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I Like Caps!
May. 26th, 2005 09:09 amI Like Capitals! The Wicked Witch! The Evil Empire! The General! The King! The Plotting Pandas! The Sacred Chalice of Ferdinand the Sixth! Our Intrepid Adventurer! The Shameless Harlot!
Not sure if this is because I read a great deal of classic fiction in my formative years, where style differed from modern usage. It may be a leftover from my Regency days, where, as the Chicago Manual of Style disdainfully points out, British style is more liberal in its use of capitals. And perhaps there's a tiny bit leftover from when I minored in German in college.
Whatever the reason, when I write I capitalize certain words because it doesn't look right to me to leave them as lowercase, even though the strict style manuals insist lowercase is correct. This is a deliberate style choice. But of course the key here is consistency, and as I go through the manuscript I realize that I haven't achieved this. So now I need to go through, make deliberate decisions on what I want, ensure that the entire manuscript is consistent, and document my decisions in the style guide.
Reading: Woe is I by Patricia T. O'Conner (revised edition). Time for a refresher, and to spend a few moments contemplating my comma issues.
Writing: Major push this weekend to finish the book. Stay tuned.
Not sure if this is because I read a great deal of classic fiction in my formative years, where style differed from modern usage. It may be a leftover from my Regency days, where, as the Chicago Manual of Style disdainfully points out, British style is more liberal in its use of capitals. And perhaps there's a tiny bit leftover from when I minored in German in college.
Whatever the reason, when I write I capitalize certain words because it doesn't look right to me to leave them as lowercase, even though the strict style manuals insist lowercase is correct. This is a deliberate style choice. But of course the key here is consistency, and as I go through the manuscript I realize that I haven't achieved this. So now I need to go through, make deliberate decisions on what I want, ensure that the entire manuscript is consistent, and document my decisions in the style guide.
Reading: Woe is I by Patricia T. O'Conner (revised edition). Time for a refresher, and to spend a few moments contemplating my comma issues.
Writing: Major push this weekend to finish the book. Stay tuned.
