dark eyes that reflected streetlights in an unnervingly inhuman way."

Not as evocative as some of these, but not bad.

[incandescent-creativity]

Not bad at all! Unnerving and inhuman back to back is fun to me for some reason. Maybe the un- and in- is doing it.

[waltzshouldbewriting]

“I've found a computer with data on it, Neuron informed the rest of his team.”

[incandescent-creativity]

Go Neuron go, you’re doing great! Hopefully it’s helpful data!

[stories-and-things-ive-forgotten]

Her lips were curled into a frown, and C8 could see the loosened wires around her neck- the glands, the hard drive, and the roots of the memory drive- he looked fearful, suddenly, understanding why she clung to her weapon tightly.

[holleighgram]

"I spilled lipstick in your Valentino bag."

[katestewartt]

Interview of all time

[gayvampyr]

asking people to be mindful of others when sharing a communal space (especially one you cannot just up and leave from) is not selfish or misanthropic. come on now

[gayvampyr]

yeah

[breelandwalker]

And there is a vast yawning chasm of difference between Weird & Unusual and Fucking Inconsiderate.

[indieninja92]

stimming, talking to yourself, being a bit smelly: unusual, uncontrollable, literally just a fact of being a person in public

playing tiktoks on your phone at full volume with no headphones: shit-head behaviour

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[carpecake]

I am reminded of the time when someone at my alma mater attempted to hybridise HIV (difficult to culture at the time) with Hepatitis A virus (somewhat easier to culture; food- and water-borne). Apparently they neither consulted their academic supervisor nor their ethics committee before attempting this.

[sabertoothwalrus]

yknow how the greener parts of apple skin are tan lines from where leaves and branches obscure the sun? I’m surprised I’ve never seen anyone utilize that for printmaking

[sabertoothwalrus]

finally got an apple that shows this effect well

[sabertoothwalrus]

OH THIS IS EXCELLENT THANK YOU

[hiveswap]

Everyone say thank you american indigenous people for cultivating corn, potatoes, peppers, tomatoes, cacao, pumpkin, squash, and anything i missed. Makes life more meaningful globally

[xiaguangmagpie]

Yes actually I will not shut up about how these foods are from the Americas/cultivated by the people there, and did NOT exist in Asia, Africa or Europe before the 1490s, there was an absolute food revolution going on in the 1500s. Whatever you think is traditional food for your country? Check again, you’ve maybe only been using that ingredient for maybe 500 years. Here is the full list of crops, it is very interesting :))

[testdevice]

they call it his achilles heel because ack! It killies him

[tansytaseis]

how it feels to be playing Character with your friend

[tansytaseis]

inviting your friend to smash your toys together

[rylandsgrace]

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