Style sheets are especially useful when many similar terms, names, titles, places, invented words, or formatting choices appear across a long work.
Glossary term
Editorial style sheet
An editorial style sheet records spelling, capitalization, punctuation, names, terms, and usage decisions for consistent editing.
Definition
What editorial style sheet means
An editorial style sheet is a reference document used during editing to keep choices consistent across a manuscript or series.
A style sheet records whether a faction is styled as Sun Court, Suncourt, or court of the sun.
Wise Wombat complements style-sheet work by finding manuscript evidence where terminology or world rules appear to drift.
Related
Related continuity terms
These terms often appear together during manuscript revision.
World terminology
World terminology is the consistency of invented or setting-specific terms, spellings, ranks, titles, factions, places, rituals, and rules.
Series bible
A series bible is a living reference for characters, timelines, places, terminology, rules, and unresolved threads across connected books.
Copyediting
Copyediting reviews text for correctness, consistency, clarity, style, grammar, usage, and editorial house rules.