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I’m a visual learner. I could read about something for a week and not figure it out. Show me what it looks like and I got it. Bam! So I thought some of you might be that way, too. Here is a handful of examples of that formal paperwork that goes hand in hand with becoming a published author. You’ve got to learn how to do this stuff if you want to succeed.

Note: Manuscript format is always 1” margins all the way around, double spaced, aligned left—do not justify your text. Only in a query letter, cover letter, or synopsis do you
get to single space.

Query letter for fiction book Query letter for non fiction article Bibliography to accompany non fiction query Cover letter to accompany unsolicited manuscript Cover letter to accompany solicited manuscript One Sheet for novel One Sheet for Non Fiction book One Sheet for Fiction Series One Sheet for Non Fiction Series Fiction Book Proposal Non Fiction Book Proposal

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