ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛ ÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜ Ü ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜ ßÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÜ ÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÜÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛ ßßßÛÛÛÛÛßßßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßßÛÛÛÛßÛÛÛÜÜÛÛÛÜÜ ÛÛÛÜÛÛÛÛÜÛÛ ÛÛßÜÜßÛÛÛÜÛ ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛß ÜÛÛÛÛÜÛÛßßßßÛÛÛßß ÛÛÛÛÛ ÛÛÛÛÛßßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛ ÜÛÛÛÛÛßßÜÜÜ ÛÛÜ ÛßÛÛÛÛÜ ßÛÛÜÛßÛÛÛ ÛÛÜÛÛ ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛßÛÜÛÛÜÛÜÛÛßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÜ ÜÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÜÛÛßÛÛßßÛÛ ÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛßßÛß ßÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ßÛÛÛÛÛÛÛß ÚÄÂÂÄ¿ Ú¿ ¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ Ä¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ô ÃÅÄÄ´ ÃÅÄô ô/ ³ ÀÙ ÀÙ Ù ÀÁÄÄÙ ÄÁÁÄ ÀÁÄÄÙ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ÚÂÄÂÄ¿ ÚÂÄÂÄ¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ÚÂÄ¿ ¿ ÂÂÄÄ¿ ÚÂÄÂÄ¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ÚÂÄ¿ ¿ ÚÄÂÂÄ¿ ÚÂÄÄ¿ ô ô ³ ô ³ ³ ô ³ ³ ÃÅÄÄ´ ô ³ ³ ô ³ ô ³ ³ ÃÅÄ Ã´ ³ ³ ô ÀÁÄ¿ ÀÁÄÄÙ ÀÁÄÄÙ ÀÙ Ù Ù ÀÙ Ù Ù ÀÙ Ù ÀÙ ÀÄÙ ÁÁÄÄÙ ÀÙ Ù Ù ÀÁÄÄÙ ÀÙ ÀÄÙ ÀÙ ÀÄÄÁÙ Hey there!!!! In this issue of THO we shall discuss the 10 commandments of TEXT WRITING!!! Yes folks, we need to tell you how and what you should write about because you, an aspireing young text writer, don't really know what to do with yourself and need a little guidance. With each commandment is a side comment that tells you what it really really means. THE TEN COMMANDMENTS OF TEXT FILE WRITING 1) Thou shalt not write about yourself, your life, or anything that has happened to you (unless it's extroidinarily funny) for no one wants to hear about you. [Don't write about anything to do with you because modeming is not there to have you use it to share your feelings. You can't hide it for long if one of your texts are a 'diary' because once someone reads it (at least the first paragraph) they shall wisely warn the others so that they can avoid the torture of your pitiful life. A friend of mine, let's call him Rehtnap, started his own text group just so that he could write and tell everyone how he feels (it's ok to get in contact with yourself, just don't do it in public) and tried to disguise it by calling it "Feelin' the Effects', once everyone was warned the Tfile wasn't d/led more than three times.] 2) Thou shalt write with great grammer and spelling. [Even the smartest Geek can make himself look like an asshole by breaking this commandment.] 3) Thou shalt write humorously or informatively or not write at all. [Have you ever enjoyed a TXT file that didn't make you laugh or tell you something that you wanted to know??? I didn't think so.] 4) Thou shalt write only after sacrificing a bag full of kittens. [Don't ask me about this one, but it definitely works for me.] 5) Thou shalt write in HARD text. [This text file is in hard text. Soft text is the kind that just scribbles across the bottom of your screen without any carriage returns. Isn't that annoying??? You can fix that tho by going into dos editor and saving the file again.] 6) Thou shalt write about something that you have some first hand knowledge about. [I hate the term, but I'll use it anyway. LAMER!!! You only make yourself a fool by writing about something that you have no idea how to do it. Let's say that someone called Noisuf wrote about Gnikaerhp, one of the more illegal things to do. Noisuf has no idea what the hell he's talking about, but he calls it Gnikaerhp none the less. Noisuf makes himself out to be an idiot rather quickly when asked a question on the subject, but instead of replying intelliginetly he decides to flame someone because of his lack of knowledge. I wish I could hit people like that.] 7) Thou shalt write only with neat ASCII headers. [Nice headers a text file doesn't make, but they make a text really neat looking on the intro. Now if you can get an ANSI screen to come up without it pausing with the -- More -- in the middle of it, then you qualify as cool in my book. It's hard as hell!] 8) Thou shalt write with thine own words. [Ripping off someone else's text is really really pathetic. Make something by yourself and you'll be much happier that you'd normally be, and you can't get caught for it.] 9) Thou shalt write with a disclaimer if nessesary. [If you make a text about something illegal, then you really should make a little disclaimer stating that the Tfile is for entertainment and informative uses only. Otherwise you could get into a little tangle with the men in blue if some kid blows his face off with an explosive you told him how to make.] 10) Thou shalt write and spread your text around to as many boards as you are able. [Your writings won't be known by anyone unless you spread it around as much as you possibly can. What's the point of uploading it to a board if that's the only board that you can get your hands on it? Let your word be HEARD!]