Presentation

Mint! - Writing Tutorial
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Bad presentation turns off many people. It's better to keep it simple than ugly.

Example of Simple:

Simple

Example of ugly:

Ugly

This is example of ugly isn't necessarily ugly, however it is difficult to read and doesn't appeal to many people.

COLOR

When coloring titles, or subtitles, try to keep the colors darker (if they have a white background). Examples of colors you should avoid using are:

this | this | this | this

Here are some other choices you can use instead:

this | this | this | this

However, if you disagree with me on this one, feel free. These are just suggestions.

FONT AND SIZE

If you read a novel, the font that is used most often is 'cambria.' The font size varies, but are usually not too big, and not too small. I suggest you use either fonts 12 (twelve) or 14 (fourteen). However, the automatic size and font used when you open a chapter is another good choice. Avoid using large fonts for the body because they look quite unappealing. Also, these are some fonts NOT to use:

Tahoma | Courier New | Courier | Comic San MS | Arial Black | Impact

POSTER, BACKGROUND, TITLE

If you have a poster, make sure it fits in with your background (if you have one) and color pallet. Say, if your poster's color is green, but your subheading and background is red, then it's not going to look good. However, if your poster, background and subheading was all red, then it would look a lot nicer.


INDENTS

Indent: start (a line of text) or position (a block of text) further from the margin than the main part of the text.

This is an indent

This is not an indent.

 

You may already know, but in case you didn't, the indents on AFF are designed to indent the whole paragraph. However, most indents are meant to only be on the first line of a paragraph. If you are going to use indents on AFF, maybe just copy 9 spaces             (like this) and paste it in front of the sentence.

 

Okay, so indents are most commonly used in novels and other different bodies of writing. You're probably asking 'How do I use an indent?' well, indents are used at the start of a paragraph, including dialogue. Indents are used like this:

 

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9394DOKAI
#1
Chapter 1: That's what I always wonder why in a novel the first paragraph is different form the others...

Thanks a lit for the info...really much appreciate it...

Will be looking forward for your next update...^^
dearnrltqh #2
Althoug you have yet to start on it, I really appreciate the effort for this!!!! (I'm a "new" author here i guess??) pls start soon!!! (: