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Unleaded - Podcast #43 (Manuscript Format)
Agents tell horror stories about the variety of formats they receive manuscripts in such as in strange fonts, on neon colored paper, heavily perfumed and even written in crayon! In this episode of Unleaded - Fuel for Writers we offer some suggestions on how to format a manuscript.
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Nathan Bransford - Literary Agent
Welcome to Unleaded – Fuel for Writers. I’m Day Al-Mohamed with your daily 60 seconds of writerly inspiration and perspirastion.
When it comes to the appearance of a manuscript, agents end up seeing a variety of formats, including some horror stories. So how should you format your manuscript? Nathan Bransford, a literary agent with the San Francisco office of Curtis Brown offers the following “author standard” template.
1. A title page with the title and your contact information.
2. Double Space
3. 1″ margins
4. 1/2 inch indent for each new paragraph
5. Make sure pages are numbered and don’t start over every chapter
6. Page break after the end of a chapter
7. And no unusual fonts, choose either Times New Roman or Courier 12 point font.
I’m sure there are a number of other details but Mr. Bransford’s suggestions are a great place to start.
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