Fiction Writing Advice and Discussion: Read. Write. Crit. Repeat.

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The Something Awful Forums > The Finer Arts > Creative Convention > Fiction Writing Advice and Discussion: Read. Write. Crit. Repeat.

Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. is also in repose.

If I was going to be mentioning a specific street a few times in a story, is it acceptable to abbreviate to St. after the first time? As in, "They walked hand-in-hand down State Street." and later on, "Police cars raced down State St. as they watched.", or should it always be spelled out fully? This is outside of dialogue, of course.

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Detective Thompson: Nov 9, 2007; Sammy Davis Jr. Jr. is also in repose.

Thanks. I had the feeling it should be spelled out every time, but couldn't find anything about streets/roads/avenues in particular when I tried to look it up.

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