Quick Q: Submitting the first 50 pages of the novel

Genester · Jul 18, 2008

Folks,

Quick question. I have been asked by an agent to submit the first fifty pages of my novel. Although this is pretty straightforward at a first glance, I am a little confused about something. Since the format is double-spaced...do agents expect the first single-spaced pages of the novel (which is some 105 double-spaced pages), or do they want to get fifty double-spaced pages?

Apologies if the question is amateurish, but I would rather ask than screw things up.

Thank you to all in advance.

Cheers,
Genester

darrtwish · Jul 18, 2008

I'm going to say yes, because when you submit your full MS, they want it double-spaced, so why wouldn't the want a partial MS to not be double-spaced as well.

ChaosTitan · Jul 18, 2008

Standard manuscript format is double-spaced, Courier New or Times New Roman font, sized 12.

Also, don't end the fiftieth page with a partial sentence. Copy it to the end of the last full paragraph on that page.

Genester · Jul 18, 2008

Darrtwish and ChaosTitan,

Thanks for your replies.

I am sorry; I may have expressed myself unclearly. I will certainly submit the pages double-spaced. Thing is, do I submit 50 double-spaced pages, or 106 double-spaced pages (which are the first 50 single-spaced pages of the novel)?

Hope this clarifies it.

Thanks,
Genester

ChaosTitan · Jul 18, 2008

No, your first question was clear. Fifty double-spaced pages. Just fifty.

Genester · Jul 18, 2008

Gotcha - thanks very much.

Cheers,
Genester

Bufty · Jul 19, 2008

Or 49 or 53 if it makes more reading sense and stops at the end of a chapter, say.

Genester said:
Gotcha - thanks very much.

Cheers,
Genester

Quick Q: Submitting the first 50 pages of the novel

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