Visuals on Paper

[Gildarts]

So I've had like this THING lately. 

For some reason the font I write in appeals more to me in TNR or similar. (Sometimes font can set a mood / prepare the reader for the style of the story.)

Lately I love *seeing* action scenes like in movies or anime or music videos. 

It makes me FEEL more actiony and interactive. Like I can punch the guy too! But my point isn't to say some font is better than others and movies are supreme.  

This thread is: How to make writing details come alive from mere text? Watching and imagining are two different things but when described well it can be super fluent and easy in the reader's mind!

Accents/italics and bolds are great sometimes but there is so much more that creates a vivid, live scene right before your eyes.

This thread is partly inspired by DA fights, and partly inspired by my minor OCD. 

Below, feel free to share or offer advice relating to how to make writing and specifically movement come alive!

[Mark]

I personally favor italics and bolds for emphasis, I don't really ever change the font or use any special colors. I like my text to be relatively plain because I'm just particular like that I guess. I try to manipulate rhythm and tone by changing the lengths of sentences and the words I use to create a cadence. Other than that I just read my sentences five or six times to make sure that what I've written can be easily envisioned and interpretted.

[Trixie]

I'm with Mark.

Italics are for thought with me. I don't use bold much. Speech is separated from the main paragraph.

[Handsome Jack]

I use all caps for emphasis. Other than that, I try to stay away from formatting. That way no one needs a primer to read my work.

[Tearen Wover]

I'm a minimalist as well. A dash of caps, and some strategic italics, but otherwise, nah.

It's usually just a matter of finding the right words and their combinations. Sometimes I'll even make up new words, because authors are allowed to do that, actually.

[Gildarts]

I personally favor italics and bolds for emphasis, I don't really ever change the font or use any special colors. I like my text to be relatively plain because I'm just particular like that I guess. I try to manipulate rhythm and tone by changing the lengths of sentences and the words I use to create a cadence. Other than that I just read my sentences five or six times to make sure that what I've written can be easily envisioned and interpretted.

I'm a minimalist as well. A dash of caps, and some strategic italics, but otherwise, nah.

It's usually just a matter of finding the right words and their combinations. Sometimes I'll even make up new words, because authors are allowed to do that, actually.

Yeah I guess I think similarly. Sometimes when words are put in a certain order it gets a little jumbled for me to read and I have to take a break or do something else before going back and reading that one specific thing (which has been a more recent thing for me).

I like my bolds and italics, sometimes I play around with CAPS but it isn't super frequent. I like it when sentences flow nicely and think that diction has a nice order makes the story a better read.

[Kaylee]

I prefer my italics alone for emphasis. I try not to use formatting that often, but sometimes I feel more compelled to use it. It grabs the readers attention and holds them with a death grip, or at least that's how I feel. Not fond of bolding, but other than Italics, I use colors for dialogue. Not for shits and gigs, only when I am changing between forms. This is so the reader is aware of who is talking when Dawn and Erika change places.

[The Vision]

I use italics for emphasis, but almost exclusively in speech. In fact, I'm pretty sure I only ever format for speech, or at the very least when I'm showing the character's thoughts. I will say that I am guilty of heavy formatting when in Vision's code mode, or when I'm speaking Korean as Sun Ogong.