So, say you've got some inner thought with one word that needs emphasizing. It's already underlined, to be italicized later, so what do you do? Bold the word? Capitlize it?
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Emphasizing words already italicized/underlined
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As I read Shady's post, I thought, if I were thinking in italics and wanted to emphasise a word, what I might do is un-italicise it.
Later, I thought, wait --I could put it in ALL CAPS.
I wondered whether either way would be effective. Then again, I reflected, perhaps I could put it in boldface.
My thoughts continued: what about underlining the word? I decided I'd had enough thinking, and that the joke had long ago worn thin.
*gets expelled from the Roundtable*
Later, I thought, wait --I could put it in ALL CAPS.
I wondered whether either way would be effective. Then again, I reflected, perhaps I could put it in boldface.
My thoughts continued: what about underlining the word? I decided I'd had enough thinking, and that the joke had long ago worn thin.
*gets expelled from the Roundtable*
If I'm not mistaken, Poet's first suggestion is correct...or at least that's the way I've always seen it done.
I thought, If I wanted to emphasis a word within a thought, I'd definitely un-italize it.
I thought, If I wanted to emphasis a word within a thought, I'd definitely un-italize it.
Xx|^^I'm pretty sure that's right. But it does kind of look dumb in underline...
I'm emphasizing by un-underlining this word...
Not too awfully emphasized. But it does work, and I think it's right. It'll just be italicized later anyway, yeah?
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I'm emphasizing by un-underlining this word...
Not too awfully emphasized. But it does work, and I think it's right. It'll just be italicized later anyway, yeah?
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I also have this issue. So far I've gotten around it by constructing my italicized portion so it reads with the proper words emphasized. IE, I've tried to eliminate the need for extra emphasis simply by changing the language a bit. So far it's been an interesting exercise and we'll see if I can keep it up.
Initially my problem was with the twice-emphasized word ending up at the end of the sentence, and then being followed by normal text. Because then it just looks like a typo:
Don't tell me he went into the trash compactor. Princess Leia sighed and jumped in head-first.
Initially my problem was with the twice-emphasized word ending up at the end of the sentence, and then being followed by normal text. Because then it just looks like a typo:
Don't tell me he went into the trash compactor. Princess Leia sighed and jumped in head-first.
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Yup, un-italicizing is generally how it's done. So in manuscript form, you eliminate the underline for the word(s) you want emphasized in an otherwise underlined (italicized) block of text.
It may look a little odd in manuscript form (until you get used to it), but that really doesn't matter since its purpose is to inform the agent/publisher of your intentions, nothing more. The end user (reader) is never going to see it in manuscript format unless you write a how-to book some day and use that section of your manuscript as an example.
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