How to format your book manuscript in Google Docs

Wondering how to format your book manuscript in Google Docs? I've got you covered!

This tutorial takes you through how to set up a manuscript document, how to do the correct spacing, font choice, and paragraph styles, and how to make a title page, so that you can appear professional submitting your book to publishers, agents, and editors.

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction
00:20 What is standard manuscript format?
01:13 How to format your book manuscript in Google Docs

[xOscarablex]

This video helped me out so much. I feel way more confident about writing when the formatting looks so legitimate. Thank you!

[ambmae]

I just got a request for a full and this is SO helpful. Thank you!

[mrs.v]

I'm writing my first ever novel and I'm using docs, thank you for making a very clear and concise video on how to format my draft in docs.
Very much appreciated and thank you for the time you put into making this video.
Kind regards
Sam .V

[MikeDacameraman]

Thank you for making these videos to help out new writers, effectively giving back to the community! 💛

[roysmith]

Our go-to tutorial for setting google docs up for our projects. Great video. thanks very much!

[ayakiweirdo]

tried this with my 120k+ words manuscript, my laptop couldn't keep up and it took me two hours...

[StacyKinyanjui]

I just found this video. I like the fact that 1 year later and the information is still very helpful and straight forward.

[jose]

Amazing! Very to the point and easy to follow, thank you so much. I would love some more tips and tricks for writing in google docs :)

[valeriebike]

This is very helpful information. Thank you so much.

[daveloewenstein]

Thank you very much for such a helpful video!

[itsmaovinnehere]

thank you for this helpful video, im new and still learning how to use Google Docs. This saves me a lot!

[f.agberemi]

Thank you so much. Really appreciate it!

[jessicalarios]

Thank you so much for this video! It was soooo helpful. I was ready to toss my laptop out my window when google docs wasn’t cooperating, but you showed me things I didn’t even know I could do with the doc! Now my manuscript looks beautiful and I’m excited to keep working on it.
Thank you again!! ❤

[gloomydays]

This was so helpful thank you so much!
Though I have 2 questions: For a collection of short without chapters, would we put each title of the story as a "header" on the left hand side instead of chapters. and what if each story had chapters? If that's the case, would have to write a cover page for each individual story?

[bram]

Thank you very much! This video was very helpful!
I do have one question. I have written my entire manucript in PT Serif, I think the manuscript looks better that way. Should I stick to PT Serif or is submitting a manuscript in another fond than Times new Roman a no-go?

[darrellwhitney]

My manuscript looks way better than what it did! Thank you so much for taking the time to do this!

[tearstoneactual]

This is quite helpful. Thank you for the time and energy you put into this. Short, concise, easy to follow. Excellent guide. You have my sub.

[BeeFunKnee]

I'm not exactly sure why my Google Docs application looks quite dissimilar to your own, but the things you explained were helpful. I was able to muddle through things I needed quite well and good. I have Windows 10 Home, by the way. Maybe you have something different? My menus are not like those you show on yours, but are similar enough that I could hunt things down and apply them. That "undo" arrow helped me not get frustrated also.
Thank you! Hello from the state of Maine.
And "HAPPY NEW YEAR!"(I wanted to put that last bit in italics, but YouTube comments wont let me)

[Cathiemullen]

Fantastic! Very clear! What a helpful video!

[michaelmcdonald]

Soooo helpful. However I am an old, new student. What is a 'hash'?, What is 'hanging'?