Today I am visiting with Chris Graham, The Story Reading Ape, talking about formatting books for print using Microsoft Word. For those who aren’t as familiar with Chris, I encourage you to check out his site – not just because he was kind enough to turn it over to me for a bit but because it is full of great information about the indie publishing industry as a whole, author highlights, as well as jokes anyone in any profession could enjoy.
I know that not everyone who reads my blog is an author, aspiring author, or uses Microsoft Word, but I hope that you might still be able to find a time-saving tip or two you can use in the future.
You’ve been toiling for hours upon hours. Edited to a glossy shine, your manuscript is finally complete. Unfortunately, a complete manuscript is not the same thing as a book interior. The difference…
Click here to read the rest: Framing Your Story – Book Formatting Basics: The End – Guest Post by Allie Potts… | Chris The Story Reading Ape’s Blog
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Next post: Framing someone IN your story! By planting false evidence…. and gardenias!!!
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That is genius!
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You’re a superb guest, Allie.
Period.
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Thank you! I know formatting isn’t the most exciting part of the publishing process, but it is so important.
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I like the idea of using a symbol other than an asterisk to divide sections within a chapter. I think I’ll play around with that a bit and come up with something different! Thanks for the tip.
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You’re welcome! I thought it added a nice finishing touch.
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Huh. I was just talking myself into overcoming my fear of guest posting then hop over here to catch up and find a guest post. Fate? Anyway, looks like an amazingly helpful post. Off to read!
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Guesting posting with Chris is relatively painless once you get past the whole, introduce yourself thing *shudder.* You should try it sometime.
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Sure, sure. I’ll try. *runs and dives under the covers*
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