The Writers Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats_图书大全
The Writers Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats
ISBN: 9780898792935
定价: 200.00
内容简介
We, the authors of this book, have worked in the
media for many years. During our long writing
and editing experience (including books, articles,
scripts and columns), we have learned (some-
times the hard way) that the presentation of a
professional-looking manuscript or letter to an
editor or an agent is the first important step to-
ward publication. We ve also worked with other
writers and editors and frequently noted their
complete confusion or frustration in regard to
manuscript format and submission. Indeed edi-
tors say many writers haven t the least idea where
to begin in preparing their written submissions.
Writers need a guide, we said. And that s how
The Writer s Digest Guide to Manuscript Formats
came to be.
At first we planned to write a relatively simple
visual aids resource book to assist writers with
their format problems. But as we worked we be-
came more and more aware of the need to in-
clude information on the presentation and sub-
mission of all kinds of written material in this
sometimes tedious and complex process. So our
small book evolved into a complete guide.
And a guide is just what this book is. Through-
out we ve been quite specific with formatting de-
tails~how many spaces down, how wide the mar-
gins, where to slug or paginate, etc. Our dia-
grams, At-a-Glance guides, letters and sample
manuscript pages are the results of extensive re-
search and interviews with experts (agents, edi-
tors, publishers, producers) to find out what they
hope and expect to see in the submissions they
receive: good, clean, professional-looking copy
that is easy to read. Please understand, however,
that our directions are not graven in stone. An ed-
itor or publisher will not reject your script or short
story simply because you didn t tab in the sug-
gested number of spaces or drop a certain num-
ber of lines. But, in ~eneral, if your work is prop-
erly presented, it will have a greater chance for
acceptance or publication.
Of course, it s the content and style in your
work that ultimately count in determining a final
