Manuscripts for agents and editors

The manuscript agents and editors expect, ready to send: standard manuscript format, as a PDF and as a Word file.

A submission manuscript follows the standard format: twelve-point Times, double-spaced, one-inch margins, indented paragraphs, scene breaks marked with #, and a running header of your surname, the short title and the page number. The first page carries your name and contact details, the word count rounded as agents expect, and the title and byline, all from the Title Page.

Septangular takes care of typography as it builds: curly quotes, dashes and ellipses, chapter headings from the book’s structure, and scene breaks between scenes.

A Word file editors can work with

Many agents and publishers ask for Word. Septangular’s Word file is built from named styles (Manuscript Body, Heading 1 and 2, Scene Break and so on) rather than direct formatting, so it reformats cleanly, and chapters appear in Word’s navigation pane.

Always free

Manuscripts, as PDF and as Word, are part of Septangular Ink, the free writing studio, and always complete. A reading copy, with its own type and page size, is built the same way.