I write mostly poetry -- some prose. However, I find that often when I compose directly into the comment box, lines will combine and attempts to straighten it out very often make it worse. Hence for longer posts I try to write them in another program, then copy and paste. However, even this is fraught withvdanger, for either on the paste or in transmission, formatting will be lost or garbled.
This happened recently with a poem of three quatrains. No matter what I tried it appeared as.a twelve line block. I think there is a software conflict conflict somewhere and I haven't been been able to sort it out. Sometimes, even when I have disabled autocorrect I think it turns itself on as the document leaves my machine.
As for punctuation, mine is often idiosyncratic. I use punctuation as a guide to meter and semantics, which I'm sure irritates some proofreader and editors. Given this view of punctuation, I sometimes may be heavy on commas at other times omit them when the letter of the law demands them. Similarly I may occasionally use a semicolon where propriety might require a period, and vice versa.
I'll close now. I hope you don't think I need a psychiatrist rather than an editor/proofreader.
As I am about to pst, SS won't allow me to scroll to proof for typos.
I find the very same problem with trying to post my poetry here. It's a glitch in Substack and they should fix it. I like to post mine with single spacing for stanzas and a double space between them. With Substack, no can do! We're in the same boat, my friend. Every one of my poems has double spaced lines all the way through it.
Just for the record, I've never seen a problem with your punctuation or grammar. You do a great job posting and it's always a pleasure to read. Keep doing what you're doing!
Hello, C.J.
I write mostly poetry -- some prose. However, I find that often when I compose directly into the comment box, lines will combine and attempts to straighten it out very often make it worse. Hence for longer posts I try to write them in another program, then copy and paste. However, even this is fraught withvdanger, for either on the paste or in transmission, formatting will be lost or garbled.
This happened recently with a poem of three quatrains. No matter what I tried it appeared as.a twelve line block. I think there is a software conflict conflict somewhere and I haven't been been able to sort it out. Sometimes, even when I have disabled autocorrect I think it turns itself on as the document leaves my machine.
As for punctuation, mine is often idiosyncratic. I use punctuation as a guide to meter and semantics, which I'm sure irritates some proofreader and editors. Given this view of punctuation, I sometimes may be heavy on commas at other times omit them when the letter of the law demands them. Similarly I may occasionally use a semicolon where propriety might require a period, and vice versa.
I'll close now. I hope you don't think I need a psychiatrist rather than an editor/proofreader.
As I am about to pst, SS won't allow me to scroll to proof for typos.
Alas!
I find the very same problem with trying to post my poetry here. It's a glitch in Substack and they should fix it. I like to post mine with single spacing for stanzas and a double space between them. With Substack, no can do! We're in the same boat, my friend. Every one of my poems has double spaced lines all the way through it.
Just for the record, I've never seen a problem with your punctuation or grammar. You do a great job posting and it's always a pleasure to read. Keep doing what you're doing!
Your friend,
CJ