Spoken like a true writer/editor :) do you work in the field?
I completely agree with the importance of formatting! There's definitely a way to present your ideas to make them accessible/interesting to the community.
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Hi @avantmidi - I've been writing nearly all my life but worked 7 years as the manager, editor, writer, and paginator of the obituary department in a mid-sized daily newspaper. Imagine screwing up in that field? LOL
It's a sort of game I play... Let's call it the split-second game. If I opened a post and none of the formatting was there...or if I took the picture/video away, does it still catch my eye? If it does, I continue to read - usually upvoting and commenting. If it doesn't - I click away. (I don't think I've used the flag button since I've been here - not even on my one troll. LOL)
Haha I imagine you triple-checked your text before sending it out for printing... anyway, it shows in the way you express yourself.
I've been an editor for a university's online publications about 4 years now, and have come to appreciate more and more how much impact a slight visual shift could have on text!
Just followed your work. Looking forward to reading more!
Thank you @avantmidi! I'll be looking at your work as well.
And let me tell you... There is almost NOTHING worse than printing: There will be a PUBIC viewing in an obit - or calling one's brother a BOTHER. Oh boy, have I got stories. LOL
Hahaha... I can imagine you have some stories! One also wonders how much of those slips are Freudian :P