SHORT STORY MANUSCRIPT FORMAT

About This TemplateWhen compiled (File > Compile), this project will generate a document in the standard manuscript format for short story submissions.

How To Use This Template Edit the First Page Header document to ensure it contains the correct information.

The text in this document will appear at the top of the first page of the compiled story manuscript.

Create a new text document for each scene inside the Story folder. (Upon export, scenes will automatically be separated by the # character.) Alternatively, you can write your entire story in a single text document if you prefer (in which case you will need to add the # character between the scenes in your document yourself).

Information about characters can be placed in the Characters folder, and information about locations can be placed in the Places folder. (These are just regular folders that have had custom icons assigned to them using the Documents > Change Icon feature.)

Character and setting sketch sheets have been provided which can be used for filling out information about the people and places in your novel. These are located in the Template Sheets folder. You should not edit the documents in the Template Sheets folder directly unless you wish to change the templates (which you are free to do - you may wish to customise the sketch sheets or get rid of them entirely). Instead, to create a new character sheet, click on the Characters folder (or wherever you want to create your new character sheet) and from the Project menu, select New From Template > Character Sketch. This creates a new character sketch document for you to edit and fill in with your character details. You can create setting sketch sheets in the same way. Alternatively, you can just click Add, or hit cmd-N, with the Characters or Places folders selected.

Compile your manuscript into standard short story manuscript format by selecting File > Compile.

Making Changes

You may wish to change the following: Page header: You can edit the page header in the Page Settings pane of the

Compile sheet. Font: You can use Quick Font Override in Compile to change the font used

throughout the final document. Making your own special folders: The Characters and Places folders are

really just regular folders that have been set up in a particular way, and you are free to create other folders that work in a similar manner.

1. To create a folder with a custom icon, add a new folder, place it where you want it, ensure it is selected, and then go to Documents > Change Icon to choose a different icon.

2. To create your own template sheets, simply create a new document inside the Template Sheets folder and set it up however you want (whether by adding text, changing the title, setting default meta-data, or whatever). Now this document will be available as the basis of new documents from the New From Template menu. (You can add a custom icon to this if you so wish, too.)

3. To set things up so that when the special folder created in (1) is selected and you hit Add, a new document based on the one you set up in (2) is created, select the folder and go to Documents > Default New Subdocument Type and select the special template document you created.

Sample DocumentSee the Sample Story MS PDF file in the Research folder for an example of a document that has been created using this template.

Final NoteScrivener project templates are flexible and are not intended to restrict you to a particular workflow. You can change, delete or move the files and folders contained in the template, and you can create your own templates by setting up a skeletal project with the files, folders and settings you would like to use for new projects and using File > Save As Template.