So I just submitted a story, and the mod very correctly pointed out that standards have changed, and there should be only one space after sentences. I agree, and I am sorry for creating the extra work.
Here's my question. I've known abut this change for like a decade, but I simply CANNOT make myself do it. My brain is so hard-wired to put two spaces after every sentence I can't do it any other way. Old dog, new tricks.
Does anyone else have this problem? Or do I, and I alone, have some very obscure and weirdly specific brain damage to the handful of synapses that control the number of spaces I put after a sentence?
Do you mean spaces between lines or spaces between the period at the end of a sentence and the next letter?
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We don't have a requirement for verification on one space or two spaces after a period. We just require you be consistent.
I am sure a lot of older authors will still use the 2 spaces, as that is how they were taught in school. If you'll check online resources they do promote the one space now because computers and typefonts now do not need the extra space.
You will often find a very entertaining debate in the comments section. Many older people do not like the single spacing and complain that very thin or squeezed fonts have thinner periods and they find double spacing easier to read because of that. Most people, like myself, who graduated high school and university in the latter 1990s and 2000s prefer the single space, as that is what we're used to.
Here on Lushstories we only want you to be consistent with that. If you get your grammar right, write within the rules, and use 2 spaces after a period and like doing it that way, we're not going to turn it down.
Wait, two spaces is a thing?!
i find that when i transfer my from word to the submit box it makes extra spaces between paragraphs.
I have had to break myself of the two spaces habit.
I learned to type in a special class in high school. That was it's only function, to teach us to type. And it was all on manual typewriters. We learned to put two spaces after the end of every sentence. I did not learn that this was no longer a thing until I read about it on a thread here a few years ago. I have been able to train myself to use one space at the end of a sentence. For me it has not been a problem.
Well, it does not surprise me at all. Lush had established their own rules for writing. This is yet another one to add to Lush's large list of non standard Lush only rules that go against well established rules taught from grade school through post grad degrees. If Lush rules were used in these schools, a work of writing would be filled with many, many, red marks from the teacher or professor under the grade of a big F in the top margin of the composition. It's there web site and they have the wright to establish what ever rules they wish.
Yes, I would have a problem trying to place only one space between sentences. Also having to manually place the period and capitalize the first letter starting the next sentence.
Due to these ridicules rules, I along with a lot of other writers of stories refuse to post their stories here. There are plenty of other sites that have sections for authors to post their writings with only a few rules. Most of those explain the subject matter that can not be posted.
Brandie
It has always been my custom to create all of my writings right here in our site submission panel. I never worry about changing or correcting or selecting formats. I just use what is given here. I submit from here and later download to special files on my computer. From there I can upload to anywhere else, for instance, a smashwords ebook I may be working on.
What is this "two spaces" stuff anyway? Who has ever done this? Asking for a friend...
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I always use the two space rule as I find it helps with comprehension. As Lush also fully justifies paragraphs, this helps them stand out. The only thing I do differently here is shorter paragraphs as large blocks of text are hard to read or is it just me?
Remember, either one or two spaces between sentences is acceptable as long as it is consistent.
If you're having a problem editing the two spaces between paragraphs and would prefer that be just one paragraph, as is standard for non-indented paragraphing, then notify the story mods.
Personally, if I catch a story in the verification queue that is double-spaced between paragraphs, I always fix that to single spacing.
