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Hi. Just wondering if someone could give me a quick answer from their own knowledge. Surely this answer is available on the internet (but i find that there are a lot of different opinions to be found there too.)
When submitting a manuscript, in MS word, what should the format be.
Double space seems obvious... but what about margins? 1 inch? all around or just on the sides?
I guess thats my big '?'... obviously I'm not going to submit a cursive script or something...
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There are articles out there you should look at if you're not certain, but yeah -- double-spaced, 1" margins (all around), courier 12pt (although some people still prefer TNR, I say, why tempt fate?).
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Also need to keep in mind that publishers have different preferences, so scour the manuscript submission page for clues. If none are given, go with the tried-and-true as noted above.
Perhaps interestingly, OSC has written about manuscript formatting in his latest Uncle Orson's Writing Class article.
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It's an option in most modern word processors that inflates all the white spaces to make the last character in each line match up with the right margin. Don't use it.
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Frankly, you're just as well off not knowing, it's only useful if you want to do desktop publishing. Even then....
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