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Yes, that's an annoyance, and it would be nice if the highlighted areas would also be deleted along with the unwanted comment, but no biggie. It just requires an additional comment to explain such to the author.

Welcome, Tonya! I'm not trolling for reviews, but if you want reciprocation for your stuff, you'll get it by reviewing my stuff! What period in history does your story encompass? Characters in pre-1980s' stories make it tough for writers addicted to cell phone conversations to move plots along quickly. So I'm always interested in reading about life before modern technology.  Jack

Okay, R.M. You're right; we've gotten off the original thread, but I couldn't resist this one: If you're playing poker and look around the table and can't identify the obvious sucker, it's you.

Those guidelines are pretty much what I've used in my manuscripts. But then I was told by three different publishers to nix the space breaks in favor of using all asterisk breaks in order to avoid formatting miscues in the printing process. Yet I've read many novels that do use space breaks, so it depends on the publisher. So my advice would be to continue using the space breaks as outlined, and let the publisher worry about it.

Yes, but I figure TCM will be the same in any time zone. Check your local listings. And after you see the flick, tell me what you think, love.

A capital offense is a crime capable of carrying the death penalty if convicted. And I don't think those codes were "made up" by TV shows but are actual shortcuts used by cops around the country. An affidavit is a sworn statement, but it doesn't have to be administered by a court clerk; a notary public or other official authorized by law can do it. And I would consider a felony as a crime punishable by incarceration in prison, as opposed to a misdemeanor, that is punished - at the most - by incarceration in a local jail. The other answers
JP gave seemed right to me.

Due to the overwhelming lack of participation, I'm calling an end to my quiz. JP, I do believe it was Marlon Brando's line in Godfather I that was the correct answer to #4, though, Janet, Pacino may have repeated it in II. So I'll give you both credit for that one. No one got numbers 7 & 8. Here are the answers:
7. The Sting  Robert Redford (when Paul Newman tells him the marks aren't so tough)
8. Bullitt  Steve McQueen (when Jacqueline Bissette wants to know what investigation he's so involved with)

I'm retiring from the quiz business.

I won't reveal the answers yet, JP, but you got three of them right!

1. Natural Born Killers. Woody Harrelson
2. .
3. Dog Day Afternoon  Al Pacino
4. Monster. Charlize Theron
5. In Cold Blood. Robert Blake
6. Wall Street. Michael Douglas
7. The Onion Field. James Woods
8. Catch Me If You Can. Leonardo Dicaprio
9. Foxcatcher. Steve Carrell
10. Any of several movies about the James gang
(I didn't peek at the other answers first)

My rebuttal got deleted for some reason. This is what I posted:

5. False imprisonment is done by law enforcement. It might be intentional, but good luck prosecuting that as a crime. Fraud is retain lay a crime committed by a person or person against  a person or persons.
7. Indecent exposure is considered an assault. That's what makes it a crime. Illegal gambling is my choice. If your view is that it harms the person doing it, well, that could apply to zany of those choices.
10. Civil disobedience is a misdemeanor, at least, and it could be a crime. The definition of inchoate has nothing to do with crime.

Okay, I, of course, disagree on some of those answers.