I’ve been working on a reader’s edition of the Doctrine & Covenants for the past month and figured I’d give y’all a sneak peek at how it’s coming:
I’m currently about a fourth of the way through reparagraphing the text and hope to have everything done by the end of the year.
The book will be available as a free PDF, and you’ll also be able to order a hardcover or paperback edition through Lulu if you want a hard copy.
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This looks great. Just curious how you are making your paragraphing decisions?
I’m reparagraphing based off where the sense of the sentence seems to shift, basically. I also try to avoid über-long paragraphs and try to include some variety in the lengths. It’s not an exact science by any means. :)
I should add that I’ll be sending the final PDF out to proofreaders (I’ll post again when that’s about to happen) so they can read through it and let me know if they run into any awkward paragraphs, and then I’ll fix those.
Cool cool. Thanks for sharing all of these Ben.
Very cool! How do you decide on the titles?
I’ve been using Dane Laverty’s section names as a basis, changing them as I see fit. (Basically, I look for a vivid phrase from the section, something that would snag my attention as a reader and make me want to read the section. I occasionally modify the phrases if necessary.)
Very nice & readable. I’m interested in seeing more.
Soon, hopefully. :)
Hey Ben, I’ve been working on a very similar project for the entire standard works. The main differences are, I leave in the verse numbers (in superscripted italics) and I add up to six levels of headings (only two levels within a D&C section). We should get together and compare our results some time. I’ve finished paragraphing the entire D&C, if you want to look at my results.
Nathan Richardson (the guy from the C. S. Lewis club)
Cool, Nathan. You should post yours to your website. :)
Throw in your two cents