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Checklist for Writing Articles That Get Read
When writing articles for publication, it is important that you bear certain matters in mind. If you want to write a good article that stands a good chance of publication you need to take the following into consideration before, when you are in...
Listen Up and Improve your Writing
Are you a good listener? Almost everyone will answer this question affirmatively. However, listening is not the same as hearing; it requires concentration, effort and practice. To be an effective listener, you must be an active participant of...
Lots of extra money waiting to be made from writing $5 articles
There is probably no easier way of earning extra money online. Yet many people ignore online writing and lose all that extra money, mainly because they get put off by those single digit dollar rates. $5 is a common one. But even as you read this,...
Self-Editing Your Writing
Much of what I do at my "day job" involves editing what others have written. Eliminating typos, repairing damaged grammar, replacing missing or misused punctuation--I relish editing, in a roll-up-my- shirtsleeves and rub-my-hands-together sort of...
Writing a book - tips from an author: tip 1
Any good work of fiction has a basic set of components. Without
these various elements, your book will be unsatisfying, or
worse, unreadable. Many new authors make the mistake of copying
or 'aping' an existing writer's style, or a popular genre -...
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Writing a book - tips from an author #5
Secrets of the Manuscript Format. You'd be surprised how many
wannabe novel writers fall at the second-to-last hurdle -
presenting their work to prospective agents and publishers.
Believe it or not, there IS a preferred manuscript format that
will help make sure your work (that you sweated blood over!)
doesn't just get filed in the 'round cabinet' due to typos, font
choice, or other formatting issues. This preferred manuscript
submission format is discussed in detail at www.GetPlotted.com, and
there's even an example for you, but here's a quick overview
that should prove useful.
First thing to remember - if it's hard to read, you'll find it
hard to get them to read it! Think clean and professional.
Reprint each time - don't send out dog-eared versions. It also
needs to have space for corrections and notes in case they DO
start reading it and enjoy it enough to comment. Laser printing
is best, or a good inkjet. Make sure your cartridges are not
running out. Courier is the font of choice, as sans serif fonts
tend to get tiring on the eye after a while. Font size is also
important. 12 point MINIMUM - 14 is better. And for God's sake,
double space it! When writing a novel, readability is important
- editors bin things that make their eyes hurt!
Use the best quality paper you can afford - at
www.GetPlotted.com they
recommend a standard 90 gms (20 lb.) white bond, at 8.5x11
inches, or A4. Margins of at least an inch are necessary, and an
inch and a half at the sides is better. Indent paragraphs,
ALWAYS. Leave a space after every period/fullstop, comma,
semicolon etc. Don't be tempted to right justify - the agent or
printer has no interest in your design or typesetting skills -
its your writing that is the thing of interest.
Not generally known, but a good tip when you write a book, is to
avoid starting a paragraph on the last line of a page (or ending
one on the first line of a page). These 'widows and orphans'
just look weird. Number each page - top right is best. A header
is also useful, as you need to send it in unbound. Manuscripts
DO get dropped, and without headers, it's a pain to figure out
what story a loose page came from. By the way, don't EVER send
your only copy - always ensure you have backups on at least 2
disks, or 2 spare copies printed out. As they say over at www.GetPlotted.com, the
time your backup will fail you is the time you only have the
one. And by the way, don't forget to spel chick it!
About the author:
Copyright www.GetPlotted.com. You may
reproduce this article as long as you do so in its entirity, and
preserve working links.
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