![]() ![]() To be an agent or publisher’s Perfect Peter (and not their Horrid Henry), you just need to adhere to the following children’s book manuscript conventions: ‘Home’ and then the ‘Line and Paragraph Spacing’ key in Word. ![]() ‘Format’ then ‘Line spacing’ in Google Docs, or.Format the body text like a proĮverything you’ve typed so far should have been single-spaced.Īs we head into the main text of your story, you’ll want to move into double-spacing - which you can do by heading to: Tempted by the idea of a pen name? Gve our Pen Name Generator a spin and see if you can come up with a fun new nom de plume. Here's an example of what that might look like: This can be a pen name so long as you've included your legal name at the top of the document (see Step 4). Then beneath it, also centered, add your byline. Maybe treat yourself and whack up the font size up to 14pt or 16pt. Type your title in ALL CAPS and center it. This is where you’ll type out your title. Now you want to get yourself into the center of the page, and shimmy down about three inches - which is roughly six lines below your details, by our calculations. ![]() But as long as you’ve researched the children’s market, and your book is the right length - very important! - a professional will immediately know that information from the word count. Some people will tell you to then state your target reader, or what kind of manuscript you’ve written (for example, “Chapter book, age 7-9”). This is how the top of your page should look. Picture books should be rounded to the nearest ten, and anything with a larger word count should be rounded to the nearest thousand. The top right-hand corner is where you put your manuscript’s word count. If you already have an agent and they're submitting the manuscript to a publisher, they will use their name, address, email, and phone number. Now you’re ready to go with page one! Before you start your story, in the top left-hand corner, you need to list: Include the important information on the first page However, her manuscript may have looked a little more vanilla. Lauren Child's What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? has wonderfully inventive type. Simply focus on readability and the quality of your writing. Which famous children's author do you write like?įind out which literary luminary is your stylistic soulmate.
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