I proofread mostly nonfiction books and I use asterisks quite a bit, especially to set off tables or graphics (captions) from the text. >________________________________ >From: Charisma <wishfulfish@xxxxxxxxx> >To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2011 11:43 AM >Subject: [bksvol-discuss] asterisks in nonfiction? WAS: asterisks white space? >and italics > >Lissi wrote: > >> put spaces between three asterisks used to separate blocks of >> text as when they are used to show time passage or the start of a new scene >> or point of view character. > >Are there reasons we might need to use asterisks in non-fiction? > >Charisma >To unsubscribe from this list send a blank Email to >bksvol-discuss-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >put the word 'unsubscribe' by itself in the subject line. To get a list of >available commands, put the word 'help' by itself in the subject line. > > > >