• Non-Fiction Format

    GENERAL NON-FICTION


    About This Template

    When compiled (File > Compile), this project will generate a document in the standard manuscript format used for many types of non-fiction. Settings are also provided to make it easy to compile to a paperback-style PDF for self-publishing or an EPUB or Kindle ebook.


    How To Use This Template

     • Inside the “Manuscript” folder, create a new folder for each chapter and title each folder with the name of the chapter. (You do not need to—and indeed shouldn’t—t...

  • Manuscript


    • Foreword

    • Chapter


      • Section


  • Front Matter


    • Manuscript Format


      • Title Page

        Title page to the manuscript.

      • Contents


    • Paperback


      • Title Page











        <$PROJECTTITLE>


        <$author>

      • Copyright

















        Copyright © <$year> <$author>

        All rights reserved.

        ISBN:

        ISBN-13:

      • Dedication











        Insert dedication here.

      • Contents


    • Ebook


      • Cover

      • Dedication





        Your dedication here.


  • Back Matter


    • Manuscript Format


      • Endnotes

        <$--ENDNOTES-->


    • Paperback


      • Notes

        <$--ENDNOTES-->


  • Notes

  • Ideas

  • Research


    • Sample MS

      Amy Nonomusse

      Your manuscript should have your address

      and contact details

      on the first page only.

      If you have an agent, your agent’s address can be included beneath.

      900 words

      Non-Fiction Standard Manuscript Format by A. Nonomusse

      Contents

      Foreword 1 Chapter One - Folder Names Become Subtitles 2 Chapter Two - Another Chapter Folder 4

      Foreword

      Non-fiction works often feature a foreword or preface. This usually comes after the table of contents, but not always—sometimes the foreword precedes the ...


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