Some manuscripts are formatted as if they were published books. And, frankly, because most submitters do some part of it wrong. Because there’s more to it than meets the eye. Why devote so much energy to talking about something as seemingly simply straightforward as packing up a manuscript and sending it to someone that has asked to see it? Because knowing what’s expected can both streamline the submission process and render the preparation stage substantially less stressful. In fact, I shall be devoting the rest of the week to this worthy endeavor. I did that not only to aid writers in a whirl about how to get their work out the door, but also to provide advance knowledge to those of you planning upon pitching at a writers’ conference in the months to come and those of you planning to send out queries. What brought on this change in tactic? Well, last time, I gave those of you that had just pitched your work successfully to an agent - which, contrary to astoundingly pervasive opinion amongst conference-goers, means that the agent asked to see all or part of your manuscript or book proposal, not offered on the spot to represent you - a brief overview of what that agent would expect to see in a submission. This post is for all of you strong, silent types: instead of explaining at my usual great length how to put together a manuscript for submission to the agent of your dreams, I’m going to show you. I’m going to try something a little different today, campers.
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