In a message dated 12/5/2002 10:18:26 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
1: What color text, background, and font size are easiest to read on? Actually, I find that .txt files are the easiest to read... That's black text on a white bg with courier font. Stay away from blues, reds, greens or yellows. These seriously screw up your eyes. Not so much when you are reading, but when you move to different page or look away from the computer. > 2: What make a Fan Fic look professional? Decent spelling, clear word usage, understandable sentences, paragraphs that are at least three sentences long. Of course, most of these can be given some leeway, since much of the time you are writing dialogue and not an essay. > 3: Does.....this....annoy...people.......when....they....are......reading......a >fan.....fic? Yes, it does. However, if used with some control, the ellipses can be on your side. They can be used effectively in highly dramatic points. Also, the way I was taught to use ellipses in school was "word preceding left out words . . . words following left out word" or "end of sentence. . . . Words following left out words." > 4: What other thing are annoying when reading Fan Fiction? Actually, sorry, this question contains a major pet peeve of mine. Subject/verb agreement and tense agreement. In this case, "thing" is the subject and "are" is the verb. They should both be plural or singular, not mixed. Here is a sentence showing common mistakes in tense agreement: "He jumped on the chair as he is dancing wildly." The sentence should be restructured: "He jumped on the chair and danced wildly." Oh yeah, punctuations come immediately before a closing quotation mark. > Was that quik enough.....thanks....If I have any more > questions....Ill ask... .......ok.......you do that........ ;) -Mikey QM
