#WritersCoffeeClub Apr. 2: Visual presentation: how do white space and typography become meaningful elements of literary form?
Maybe it's cheesy, but I'm not afraid to use [dinkuses](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinkus ) or I guess now pounds (#) in my writing because my chapters are like stage play acts for scenes and sometimes it's what you *don't* say that's most powerful.
And maybe it's *super* cheesy, but I might emphasize certain things by putting the line alone as a paragraph. I find it's the best way to implement something of a "beat."
And I hear it's out of style, but honestly I still put direct thoughts in italics because there's a place for telling and a place for showing and exposing the internal thought directly is showing. It's a form of dialogue.
And obviously from this post I'm not afraid to do italics for emphasis. Sometimes you need to control the cadence.
If all of that together sounds amateurish or *démodé*, meh, it will cycle back in vogue eventually.
