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"Hard and fast rules" come from the style guide you're following; all else is convention. I've seen both styles in fiction, so to decide which to use you can look at examples of similar type (genr...

posted 10y ago by Monica Cellio‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:04:09Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T03:04:09Z (over 4 years ago)
"Hard and fast rules" come from the style guide you're following; all else is convention. I've seen both styles in fiction, so to decide which to use you can look at examples of similar type (genre, length, etc) to see what they do.

If you're submitting for publication, then the publisher might have a house style. For example, collections of short stories from multiple authors might nonetheless be edited to be consistent in this regard.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2013-09-09T20:29:21Z (over 10 years ago)
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