![]() ![]() Header - right justified, contains the following information: Last name/ TITLE/ page#Ī header does not belong on the cover page.Font - Courier, Courier New, or other clean monospace serif font from 10-12 pt.Margins - 1.5 inches all the way around. ![]() I know of no pro markets that do this, though amateur markets seem to be rife with this sort of ‘our way or the highway’ nit-picking.) (Unless, of course, your particular market specifies a specific format. I’ll give you both formats that I use here, and if you decide to use them, you can rest comfortable in the knowledge that, no matter what else happens, your work will not be rejected by a professional market because of its format. There is, contrary to beginner myth and legend, no one single correct format, nor even one single correct typeface. These are not the only correct manuscript formats out there. ![]() I have never had a complaint about my formatting, I have never had work bounced for formatting, so I know that both of these formats are professionally acceptable. I use two formats - one for novels, and one for short work, both fiction and nonfiction. Once you’ve decided when you’re going to format, however, the next question is… how? It uses more paper for print-outs, but I can revise my work easily, and I don’t have to mess around with it later - when the words are done, so is the formatting. I format first - that is, I do the whole novel in exactly the same format in which I will submit it. You have two choices with manuscript formatting - you can either format first or format last. ![]()
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