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The way you format a manuscript is make a cover page that looks like this: First Last name word count home address phone number email Title BY Your Name After this you can put your table of contents, and then then just put spaces in between each paragraph in your manuscript and keep margins at regular 1''. Lastly, be sure to include a header with your last name title of your manuscript and page number in case your pages get shuffled together. Although this format is generally accepted ,you might want to look at individual publishing houses submission guidelines. Before submitting your manuscript good look and do not forget to send your manuscript in a stamped Addressed Envelope if you snail mail it.
Manuscript guidelines offer formatting suggestions so that editors can quickly and easily read through manuscript submissions. According to the guide, Formatting & Submitting Your Manuscript by Chuck Sambuchino, a submission should be formatted as follows:1 inch margins on all sidesIncorporate a title page (but don't number that title page)All other pages should have a header that includes your name, the title of your work and the page numberStart each new chapter on its own page, with the the text starting about a third of the way down the pageThe chapter title and number should be in all caps, like CHAPTER 4 - THE MYSTERIOUS FOOTPRINTSThe text of that chapter should start 4-6 lines before the chapter titleIndent paragraphsDouble space the whole manuscriptUse 12 point typeUsing these guidelines ensures that your manuscript won't be rejected because of poor formatting.
a folio is a page from a manuscript
pages 96 and 97
Pages 97 and 96
The author submitted their manuscript to the publisher for review.
with pen or a pencil and put it on the page and write
A 10 page unpublished "instruction manual"
Legally, the minute that you finish writing your work, it's copyright to you. Most authors will write the words "Copyright, ____(write the date you finished), by ___(write your name) on the first page of their manuscript, also. If you want to spend the extra money, you can have your work formally copyrighted, but most people don't bother. If a publisher ever did such a thing, first, they'd get sued. And second, authors would spread the word and nobody would ever give them another manuscript, so they'd be bankrupt!
A sheet of music, or manuscript, if it's handwritten.
In a manuscript, you can indicate text to be bolded by surrounding it with double asterisks (e.g., bold text). This formatting instruction will then be understood by publishers or typesetters when the manuscript is prepared for publication.
the page isn't big enough to write down the number