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Manuscript Preparation Clinic

What an editor looks for in the first ten pages, and how to prepare a synopsis and submission package that gets read properly.

Date
Time
15:00 to 16:30 UTC
Registration
Open

Overview

About this session.

A clinic on the practical side of submission: formatting, synopsis structure, the author note, and the small errors that make a manuscript harder to assess.

Held before our autumn reading window opens.

Details

Online
Live video session
Duration
15:00 to 16:30 UTC
Hosted by
Alex Preston, Founder & Editorial Director, Jeanne, Editorial & Proofreading Lead

Add to your calendar

Save the date now; joining details are sent to registered attendees closer to the day.

Agenda

How the time is used.

Timings are indicative; questions always get their slot.

  1. 00:00The first ten pages
  2. 00:25Writing a one-page synopsis
  3. 00:50Assembling the submission package
  4. 01:10Questions

Who it is for

Come if this is you.

Authors preparing a submission
Debut novelists

Registration

Reserve a place.

Send your details and we reply with joining information, or add you to the list if the session is full.

Tell us your name, email and anything you would like covered in the questions section.

Every submission is validated on our server, checked for spam and delivered to our business inbox over HTTPS. Please do not send full manuscripts as attachments on a first contact.

Next step

Questions before you register?

Ask the desk directly. If the session is not right for you, we will say so and point you at the one that is.