Sorry, Ray, I meant to include question two: I've seen a lot of differing opinion about font choices for manuscripts, but they all seem to boil down to "choose a standard Serif font at 12 points". Does this hold true in your professional experience?
Thanks again, Nat On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Nat Russo <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Ray, > > I have a question that seems to be more about your working process, as > opposed to your writing process. Do you find it more convenient to keep > all of your chapters together in a single file, or do you break them out > into individual files? > > The reason for the question is I've recently found myself needing to use > more than one word processor. As odd as it sounds, I don't always have > access to my laptop and Microsoft Word. During those times, I grab my > bluetooth keyboard and my iPad and find a quiet place to work. On the iPad > I use Pages. This works, for the most part, but I often struggle with > formatting issues (e.g. "double spaced" doesn't always have the same > definition from one program to the next), and this requires some tedious > manual labor to get everything back in proper order after an import/export. > I've been playing with the idea of separating the chapters of my book into > individual files so that the "damage" is more contained, but I'm not sure > if this is a "no, you shouldn't do that", "yes it's preferred", or > "whatever works". > > It also occurred to me that there's a greater potential for loss of work > if everything is in a single file. Just curious about your thoughts and > work process. > > Thanks, > Nat > > -- > Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser. > > -- Sent from my Crappy Laptop (tm) using a poor excuse for a web browser.
