Commas between Adjectives in Creative Writing

I’m blogging today for Fiction+ at The Chicago Manual of Style’s Shop Talk blog:

Do you sometimes dither over whether to put a comma between two or more adjectives?

a polished, spherical stone or a polished spherical stone?

a nice, big check or a nice big check?

Although the guidelines for deciding at CMOS 5.91 and CMOS 6.36–37 work well for any kind of writing, there are times when creative writers prefer to ignore them.

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