Manuscript Formatting

This is a reference post providing some links to resources that discuss manuscript formatting with a few notes of my own at the end. I'll update as needed.

If you have any resources of your own, feel free to post a comment below. I'd love to make this a more comprehensive resource.

Here are the links:

• Holly Lisle's How to Format a Manuscript
• Wikipedia: Manuscript format
• Mary Soon Lee's Standard Manuscript Format
• Writing World: A Quick Guide to Manuscript Format
• Pam McCutcheon's Manuscript Format for Fiction Novels
• Robert J. Sawyer's Manuscript Format Checklist
• SFWA Manuscript Formatting
• Vonda N. McIntyre's Manuscript Preparation (.PDF; redistributed by permission)

And some notes:

• Robert J. Sawyer and Holly Lisle both recommend using 12 point Dark Courier as the manuscript font.

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