style guides

Editorial standards references

Style guides are documents that establish standards for writing and formatting within an organization, publication, or discipline.

They cover matters like punctuation, capitalization, citation formats, and preferred spellings.

Major examples include the AP Stylebook for journalism and the Chicago Manual of Style for publishing.

Check the style guide before submitting your manuscript.

Opposites
order vs. chaos in writing

style guidesinconsistency

Lack of steady pattern

stream of consciousness · freewriting

uniformity vs. individual expression

style guidescreative freedom

Liberty in artistic expression

artistic license · personal voice · experimental writing · rule-breaking

prescriptive authority

style guidesnatural language

Human communication, not programming

slang dictionaries

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