[stylist] editing question
Chris Kuell
ckuell at comcast.net
Wed Jan 5 19:17:54 UTC 2011
Attorney,
I don't believe most contemporary editors require thoughts to be in italics,
although it is acceptable, if that is what the writer wants. To me, thoughts
in italics say to the reader 'Okay, now here are my character's thoughts',
when it would be better to have the words of the prose convey it so the
reader doesn't need to be reminded. Having said that, I can see why you
might want to put an internal dialogue quote in italics, especially if there
is a chance of reader confusion.
chris
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