How to Format Your Manuscript for Publishing Success

Are you ready to submit your writing to an agent or publisher? Or perhaps sending your words out for a manuscript assessment or entering a writing competition?

Formatting matters!

When submitting your manuscript for consideration by an industry professional, it's critically important to have a correctly formatted document.

In this workshop, bestselling Australian author, Lisa Ireland takes you through the process step-by-step. Beginning with a blank document, learners are guided through set up of industry standard settings - including fonts, margins, spacing, headers, page numbers, scene breaks and more!

As a writing mentor, I see a lot of manuscripts. Almost every document that comes across my desk has some sort of formatting error.

Poor formatting makes your document more difficult to read, which has a negative impact on reader enjoyment. This is not ideal when you are trying to make a great first impression!

Often authors are caught out by hidden default settings, which are easy to change once you know how! Don't let lack of knowledge of simple formatting rules hamper your publishing opportunities.