So with that in mind, if you ARE using a typewriter, then follow the old rules. Two spaces is what you do on a typewriter. The same goes for spacing between sentences. This was the old school way of doing things before the arrival of the personal computer. This is a real pain in the neck and totally unnecessary. To indent, it’s as simple as hitting the Tab key on your keyboard. Eight hits to the enter key will be where you start with the chapter title.
FORMATTING A BOOK MANUSCRIPT HOW TO
Your subsequent chapters should each begin a new page, so learn how to insert a page break. If your book is chaptered, center the chapter title and write “CHAPTER ONE–CHAPTER TITLE” in all caps. If you want to know more on copyright, read this from Wikipedia. So putting the symbol on your document only points out to an editor or an agent that you might not know this. Want to know why? Your text is automatically copyrighted as soon as you write it. There is no need and some say, the appearance of copyright on the manuscript will flag you as an amateur. And please, DO NOT PUT A COPYRIGHT on there. I never bother with a byline since it’s assumed from the header. You should be about half-way down the page. Enter your word count and click out of the header.Now hit the tab key on your keyboard and notice what happens.Then click the SET button in that window. To do this, click on that first line after your last name so your cursor is there.To place this statement on the first line of your header, you’ll need to set a Right Tab. On the right side, you’ll want to specify your word count. On the left side, enter your first and last name.To get to the header, from the menu up top, click View->Header and Footer.Now go to the first page of your document and put your contact information in the HEADER. To accomplish this, go to File->Page Setup. You will want the header of the first page of your manuscript to be different than the rest of the manuscript. This will make your line spaces just over double your font size. How? – hit ctrl+A to select the body of your text, then go to the menu at the top of Word and select Format->Paragraph. All that will do is make you look like an amateur. Whatever you do, please don’t try to flag the attention of an editor by using splashy font. (Courier is another acceptable option – but that font hogs up the paper). (If you need a visual, an example is included in the book version of my Crash Course.)
THIS ARTICLE APPLIES TO ALL CHILDREN’S BOOK MANUSCRIPTS – INCLUDING PICTURE BOOKS.
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