I just picked up a copy of "Elements of Style". I never would have believed that a book on style could be a page turner, but it is. So, I'm going to get back to it...I'm curious to find out what happens next. Will even more needless words be omitted? Will participial phrases at the beginning of a sentence no longer refer to their grammatical subjects? Will I be overcome by "the fact that" I don't know as much about grammar as I once thought? I don't know...I'll report back. All with the necessary spoiler space, of course. :)
Nat On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 10:46 PM, Raymond Feist <[email protected]>wrote: > > > Chicago Handbook of Style, or Strunk & White if the other is too big to > plow through. > > Italics should be used sparingly. Most rookie writers overuse it for > emphasis. I've used it for that, sparingly. If I've used it 50 times in > 30 books I'll be surprised. You do use it for foreign words, that's > classic style, and some writers use it for things like telepathy, which I > do in my books. Others use it for clearly indicated internal dialogue > within a character who's also the POV character so the reader doesn't get > confused what the narrative voice is saying and what the character is > thinking. > > Whatever you choose to do, go light on it. > > Best, R.E.F. > > ---- > www.crydee.com > > Never attribute to malice what can satisfactorily be explained away by > stupidity. > > >
