Part One - The Board of Keys.
The keyboard is the long thing that sits below your screen and has a number of letters of which the only legible spelling is Qwerty. You will have to figure out your own rules for spelling but I will attempt to explain the functions of some of the other keys.
. - small dot that allows the reader to take life-giving breath. A row of full stops indicates that the writer has forgotten what they were saying.
' - enables faster writing by allowing letters to be missed out, best to pop them in where you fancy.
; - don't worry about this one, the computer will take over and do this one for you whether you want it or not.
! - denotes a raise in the eyebrow department when reading.
( { [ - containers to stop words from escaping.
@ - indicates where a person is should you wish to contact them e.g. @home
? - an ear sign showing that the reader should take particular notice as this may be vital to the plot.
" - shhh, someone is talking.
* - denotes a gap in the time/space continuum of a piece of writing.
& - in antiquated handwriting this apparently meant 'and'.
Arrow keys - allows for hopping backwards and forwards to any words that you really like.
Shift - Capitals in manual mode, often mistaken for key below.
Caps Lock - a nuisance device.
Ctrl/Alt/Del - a lethal combination that can fuck up a piece of work.
Esc - see above.
F keys - probably best left alone.
3 comments:
Hello again, I liked this post so I sent the link to Frank Wilson at Books, Inq. He has linked to it on his site. Frank is a really great guy who has a well-visited blog.
http://booksinq.blogspot.com/2006/04/so-you-want-to-be-writer.html
all best
Maxine.
Excellent! I do the "row of full stops" thing a lot so obviously forget what I'm saying on a regular basis. Sounds reasonable enough :-)
Thank you both, I have loads more writing tips. I spent years writing them for myself when I dried up in the novel department. Glad that they are finding a new home and providing the odd snigger!
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