Here’s a collection of some of the free downloads I’ve included in posts:
A handy guide to manuscript formatting that both shows and tells what your manuscript should look like: What your typing teacher didn’t tell you about manuscript formatting
The basis of the “Elements of Fiction” series of posts: Elements of Fiction Editing Checklist
And the nonfiction version: Elements of Nonfiction Editing Checklist
A guide to the stuff that comes before and after your main text: Front and Back Matter cheat sheet
Download a Sample book map.
Track your productivity: Sample Writer’s Work Log
Or see where your time is going: Time and Motion Log
Easily write your writer’s blurb: Author bio worksheet
Cheat sheets
For the stuff we all have to look up
How to conjugate these confusing verbs: Sorting out Lay and Lie
Whom is rapidly going the way of thou, but sometimes you still need to know when to use it: When to use who and whom
The rules for commas are complicated. Here’s a summation: Comma Cheat Sheet
[…] Freebies page is a collection of my downloads, including cheat sheets and the manuscript formatting […]
Thanks for all the cheat sheets. Boy, will they come in handy!
Great resources! Your brevity and clarity in your descriptions is fantastic. I look forward to exploring these.