If you want to be taken seriously as a writer, your manuscript and submittal package must look professional.  What's the proper format to use for your fiction or nonfiction work?  What should your manuscript look like printed out?

Read this booklet to learn the nuts and bolts of preparing and submitting your manuscript:

  Ÿ Text layout
  Ÿ Preferred fonts
  Ÿ Dialogue usage
       Ÿ Expressing numbers
  Ÿ Punctuation and style
  Ÿ Query letter
  Ÿ Synopsis
  Ÿ Nonfiction book proposal
  Ÿ And more

Whether you're preparing your manuscript for a critique, evaluation, or editing, or submitting to a literary agent or publisher, you'll want it to be in an acceptable format. This booklet will give you basic information you need to know to present a polished and professional looking package.