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A guide to manuscript writing

Manuscript is the term that is related to handwritten document. Manuscripts are written be the writers who want their work to get published. The writers format their manuscript by following the principles and guidelines of the publishers. Before submitting the manuscript for publishing, the writers have to edit them as per the principles of the publishing company. The publishing firms have some formatting requirements regarding the fonts, size of the text, paper size, type of the envelope, addressing guidelines etc. So, one should make sure that their manuscript is perfectly formatted. Below are some basic guidelines that help you in publishing an effective journal. To enable efficient editing, the students should use double spacing throughout the manuscript. When writing numbers, it is better to use words. This can be said as a general rule as it makes reading much easy.  One should avoid italics in manuscript. Instead of the one should underline the script that needs to be italicized in the final draft. The symbols should be written in text format. For example – “dollars”, “pounds” etc.  This helps the publisher in recognizing the symbols easily. The page margin should be of one inch throughout the manuscript. Only one side of the paper should be used while writing manuscript. All the above points help the author is presenting an effective manuscript.  One can also take the help of manuscript editing services to improve the readability of their manuscript. Usually, manuscript services include a number of tasks like – proofreading, editing, correcting, spell checking, grammar check etc. The manuscript editing services are available in various categories like – annual reports, academic books, journals, manual guides, project books,   advertisements, press releases, fiction and non-fiction stories etc. There are a number of manuscript editing firms that help the authors in giving a perfect look to their manuscript. You can also use manuscript editing software to edit your work. But, this software corrects the manuscript only partially. To prepare a perfect manuscript you need to take assistance of professional editors. Journalsdirectory.in is a reliable platform that helps the authors in preparing manuscripts, which are likely to be accepted by almost all the publication houses.  Most of the authors wish that their journal should be stored in a secured place, so that other people can refer them. Interested authors can list their Journals on the site, in order to facilitate reference by...

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