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- - - - - - - - - - UPDATE for January 2020:I created this guide in 2011, so you'll have to take it with a grain of salt since dA has updated a bazillion things since then LOL. It now looks like many codes don't work in Literature submissions anymore,  (or disable the "Eclipse" version of the site and show the old site instead), so some of the demonstrations here only look like regular text.  But they should display properly if you copy/paste them in the comments.   I'm so glad to see how many of you wonderful people still utilize this resource, so I wish you the best and encourage you to go ahead and experiment to see what works and what ...

Essentials of a Short Story ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Quotes raped from a critique of Nathanial Hawthorn's Twice Told Tales by Edgar Allen Poe - 1837 Edgar Allen Poe, celebrated as one of the finest short fiction writers of all time, was also a literary critic. These are bits of his wisdom on writing short stories, gleaned from one of his critiques. "The true critic will but demand that that the (story's) design intended be accomplished, to the fullest extent, by the means most advantageously applicable…" -- Poe Poe's Prerequisites -- in a Nutshell: ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To deliver fullest satisfaction, a short story should be structured: 1) To be read...

Here I am... wandering around the world. No, I'm not a world traveler, I'm homeless. Why? Because my father is an abusive alcoholic cross-dresser, and my mother is an abusive prostitute. You could say I don't like my home life, but that would only be a sliver of the pie. I am a ninja and a very good one at that. I made Chunin level when I was 7, skipped Jounin and made it to the Anbu when I was 10. So yeah. My parents always yelled at me for being a ninja. They told me it was a waste of time. The reason I wanted to be a ninja was because of a village near the one I lived in was attacked by a group of rogue ninja and the poor village had no...

"This holiday is ridiculous, Dean." Castiel muttered, sitting on the edge of a hotel bed, looking immensely displeased. The Santa hat Sam had bought him slipped over one crystal blue eye. He pushed it back up."It's Christmas, Cas," Dean sighed, looking at the angel with a mixture of amusement and exasperation."Jesus Christ was not born on the twenty fifth of December. I was there. And what does giving gifts have to do with anything?" Castiel asked, ever inquisitive."Look, Cas," Dean began, knowing any answer he gave him wouldn't be sufficient, "We're doing this for Sam. He's always complaining that we never got to have a proper Christmas, ...

You look inside the box, and gasp at what’s inside.It was a Poland Hetaloid.“Thank you, thank you, and thank you!” You sqealed out with pure joy. You noticed the instuctions taped on the outside, you took them off and read them immediately.“ The Hetaloid will activate when the crate is opened. ” It said.You looked up at the crate again. You notice a little more detail, like for example the crate was pink. Then yuou saw your friend grab the edge of the crate.“Wait!” You said suddenly. She snapped her head tawords you wit a confused look on her face.“Whats the matter?” She asked.“I don’t want him to activate just yet.” You said shyly. She ga...