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[ArlineChase]

Typesetting programs that justify type can add up to three spaces after a period. SO ONE space, is all you need in the manuscript if you don't want long "vacations" between sentences.

 If you don't do it that way, your publisher will search for two paces and repace with one anyway.

It just makes it easier if they're not there to begin with. One less step from ms. to  print.

arline

[Ingrid]

Umm, I wouldn't justify.  That is one rule that popped up on all the submission guidelines. Apparently it really throws off electronic transfers.  And, as Arline says, it makes your text look really weird.

Ingrid

[krisneri]

I used to use two, like everyone old enough to remember typewriters. But one of my publishers asked me to switch to one for them, and I've done it consistently now with all my writing. Books, stories, blogs, letters...they all get one space between sentences. I found it remarkably easy to switch.

Kris