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CMOS Shop TalkFrom the Chicago Manual of StyleMenuSkip to contentHomeCMOS OnlineChicago Style Q&AFree TrialIndividualsInstitutionsFor StudentsFor CompaniesChicago Style WorkoutsFiction+AboutAbout Shop TalkAbout The Chicago Manual of StyleContactJoinChicago Style Workout 67: Quotation MarksQuotation marks, or “quotes” for short, like to work in pairs. But they’re not all the same. They can be double or single, left or right, curly or straight. Part of an editor’s job is to know which marks to use in which context—and to make sure they’ve been used consistently.Continue reading →Fiction+“Erg, no kidding?” Interjections in Creative WritingNot all fictional characters are meant to be smooth-tongued and lyrical in their speech. Rather, just like us, they sometimes mumble or stumble. Giving a character flawed speech is a way to make dialogue more realistic. And this very human kind of talking often involves the use of interjections.Chicago Style WorkoutsChicago Style Workout 66: Parentheses (and Brackets)Parentheses and brackets (specifically, square brackets) normally come in pairs, as do other types of brackets and braces. Their main job is to set things off from their surroundings.Fiction+What Makes a Chapter of a Novel?A chapter is a chunk of a book that comes to a recognizable end, usually marked by a page break or by an extra space followed by a new numbered or titled chapter. Chapters give readers of long works a place to pause. They provide a rhythm to the experience of reading.Chicago Style WorkoutsChicago Style Workout 65: ApostrophesApostrophes, like quotation marks, hang out far above the baseline, wherethey have two main roles: contraction and possession. They also occasionally have a third role: as a marker of the plural.3 Easy E-Tricks for Writers, and 1 for FunAlmost every writer I know has a love-hate relationship with their writing program, whether it’s Microsoft Word, Google Docs, Scrivener, or a yellow legal pad. It’s clear there’s no single perfect choice for drafting, editing, and formatting your work for publication.May 17, 2022 in Fiction+.PDF Proofreading MarkupCopyeditors typically work in a word-processed manuscript, making and suggesting changes directly in the document. Proofreaders come in at a later stage, after the manuscript has been converted and formatted for publication in a program like Adobe InDesign.May 10, 2022 in CMOS Section in the Spotlight.Chicago Style Workout 64: SemicolonsSemicolons, when they’re not winking at you, can be a useful punctuation mark. Some writers are fans of the mark; others could do without it. But whatever you think of semicolons, it can be helpful to know how they’re used.April 26, 2022 in Chicago Style Workouts.Exclamation Points in Creative WritingExclamation has always announced straightforward shouting, alarm, surprise, excitement, amazement, disbelief, exasperation, or even just helpless flustering. In the eighteenth century, readers could expect melodrama.April 19, 2022 in Fiction+.Word vs. Docs for EditorsIf you’re a copyeditor, you probably use Microsoft Word, a desktop program introduced in the 1980s. Or maybe you use Google Docs, a browser-based application that debuted in 2006.April 12, 2022 in Editor’s Corner.Chicago Style Workout 63: SlashesThe punctuation mark that many of us know as the slash appears on standard computer keyboards. But even though it sits right there next to the period and the comma—and though it was once used as a form of sentence punctuation like those marks—the slash is comparatively uncommon today in ordinary prose.March 29, 2022 in Chicago Style Workouts.Usage in Context: Supplementing WordWe hate to do this, but the next paragraph is going to contain errors. Microsoft Word won’t catch any of them. How many can you count?March 22, 2022 in CMOS for PerfectIt.Is the Subjunctive Mood Right for Fiction?Although some believe that the subjunctive mood in English is dying, many of us use it all the time, whether we know it or not. And that means the subjunctive is right for fiction, even in the mouth of a character who wouldn’t know a subjunctive from a subplot.March 15, 2022 in Fiction+.Editing Automated Source CitationsIn the old days, authors wrote out their source citations from scratch, and editors checked them to make sure they were correctly formatted. Now there are tools that will do this for you, from online “Cite” buttons to full-featured citation management apps.March 8, 2022 in CMOS Section in the Spotlight.Chicago Style Workout 62: DashesDashes—specifically, en dashes and em dashes—are like hyphens, but longer. And though there’s some overlap in how hyphens and dashes are used, dashes play a role all their own.February 22, 2022 in Chicago Style Workouts.Post navigation← Older postsNEW! CMOS for PerfectIt Proofreading SoftwareStyle, BuddyWhere Research Begins: An Amazon Best Seller!NEW from CHICAGO! 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