I'm sorry, I've never done any formatting before. Just checking, the word I want to italicize goes between the and ? And this will all be translated when you post it to LJ? Also, my story will have to be in two posts so when I send it in plain text format would it be better to leave a huge blank space than try to say 'please break here' in bold? Sorry if this seems ignorant but I am a complete dunce when it comes to these things.