You've finished the manuscript. The draft is done, the ending works, and now you're staring at submission guidelines that seem fussier than the book itself. Font. margins. headers. file type. page breaks. It can feel absurd that after writing a whole novel, you're suddenly being judged on whether your paragraph indent came from the ruler […]
You typed “The End,” closed the document, and felt done for about ten minutes. Then formatting showed up. Now you're staring at conflicting advice about fonts, margins, title pages, chapter breaks, print settings, ebook exports, and file types. One guide talks about pleasing agents. Another jumps straight to paperback trim sizes. A third assumes you […]