[ SECRET POST #2437 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2437 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 01 pages, 024 secrets from Secret Submission Post #348.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 - not!secrets ], [ 1 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

Re: Inspired by #10

[(Anonymous)]

People who use rows of ~*~*~*~*~*~ to mark a section break. Just use transitional words and your readers will be able to follow it. If you really really have to use some kind of symbol, just use ---- but if you have any skill at writing at all, you should be able to create a clear transition with your WORDS.

Re: Inspired by #10

[(Anonymous)]

but if you have any skill at writing at all, you should be able to create a clear transition with your WORDS.

If you don't put a section break when there's a noticeable time jump, I'm inclined to believe you're an awful writer, actually. Making a lengthy story read like one big scene is stupid.

Re: Inspired by #10

[(Anonymous)]

+1

Re: Inspired by #10

[souljelly]

Yeah, huge scene jumps without breaks are pretty jarring.

Re: Inspired by #10

[(Anonymous)]

Yep, this. Maybe not an awful writer, but certainly a sloppy, lazy one who can't be bothered to format their fic properly. A simple line break will do, nothing fancy.

Re: Inspired by #10

[starphotographs]

Um, yeah, that bothered me, too. Don't most "real" books have section breaks of some kind or another? :\

I mean, it's usually easy to tell when a scene is over. Even if the writing isn't OMG GREAT. But not putting something between sections just looks unfinished.

Re: Inspired by #10

[kaijinscendre]

Even more annoying? I have seen people use like the title of the story as a page break.

TITLETITLETITLETITLETITLE. Annoying as hell.

Re: Inspired by #10

[cassandraoftroy]

I suspect this is a relic of fanfiction.net, which had a habit of eating all your section-breaks that used normal symbols or punctuation. If you're seeing it elsewhere, the writer probably got into the bad habit and hasn't adapted to sites that don't require ridiculous work-arounds.

Re: Inspired by #10

[(Anonymous)]

This is why I use unobtrusive section breaks like a centered o0o to mark scenebreaks. ff.net doesn't eat them and if I post elsewhere, it doesn't look hideous.