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Getting your Manuscript ready to send to RawRiot

Attention: RawRiot only accepts manuscripts in a Word Docx file (NOT a link). We do not accept any other document source or creator, aka Google Docs, Atticus, Reedsy, etc.

Your Title Page

Title and author name: Your book title should be centered in your document. Below your title, include the author’s name.

Main Body / Formatting Chapters

The chapter title should be centered halfway or one-third of the way down the page. For the first chapter, write Chapter One (or Chapter 1) using Heading One in the styles ribbon of Word and write the chapter title below. Continue this chapter headings format for each subsequent chapter number. New chapters should start on a blank page. You can accomplish this by inserting a page break.

Font: Your font should generally be 12-point Times New Roman.

Margins: Your pages should include one-inch margins on all sides (so that your top, bottom, left, and right margins are uniform). These should be the default margins in MS Word.

Indentation: For the first line of a new paragraph, you should indent 0.2

Line spacing: While most publishers prefer all lines to be double-spaced, RawRiot asks for 1.25 spaces. Do not add an extra space between paragraphs.

Scene breaks: For scene breaks, add a blank line with a hashmark or three asterisks in the center to indicate a new scene.

Sentence separation: Use one space between sentences after a period. Though many people instinctively hit the space bar twice to put two spaces between sentences, this is not the correct practice.

Ending: To indicate the end of your manuscript, write the word “END” and center it after the last line.

Please do a basic spelling, grammar, and punctuation check before submitting your manuscript for editing.