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A series of paragraph breaks (created by hitting the enter key) to force text onto the next page.Using only a paragraph break to create a scene break between paragraphs.Creating complex tables, charts, graphs at a page size larger than your book size.Using tabs at the end of a paragraph to create a new paragraph.Two line breaks inserted at the end of a paragraph instead of a paragraph break.Manual line breaks at the end of each line of text in a paragraph.Two spaces between sentences instead of one.Two or more paragraph breaks between paragraphs.Extra spaces or tabs used to create an indent for the first line of each paragraph.However, there are some steps you can make when writing your book in Microsoft Word that will make the job of formatting your book easier and help prevent errors in the book formatting process.īelow are some of the most common issues I see in book documents sent to Jera Publishing to be formatted. And following the standard communicates to the reader that you've taken the time to learn this format, which is one way to convey your professionalism.When writing your book you should separate the writing from the formatting. This is the industry standard, so editors and agents are expecting it. Don't skip lines when doing this, unless you're indicating a larger break in the story. Manuscript format is to indent the first line of each new paragraph (and to double space). In a book, too much white space can look awkward. On-line, an article can unfurl on a single long page, so the space isn't as limited as it is in printed matter. Much of the motivation behind this is visual. We don't often see it in the newer technology of the Internet. This might be why indenting seems old fashioned to you. White space indicates the movement to a new paragraph. On-line, most writing is blocked, where the first lines of new paragraphs aren't indented, but are flush to the left like all the other text. The age of the Internet has certainly changed the way writing appears visually. In manuscripts, should I indent the first line of a paragraph or can I just skip a line and not indent the first line? Indenting looks so old fashioned.