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I am editing a book for a writer who has quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The first chapter has a quote of her own. It's weird, but it's what she wants. Do I just treat it like the other quotes with her own name after it?

Is this something people do in their own books?

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I am editing a book for a writer who has quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The first chapter has a quote of her own. It's weird, but it's what she wants. Do I just treat it like the other quotes with her own name after it?

Is this something people do in their own books?

citations book quotes

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  Agreed, it's weird. Yes, I'd treat it like other quotes. I haven't seen other people do this in their own books.
  
  – rajah9
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  This isn't really a matter of the nuts and bolts of the English language, though. I think this belongs better on Writers, whose community is far more accustomed to editing and publishing practice.
  
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  Welcome to Writing.SE Elizabeth. I see you didn't actually join us, you just got your question migrated. But I hope you will join and participate. We get some questions about professional editing and we'd love your input. You can also ask other writing questions or answer things on any topic. Please check out our tour and help center.
  
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I am editing a book for a writer who has quotes at the beginning of each chapter. The first chapter has a quote of her own. It's weird, but it's what she wants. Do I just treat it like the other quotes with her own name after it?

Is this something people do in their own books?

citations book quotes

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to quote the great ashleylee..... "a quote from oneself is to cite one's own words.. which begs the question how is the opening sentence different from the rest of the book which requires quotation when the rest of the book doesn't"

quoting yourself makes no sense.

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You have two choices:

1. Write it up in the same style as the other quotes but don't give an attribution. It is common enough for writers to put something poetic or otherwise different from the main chapter text in the beginning of a chapter.


2. Give a full citation, including the name of the work it came from. If it's unpublished, then it's just the author writing the book. If it's been published before, then it's reasonable to say where it came from. I don't think it will look strange if it's a quote from another one of her books.

The third choice is to do it however she chooses and just let the publisher deal with it (if she's not self-publishing). I think either of those options will work. The one thing I would not do is to attribute the quote to the author without saying where it is from. That would be really odd.

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to quote the great ashleylee..... "a quote from oneself is to cite one's own words.. which begs the question how is the opening sentence different from the rest of the book which requires quotation when the rest of the book doesn't"

quoting yourself makes no sense.

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to quote the great ashleylee..... "a quote from oneself is to cite one's own words.. which begs the question how is the opening sentence different from the rest of the book which requires quotation when the rest of the book doesn't"

quoting yourself makes no sense.

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answered 1 hour ago

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to quote the great ashleylee..... "a quote from oneself is to cite one's own words.. which begs the question how is the opening sentence different from the rest of the book which requires quotation when the rest of the book doesn't"

quoting yourself makes no sense.

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answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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answered 1 hour ago

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You have two choices:

1. Write it up in the same style as the other quotes but don't give an attribution. It is common enough for writers to put something poetic or otherwise different from the main chapter text in the beginning of a chapter.


2. Give a full citation, including the name of the work it came from. If it's unpublished, then it's just the author writing the book. If it's been published before, then it's reasonable to say where it came from. I don't think it will look strange if it's a quote from another one of her books.

The third choice is to do it however she chooses and just let the publisher deal with it (if she's not self-publishing). I think either of those options will work. The one thing I would not do is to attribute the quote to the author without saying where it is from. That would be really odd.

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You have two choices:

1. Write it up in the same style as the other quotes but don't give an attribution. It is common enough for writers to put something poetic or otherwise different from the main chapter text in the beginning of a chapter.


2. Give a full citation, including the name of the work it came from. If it's unpublished, then it's just the author writing the book. If it's been published before, then it's reasonable to say where it came from. I don't think it will look strange if it's a quote from another one of her books.

The third choice is to do it however she chooses and just let the publisher deal with it (if she's not self-publishing). I think either of those options will work. The one thing I would not do is to attribute the quote to the author without saying where it is from. That would be really odd.

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You have two choices:

1. Write it up in the same style as the other quotes but don't give an attribution. It is common enough for writers to put something poetic or otherwise different from the main chapter text in the beginning of a chapter.


2. Give a full citation, including the name of the work it came from. If it's unpublished, then it's just the author writing the book. If it's been published before, then it's reasonable to say where it came from. I don't think it will look strange if it's a quote from another one of her books.

The third choice is to do it however she chooses and just let the publisher deal with it (if she's not self-publishing). I think either of those options will work. The one thing I would not do is to attribute the quote to the author without saying where it is from. That would be really odd.

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