Traditional Publishers tend to insist on very specific formatting and I'll put down here what the industry standard is.<\/p>\n
However, always — always! — check the publishers guidelines before you submit and adjust accordingly if they specify what they want.<\/p>\n
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\n\tUS = Letter<\/p>\n
\n\tTop, bottom, left and right.<\/p>\n
\n\tTimes New Roman is a proportional font
\n\tand doesn't space properly, but is acceptable
\n\tIf you must use it, use 14pt.<\/p>\n
\n\tSingle Spaced (Address details, Title etc)
\n\tShoot for roughly 25 lines per page.<\/p>\n
\n\tIf there is a section where you have a journal entry, or a letter, or something
\n\talong those lines, double tab (10 spaces) the section.
\n\tDo not use "Widows & Orphans" protection if your word processor has it.
\n\tIf the chapter ends with a single word on a lone page… find something to cut, to fix it.
\n\tOnly use one space after any punctuation mark. (Periods, Commas, Exclamation Marks, Question Marks, etc.)<\/p>\n
\n\tAnything else makes the text hard to read.<\/p>\n
\n\tEvery page needs your name and contact number \/ email on it.<\/p>\n