Comments on: Editing: Part 4 – What are style guides and why do I need them? http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/ A Writer's Words, An Editor's Eye Wed, 23 May 2012 03:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Changing Styles : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-94587 Changing Styles : Lillie Ammann, Writer & Editor Sun, 13 Feb 2011 06:41:41 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/#comment-94587 [...] You’ll find more about style guides in What are style guides and why do I need them? [...] [...] You’ll find more about style guides in What are style guides and why do I need them? [...]

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]]> By: A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Editing: Part 5 - What steps should I follow when I edit? http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2472 A Writer’s Words, An Editor’s Eye » Blog Archive » Editing: Part 5 - What steps should I follow when I edit? Wed, 30 Jan 2008 04:21:02 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/#comment-2472 [...] to your selected style guide and the information guide you created earlier (and that you update as needed) to ensure [...] [...] to your selected style guide and the information guide you created earlier (and that you update as needed) to ensure [...]

]]> By: Mihaela Lica http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/comment-page-1/#comment-2474 Mihaela Lica Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:29:57 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/#comment-2474 What do you think about Style Writer - the software? What do you think about Style Writer – the software?

]]> By: Lillie http://lillieammann.com/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/comment-page-/#comment-2475 Lillie Tue, 29 Jan 2008 04:44:43 +0000 http://lillieammann.com/blog/2008/01/28/editing-part-4-what-are-style-guides-and-why-do-i-need-them/#comment-2475 I'm glad you found the tips helpful, Renae. Those anachronisms - especially words - are easy to miss. Worse than a single word, though, is slang. I once read an historical romance novel that had the characters saying, "How 'bout them applies?", "I could care less," and other modern slang expressions that pulled me completely out of the story. I’m glad you found the tips helpful, Renae. Those anachronisms – especially words – are easy to miss.

Worse than a single word, though, is slang. I once read an historical romance novel that had the characters saying, “How ’bout them applies?”, “I could care less,” and other modern slang expressions that pulled me completely out of the story.

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