Without knowing a publication’s sentence style preference, I always employ the two-space rule. It is a simple global-change editing process to modify a two-space styled document so that it adheres to the one-space rule and this process can be easily accomplished in either editing or layup software. <\/p>\n
I strongly feel that discussion of either one or two spaces between sentences is mute. A good story will not come down to either a pro or con about too much space following certain punctuations.<\/p>\n
As an editor, I wish authors were more aware about appropriate use of headings, tabs, and manual line breaks. Accurate use of headings organizes a manuscript to ease the task of manuscript content editing; the use of tabs instead of spaces saves an author time; and the use of manual line breaks (shift+enter) for stanza lines is particularly important for poetry writers so they can control stanza breaks over pages.<\/p>\n
Submitted poetry manuscripts rarely have consistent stanza breaks that layup editors are after. Hence, running scripts to ensure that type of spacing consistency is another first-line action that I take as an editor.<\/p>\n
Worrying about spacing issues instead of content accuracy and clarity is not something that I want any author to be burdened with. A good layup editor will check and easily adjust any submitted manuscript to suit the publisher’s style. A good publisher will outline their style preferences and inform their editors. If a publisher does their own editing, it is a case of documenting style choice so that there is style consistency throughout their publication line enhancing the marketing of their publishing brand. I simply do not believe that it is the task of an author to make layup style adjustments to suit each publisher. Writing style, word choices, accurate research, and attending to sentence, paragraph, and chapter structures should remain the focus of the author. <\/p>\n
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