[bksvol-discuss] unique format, any suggestions?

  • From: "Estelnalissi" <airadil@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sun, 28 May 2006 20:39:38 -0400

Dear Readers,

I'm validating a memoir with a format I'm not sure how to adapt in an RTF file Using Microsoft Word.

Paragraphs are deeply indented, but that's not anything difficult to deal with. What's unique is the dialogue. It is always preceeded by a double dash and indented way far in. This makes the first line of dialogue short and the second line is more indented than the paragraphs.

It's as if the dialogue is short little paragraphs within paragraphs. Most of the time the dialogue is short bursts of only a few words on a single line.

If I understand correctly Bookshare tools ignore tabs. Does this mean I should indent using the space bar? Will these indents disappear on portable braille reading devices? I'm asking so I can avoid too much empty space or confusing the reader. The Dashes before each quote are a good indicator, so maybe the deep indent isn't needed and I could indent dialogue like any paragraph and the double dashes will alert the reader. Oh, and to add to the mix, there are no quotation marks or apostrophes bracketing the quotes.

I read the author has theater background and the almost centered bursts of spoken words remind me a little of some script formats.

To follow the book's print format exactly I'd need to indent 4 spaces for paragraphs, 6 spaces for the second and subsequent lines of dialogue and 8 for the first lines of dialogue.

Any ideas?

Thanks in advance. While I wait for your ideas, I have a second book to upload in as many days. The last one was only 139 pages long and an easy one. I'm making headway on my validation queue.

Always with love,

Lissi. 

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