Two Tricks to Prepare a Book Manuscript for Self-Publishing
The Best Ways to Read and Improve Your Draft
When it comes to preparing a manuscript, you first want to get it formatted and in good shape. This way your document looks consistent throughout, and you won’t be distracted by minor details.
I recommend before putting your finalized manuscript together that you save chapters, poems, or short stories in smaller files and work on them individually. This way when you’re ready to create your book manuscript, most of the editing, grammar, and plot considerations have already been done.
Working with a giant manuscript file can slow things down for your computer, and it can get tedious to scroll through a big file. It’s important to have an efficient organizational method that works for you.
For more of my tips on how to initially format your manuscript, read my article here:
Once you have a manuscript in, let’s say, cohesive shape, I would start working on it in sections. When you have the right mindset, there…
