How Do You Format A Novel Manuscript For Submission?
If you want to get your novel published, you need to know how to format your manuscript. While different publishers have different rules that must be followed, the standard manuscript format works for almost any one. Paste your entire novel manuscript into one word processing file. It is easiest to make the necessary changes to the entire manuscript at one time. Make all the margins one inch on all sides. Select all of the text in your novel manuscript and change the spacing to double spacing throughout. The entire thing should be double spaced. Text should be left aligned and not justified. If you did not write like this in the first place, make sure there is no white space extra between paragraphs and adjust your paragraph indent. Scene breaks should be indicated with one line of white space or a # centered in the middle of the line break. Search through your novel manuscript and make a page break for each chapter. Chapter titles or numbers should be centered at the top of each chapt
