Formatting the GenX Storybook

Topic 16 · 22 responses · archived october 2000

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~KitchenManager Sat, Apr 18, 1998 (14:01) seed

Let's write a collaborative novel. I'll cut and paste passages and reformat it onto another page, but before we begin, we need submission guidelines. You know, how to tell a paragraph is over, how to start the next chapter, etc. When we get that all figured out, I'll start the actual topic for submissions, and create the storybook web page(s).

~KitchenManager Sat, Apr 18, 1998 (14:18) #1

Okay, I figure that once a week on the transfer part should be good. Thougt about just setting up a script too handle it, but it's so much easier for me to do it the old fashioned way, plus I can add extra goodies...Oh, yeah, once the official topic for the book is up, all extraneous babbling will hafta be done in here, so I can tell what's the story and what ain't. I will also spell check the submissions and hopefully fix grammar booboos, except in quoted dialogue, where it ain't necessary nohow.

~Wolf Sat, Apr 18, 1998 (16:28) #2

Interesting *rubs chin* And what shall the topic be? Like "Reality Bites"? Or maybe, "Reality Bytes"? *heehee*

~KitchenManager Sun, Apr 19, 1998 (00:03) #3

or "Virtual Bytes"... don't think that matters yet, I think the title and topic will emerge on the way...

~Wolf Sun, Apr 19, 1998 (10:33) #4

Virtuality Bytes.....

~autumn Sun, Apr 19, 1998 (17:31) #5

Great idea, wer....

~stacey Mon, Apr 20, 1998 (00:07) #6

how about "bite me???"

~Wolf Mon, Apr 20, 1998 (12:41) #7

oops. i posted my response in pick up lines that work. sorry.

~KitchenManager Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (08:32) #8

or Byte Me Virtually or Communal Thoughts: Virtual Bytes of an Online Seduction or something entirely different...

~Wolf Tue, Apr 21, 1998 (12:02) #9

LOL!

~KitchenManager Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (21:06) #10

Okay, let's start new parapraphs with ¶ which will look like ¶ hopefully and I figured out each chapter can be a different topic, so those two are taken care of. Who wants to start the story?

~stacey Wed, Apr 22, 1998 (23:53) #11

Once upon a time...

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (00:15) #12

You got it!

~pmnh Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (00:35) #13

(i dunno... rather partial to- "there once was a man from nantuckett...")...

~KitchenManager Thu, Apr 23, 1998 (11:54) #14

It's worked in now, also, Nick...

~stacey Fri, Apr 24, 1998 (08:44) #15

who wandered around in his shellsuit and a bucket!

~KitchenManager Wed, May 6, 1998 (16:27) #16

Chapter 1 can now be found at http://www.spring.net/~spew/chap1.html

~CotC Sat, May 16, 1998 (11:41) #17

Feel free to cut and paste anything from Communique 23, but I guess you already thought of that, didn't you, WER? :-)

~KitchenManager Sat, May 16, 1998 (11:58) #18

who, me?

~KitchenManager Thu, Jun 4, 1998 (20:16) #19

okay, to change between characters and/or to indicate time loss, use <center><hr width="33%"></center> which will look like and, I've started Chapter Two, so we can continue with the first person's part of the story... remember, Chapter One is at http://www.spring.net/~spew/chap1.html once I can use the computer at work, I'll add an index page and the formatted page for Chapter Two

~KitchenManager Sat, Jun 6, 1998 (11:30) #20

Okay, Chapter 1 can now be found at http://www.spring.net/~spew/genxstory/chap1.html and Chapter 2 at, yep, you guessed it, http://www.spring.net/~spew/genxstory/chap2.html

~KitchenManager Thu, Jun 18, 1998 (14:15) #21

The indeX is up!!!!! It's at http://www.spring.net/~spew/genxstory/indeX.html it's kinda graphic intensive, let me know what you think... may have a title, also...how's Primordial Streams of Consciousness Spring.Net's GenX Storybook: An Historical Perspective

~KitchenManager Thu, Jun 18, 1998 (15:08) #22

Chapter 1 is finished, we will pick up with Tommy Calico in jail in Chapter 3...

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