[twincerely]

Just wondering, are there any good resources on how to format PB manuscripts? Thanks!

[bechick108 Posts: 71 Status: Offline]

Here's a link to "The Purple Crayon" a website by Harold Underdown with great info on starting out. A link to manuscript formatting is in the list.
http://underdown.org/basic-articles.htm
 

[twincerely]

Thanks!

[wolfie712 Posts: 236 Status: Offline Teacher, Writer, Up-All-Nighter WWW]

You can also search through the threads here and see what information has been posted.  Here are a few threads that talk about formatting manuscripts:

http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php?topic=13411.0

http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php?topic=44195.0

http://www.verlakay.com/boards/index.php?topic=26010.0

Good luck!

Laura

[twincerely]

Perfect Just curious, do you round your word count or just put the exact number? Or does it not matter?

[LoriA Posts: 88 Status: Offline WWW]

Here's a little tidbit, right off of Harold Underdown's Purple Crayon website:

Page Counts and Word Counts
People suggest putting the word count on the first page; I think that information belongs in a cover letter along with the page count, but either way is fine. It looks a little better if you round off your word count. If your word processor does the word count for you, and you get a number such as 43,127 words, it's a good idea to just say "43,000 words."


I tend to round my word count for PBs as well. Instead of 574, I would write 570.

[RevellWriting]

The Purple Crayon website is fantasticly helpful -- well worth a read through.