What I’ve Learned Today…

Standard Manuscript Format is one of my Hot Button Topics. Who knew? I went on two different rants about it today. If you really care, the Follow Up Rant is here. I actually opened that one up to the public. The first one is a copy of the one below.

But now I want it done and over with. I’m moving on — with this one thing. If you’re using formatting as a marker of a writer’s “professionalism”, then don’t call it “standard”. The industry isn’t changing in a day or a week or a century. Everyone wants something different. Fine. Whatever. If that’s the game, that’s the game — it’s the only one in town. What choice is there?s