Paper Type

[Pisarz]

I'm sending out a full. Is 20 lb., 96 brightness sufficient? I also have 20 lb., 92 brightness and 24lb., 96 brightness. What's the norm?

[alleycat]

20 is more common, but 24 would be okay (anything in the 18 to 24 range). Just use the highest brightness, 96 would be better than 92.

Hope that helps.

[Christine N.]

Wow. Not to make your question seem small, but... wow. It's paper. As long as it's not pink or tangerine and doesn't smudge too bad, I really wouldn't worry about it.

Actually, I've heard some say that paper that's too heavy is a pain, because then carting the ms. around is cumbersome.

These are teeny little micro-managing questions. Use a good font, double space on decent paper. No sparkles, no curly fonts, no unicorn paper. See the thread on "proper manuscript formatting" and go from there.

Everything else... it won't make or break a submission. Worry about the writing. That's the most important thing.

;)

[Pisarz]

Thank you! I'm a little nervous about blowing it in any way . . . can you tell? ;)

[Jongfan]

I'm sending out a full. Is 20 lb., 96 brightness sufficient? I also have 20 lb., 92 brightness and 24lb., 96 brightness. What's the norm?

Personally, I find 20 lb 96 br very crisp and clean it's all I use

[Christine N.]

LOL. No problem. Paper won't blow it for you, I promise. Unless you get some weird editor or agent that's anal about that stuff.

And if they care that much about paper, you probably don't want to work with them, cause they'll drive you nuts.

[Alan Yee]

Yeah. If the paper's white and not crappy, it shouldn't be a problem. If your manuscript is in size 10 with a fancy font, single-spaced on purple paper, and printed on both sides, then it would be a big problem.