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06-24-2005, 01:09 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2005
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FORMATTING WOES! HELP PLEASE
I have to get a MS to a publisher very soon. I'm having trouble formatting my MS though. I have 1.2" margins all around and have used a 12 point. But what I need to know is where do I put my name and other information on the MS. Where do new chapters go: Do they start on a completely different page or not.
Any help would be nice.
Thanks
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06-24-2005, 03:28 PM
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Profound Writer
Join Date: Sep 2004
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Yes, put new chapters on a new page. Put your name at the top right corner, I think, along with whatever other info you want to include.
Or I could be completely wrong.
Good luck.
Ethan.
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06-24-2005, 05:21 PM
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Mentor
Join Date: Aug 2004
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Name and page number usually goes in the header. Oh, and the standard is 1" margins all around unless otherwise specified. (I don't mean to come off as condescending - that has just been my experience.) Good luck.
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06-24-2005, 10:34 PM
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Ink Slinger
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Don't forget to check the publishers info; they usually specify the format requirements. One standard I've often seen is 'Double-Space' your work. Not sure how that applies to electronic docs but I haven't ever seen one that said 'single space'
there's usually a separate title page, sometimes they want a bio page etc. Check, your publisher may have special needs.
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06-26-2005, 07:58 AM
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Wordsmith
Join Date: Sep 2004
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for any print venue, mss must be double-spaced... email me and i'll send you a ms format guide the second i get your email...
DO check the publisher's guidelines... that's an always must for all writers of anything...
love and hugs, maia
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