Ooh thanks for the recommendation! It also looks much more budget-friendly than the full guide!

That looks ideal, thanks for the recommendation

Thanks again - at least it gives me an excuse to trawl some second hand bookshops!

I really appreciate your help, thank you. It's reassuring as I'm second guessing style decisions I made at an earlier point in writing, and the idea of creating an individual style guide for consistency is brilliant.

I did wonder whether that might be the best option, I think I was just hoping for something cheaper. My foolishness in believing those days were behind me the moment I stopped having to cite academic papers, I'm sure I would once have had a copy!

e.g. John shook his head. "I hate this," he said.
Sarah nodded her agreement and then did jumping jacks as John continued with his badly written example.
"Editing is hard," he added.

Person A is speaking.
Person B does an action.
Person A continues to speak.
How should I lay out that block of text? Is each person on a new line? Or is a single paragraph fine?