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===== Context Breaks ===== | ===== Context Breaks ===== | ||
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Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | Context breaks denote a break in the continuity of the narrative. It represents a shift in thought, time, location, or similar in a work of fiction or non-fiction. These changes are typically represented by a large blank space between paragraphs, which sometimes including asterisms and other decorations (traditionally when the shift occurs immediately at the bottom of a print page where it might not be apparent). | ||
- | Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. | + | Often images are used to represent context breaks. Images are a suboptimal way to indicate a context change because they carry no semantic information. |
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- | Although not ideal, our solution is to replace context breaks with three asterisks '' | + | |
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- | (In HTML5, we use the [[https:// | + | |
- | Sometimes decorative | + | Although not ideal, our solution is to replace context |
- | [[https:// | + | Sometimes decorative breaks come right before |
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- | ==== Q & A ==== | + | ==== Q& |
Q: I'm wondering about alignment and spacing. The poet in the book I'm editing (Silvija) makes use of left and right justification at some points in the book. Should I align the text as the poet did or stick to right justification only? Also, the book contains a lot of white space (poems are on separate pages). Should I add page breaks in this case? Finally, I just want to verify that the slash ('/' | Q: I'm wondering about alignment and spacing. The poet in the book I'm editing (Silvija) makes use of left and right justification at some points in the book. Should I align the text as the poet did or stick to right justification only? Also, the book contains a lot of white space (poems are on separate pages). Should I add page breaks in this case? Finally, I just want to verify that the slash ('/' | ||
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And yes, do use all the original punctuation. TTS is good at reading punctuation. If you're curious how TTS can read text, you can enable the built-in dictation software on your iOS (VoiceOver) or Windows. Keep in mind that TTS software tend to differ [[http:// | And yes, do use all the original punctuation. TTS is good at reading punctuation. If you're curious how TTS can read text, you can enable the built-in dictation software on your iOS (VoiceOver) or Windows. Keep in mind that TTS software tend to differ [[http:// | ||
- | Q: If a book uses 2 different types of breaks, what should our approach be? The book I am working on uses extra space (aka non-decorative breaks) 90% of the time. When a break comes at the end of a page in the original book, a decorative break follows the text. Should I use both decorative and non-decorative breaks? | + | Q: If a book uses 2 different types of breaks, what should our approach be? |
A: NNELS replaces all breaks with 3 asterisks. | A: NNELS replaces all breaks with 3 asterisks. |