1-inch margins

Left justified

Double spaced

Set paragraph indent at 0.5-inches (no tabs or spaces)

Headers and Footers should be used for author name/title and page numbers

No extra spaces before or after paragraphs

Single space between both words and sentences

No spaces at the end of paragraphs after punctuation

Times New Roman or Calibri

12 point font

Titles & Headings in Headline Capitalization (No Bold or ALL CAPS)

Titles & Headings in the same font size as the body of the manuscript

Titles and page numbers should be centered

Scripture in italics (with reference and version in parenthesizes)

All pronouns for God are capitalized. His, He, Him, You, Your, etc.

“Word” as in God’s Word and “Scripture” are to be capitalized

Fiction: Spell out numbers other than years (It would occur on June fifth. / In the year 1492 Christopher…)

Non-fiction: depends on the materials covered. The more technical the more digits are used

Use * * * for time, POV, topic, or other breaks within a chapter

Em—dash has no spaces before or after

Begin chapters on a new page

Comma should appear before the conjunction in a series. We bought milk, juice, fruit, and cereal.

A new paragraph for each speaker in dialog

Thought, imagined dialogue, prayer, and other interior discourse in italics

Use … for faltering speech and –for interrupted speech (“I…I don’t know…what you mean.”) (“Would you—”)

Quotations fall outside of final punctuation in dialog.

For quotes within quotes. Full quotes to begin and end, single quotes on the internal quote

Use an ‘s’ after the apostrophe for words and names ending in ‘s’. i.e.: James’s, boss’s

Italicize sounds. Crack. The tree limb fell. “Umm, I hope you have insurance, mister.”

Capitalize Heaven and Hell when it refers to the actual place.