• These are a continuation of my notes from a writing conference the LDS writers’ conference. The Presenter is Marney Parkins. Any misinformation of the notes is the fault of the note taker.

Quotes:

• for block quotes, you will align the left text to the indent of the paragraph indent of the text above it. Paragraph breaks d\will not be the defaults .5 indent offered by word It would be shorter. They may be smaller in text or not. Match the size of the footnotes.

Footnotes:

• Don’t need indents. Usually, just have a number and a period at the end. Normally the size is regular font as the text. You have the option of making it smaller text and also less letting.

Back matter:

• Acknowledgments
• Information about the author.
• Some books have an excerpt.
• Appendix says index or a bibliography etc. The appendix needs to be the same kind of title structures and the same kind of drop and first paragraphs as the rest of the book. Indexes are the smallest thing in the book. Same size as footnotes. They also have smaller letting. The bibliography can be the same size or smaller text than the regular text of the book. Make sure they’re not hard to read. Everything needs to be consistent.

Table of contents:

• Most fiction does not have a table of contents. For nonfiction a table of content is essential.
• You don’t need to say a table of contents just contents.
• You don’t need a list of illustrations just illustrations.
• Sections would also be listed under TofC.
• Page numbers for TofC. Then are on the right either jagged or lined up on the right.
• Recommend numbered pages for pre-book pgs. and Arabic numbers from the body of your text.
• Format for English readers’ views from the top right down to the bottom left. Ads should follow the same format.
• Titles: Chapter titles will be bigger and more splashy There needs to be plenty of white space around the title.

Page text:

• The font is usually between 9-12 size texts.
• Lettings is the space between letters of a word. Letting ranges between 2 to 4. Letting would be the same for quotes or bibliography and footnotes. Items in the book are going to be very similar ou don’t need to have a lot of different sizes. You also don’t need many different typefaces.
• Younger readers and older readers will have larger text and more letting between letters.
• Normally your line lengths should be 10-12 words on a line. It if its biggest text and fewer words.
• Typeface needs to be easier to read such as old-style Sarah Fs headers: the first header is bold or a Letter in caps for bold italics.

Lists:

• Will be aligned with paragraph indent of the page. Can use numbers are bullets but they need to be flushed with the edge of your text. Would be nice to have a little space between each listed item.
• Captions work well with a different font for contrast.