[Forum] RE: Punctuation for thoughts

I wouldn't use italics. I'd treat unspoken discourse the same as any other discourse. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec041.html]CMOS 13.41: Unspoken discourse[/url].

[Forum] RE: Internal Dialogue Tense

CMOS says that unspoken discourse can be either in quotation marks or not. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec041.html]13.41: Unspoken discourse[/url]. That said, I feel it's more of a style choice than anything else. In a book that contains a lot of unspoken discourse, I p

[Forum] RE: Punctuation and italics

My question is related, but slightly different. One person touched on it, but here goes. I am editing and proofing my wife's books (fiction). Some say that's a bad idea in itself, but it works for her--and I'm cheap but rather good. At any rate, we have been italicizing internal discourse. I decided

[Forum] RE: "When she said" versus "When we say"

With spoken discourse, I generally like a comma before "say." When it's internal discourse, I could go either direction. Sometimes it just depends on how it's set up: I thought, "How am I going to get out of this one?" But I've also seen: I thought [i]How am I going to get out of this one?[

[Forum] RE: Punctuation for typed dialogue

You might find [url=https://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/book/ed17/part2/ch13/psec039.html]13.39: Direct discourse[/url] helpful.   I would caution against the use of italics for direct discourse. [i]You might wish to reserve italics for emphasis, even within direct discourse.[/i] I am respond

[Forum] RE: Time

Numbers in text are different from discourse, RG. Take a look here: [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec042.html]13.42: Numerals in direct discourse[/url].

[Forum] RE: New sentence within a quote

This is unspoken discourse, not actual dialogue. Therefore, no cap is needed. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec041.html]CMOS 13.41: Unspoken discourse[/url].

[Forum] RE: Fictional Discourse

I don't think so. See 13.42 [url=http://http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec042.html]Numerals in Direct Discourse[/url]

[Forum] RE: Punctuation of embedded thoughts

CMOS uses quotation marks or no special treatment at all. Unspoken discourse (aka thoughts) should be capped the same as spoken discourse. See [url=http://www.chicagomanualofstyle.org/16/ch13/ch13_sec041.html]CMOS 13.41[/url].

[Forum] RE: Punctuation of embedded thoughts

I've seen italics used in novels too, but mostly for thoughts of the protagonist. If you were to use italics, I would treat the unspoken discourse the same as I would spoken discourse -- a comma after "thinks" and the first word capped, as in the following: Milt thinks, [i]So she is worried. [/i]