Format your manuscript

[L]

I am writing a short story, and i have been asked to include a header on each page with the story title and a word count.

Would the word count be the number of words in the entire story at the top of each page? (or would it be the number of words on ONLY that page??). Having not attempted to submit a piece of work in such a strict formatting as yet, i am new to all this and so would like to make sure that i do things correctly.

Thank you x

[Michael]

Haven't got a clue.

You might be better off asking whoever it is that you're sending it to, for clarification.

[Andrew]

I would imagine that they would only be interested in the story's total word count. I can't think of any reason why a serious publisher would need to know how many words were on each page.

[L]

Andrew wrote: "I would imagine that they would only be interested in the story's total word count. I can't think of any reason why a serious publisher would need to know how many words were on each page."

Thank you Andrew. I just wanted to be sure. x

[L]

The short story has to be submitted in 'PDF Format' and at the moment i have just written it in Microsoft Word.

Can i change it to make it a PDF document, so as to send it??

Thanks x

[Julie]

I use Nova PDF converter (free software download) and it coverts the word doc to pdf. You just select Print and use the Nova PDF printer. It doesn't actually print anything but rather coverts it that way. Make sense?

[L]

Julie wrote: "I use Nova PDF converter (free software download) and it coverts the word doc to pdf. You just select Print and use the Nova PDF printer. It doesn't actually print anything but rather coverts it th..."

Thank you, that is most helpful!! x