• Ideas

    NOVEL FORMAT

    About This Template

    By default, when compiled (File > Compile), this project will generate a document in the standard manuscript format for novels. Settings are also provided to make it easy to compile to a paperback-style PDF for self-publishing or an EPUB or Kindle e-book.

    How To Use This Template

    • Inside the “Manuscript” folder, create a new folder for each chapter and title each folder with the name of the chapter. If you don’t intend to use chapter names, just use something...

  • Manuscript

  • Outline


    • The Phone Call

      Alone in his flat, K. receives a phone call from a mysterious woman. She says she knows his secret, and forces a meeting.

    • An Old Friend

      M. runs into an old school friend who disappeared many years ago. She recalls playing records together, and tells him how everyone thought he as dead.

    • The Meeting

      K. waits in the park for the woman. His wife shows up, but she claims not to be his wife. She gives him a map, and leaves. He tries to follow her, but loses her.

    • Another Moon

      B. meets with Hendrick and Moon, and grills them on how they lost “Subject 7”. Moon seems confused, as though her memories have been altered.

    • A Familiar Voice

      M. finds the map in K’s coat pocket and phones the number on it. She drops the phone when she hears her own voice at the other end.


  • Problems

  • Characters

  • Places

  • Front Matter


    • Manuscript Format


      • Title Page

        Title page to the manuscript.


    • Paperback


      • Title Page

        <$PROJECTTITLE>

        <$author>

      • Copyright

        Copyright © <$year> <$author>

        All rights reserved.

        ISBN:

        ISBN-13:

      • Dedication

        Insert dedication here.

      • Blank Page

        <$BLANK_PAGE>


    • E-book


      • Cover

      • Dedication

        Your dedication here.


  • Notes

  • Research


    • Sample Output


      • Standard Manuscript

        Andrew Nonymous

        Your manuscript should

        have your address

        and contact details

        on the title page only.

        If you have an agent, your

        agent's address can be

        included beneath.

        700 words.

        NOVEL STANDARD MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

        by Forename Surname

        Chapter One

        Standard manuscript format is often required for novels

        so that work can easily be read by editors. It allows editors

        to estimate word count and determine roughly how many pages

        will be required to produce a book using the page size, style

        and...

      • Paperback Novel

        MY GREAT NOVEL

        Anton Mouse

        Copyright © 2011 Anton Mouse All rights reserved.

        ISBN: ISBN-13:

        Insert dedication here.

        CHAPTER ONE

        The Mayor of Castanets

        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi rhoncus adipiscing velit, sit amet cursus libero vehicula sed. Nulla sed urna tellus. Proin non ligula at ligula mollis tempor nec non ipsum. Maecenas non ultricies elit. Ut ac eros ac eros scelerisque commodo. Suspendisse accumsan risus nec leo sagittis dignissim.

        Aenean mollis iaculi...


  • Template Sheets


    • Character Sketch

      Character Name

      Role in Story

      Goal

      Physical Description

      Personality

      Occupation

      Habits/Mannerisms

      Background

      Internal Conflicts

      External Conflicts

      Notes

    • Setting Sketch

      Name of Setting

      Role in Story

      Related Characters

      Season

      Unique Features

      Description

      Sights

      Sounds

      Smell

      Notes


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