First Cup of Coffee with Jeffe Kennedy
First Cup of Coffee - November 7, 2019
#PantsNaNoWriMo day 7: The magic trick of square brackets, also evaluating opportunities - and opportunity cost.
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I use {} instead of [] because [] sometimes have other uses, but {} never does (at least, in fiction)
what do you use [] for?
Information. Like if you were giving a date, time, or location at the beginning of a scene, it might be in []. It’s also used a lot in litrpg (which gary is currently trying to write) for stats information. I don’t remember what it was that came up, but I had started with [] and then needed them for something else, so switched to {}. I use a lot for telepathy. I also find {} easier to write longhand b/c it’s curvy instead of block-like.
Ah, I see. I don’t really use blocking directions like that, and I never write long hand, so [] and () are plenty for me!
oh weird, i just realized that it took out my angle brackets in the comment. They’re what I use for telepathy, not []
OH! That makes more sense.