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When an agent/publisher limits manuscript submissions to your first 50 pages, and goes on to say it should be double-spaced as an attachment, does that mean your first 50 pages from your single-spa...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T11:49:00Z (over 4 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Laurie Hall
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2019-12-08T11:49:00Z (over 4 years ago)
When an agent/publisher limits manuscript submissions to your first 50 pages, and goes on to say it should be double-spaced as an attachment, does that mean your first 50 pages from your _single_-spaced document converted to a double-spaced submission (with standard formatting requiring the half-empty first page), _or_ first converting the manuscript to double-space and formatting it for submission, then cutting it off at the resulting new 50-page mark? Do you see the confusion? I'm sure everyone in the industry knows the answer but it's not clear to a lot of us, especially as it's totally different if you paste the pages into an email instead of attaching. Then, apparently, you're allowed to single-space, but must block indent. If we get it wrong, should we assume that's an automatic rejection?
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2019-05-04T14:06:49Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 7