I forgot that a lot of your polished-looking stuff is dashed out during breaks or something. How much of a difference is there between self-editing and having internalized enough of the editing decisions that words just pour out that way the first time?
As for footnotes, I go through spells of using them and then back off for a while ... they can be amusing, and sometimes a thought really does cry out for one, but after a while I get tired of writing the HTML for them and I worry that folks will get tired of reading them, so I give them a rest. I do find myself wanting footnote-like tricks in HTML, but actual footnotes really work better on a printed page of dead-tree than they do on the web or in email. Flicking your eyes down for a moment is different from clicking or scrolling.
I don't think there's a really good way to use LJ-Cuts, except for perhaps the method that you've used."
Do you mean the grey boxes? Or just the lack of expectation of a return to the condensed view?
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I forgot that a lot of your polished-looking stuff is dashed out during breaks or something. How much of a difference is there between self-editing and having internalized enough of the editing decisions that words just pour out that way the first time?
As for footnotes, I go through spells of using them and then back off for a while ... they can be amusing, and sometimes a thought really does cry out for one, but after a while I get tired of writing the HTML for them and I worry that folks will get tired of reading them, so I give them a rest. I do find myself wanting footnote-like tricks in HTML, but actual footnotes really work better on a printed page of dead-tree than they do on the web or in email. Flicking your eyes down for a moment is different from clicking or scrolling.
I don't think there's a really good way to use LJ-Cuts, except for perhaps the method that you've used."
Do you mean the grey boxes? Or just the lack of expectation of a return to the condensed view?