This episode contains the rest of setting up your document for writing. Something I hadn’t remembered to talk about last episode. I also give a brief update on the progress of my new book.

You can buy my current book here: https://www.schaffencreative.com/gbpd

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Using Microsoft Word

Title – heading 1, 48pt font, bold faced, center aligned, Palatino Linotyp, Palatino Linotypee

Subheading – heading 2, 20pt font, bold faced, center aligned,Palatino Linotype

Chapters – heading 2, 24pt font, bold faced, right aligned,Palatino Linotype

Content – Palatino Linotype, 11pt font

Page layout – Spacing between paragraphs – Home → Paragraph → Indents and Spacing tab → check the box next to “Don’t add space between paragraphs of the same style”

Margins – Page Layout → click arrow in corner of Page Setup → Margins tab

Top: 0.5

Bottom: 0.5

Inside: 0.75

Outside: 0.5

Gutter: 0

Multiple pages: Mirror Margins

Apply to: Whole Document

This margin setup allows for space next to the binding so the wording doesn’t get lost in it. Inside margin may need to change based on the size of your book and the number of pages included.

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Website:

https://www.schaffencreative.com

Choosing your voice in writing can be an interesting journey. Not everybody gets it right, but some do. These are some rambling thoughts on finding your voice and style in writing.

Update on the whole villain debate, which resulted in a couple of unexpected results both live on the show and in writing the manuscript. While the decision has been made, it’s only just the beginning!

Villains, or the bad guys, make the story telling world go round. If you don’t have a conflict you don’t have a story. In this case a lack of a villain makes writing difficult. In this episode I lament having a definitive villain for my hero to face.

Sometime around 2010 I decided to write my first book. Seven years later I published it.

That’s a really long time.

Now I’ve started a new book, and in the process I’ve decided to try and get it published within a year. To keep myself on track I’m starting a podcast to document my process, my thoughts and insights into what I’m doing, what I’ve done and what I can do better.

I hope you enjoy the process. Maybe it’ll inspire you to try and write your own book.

The first 2 episodes are recorded in my car while I’m driving, so the audio quality isn’t the best. Eps 3 is a clean show with no background noise. If the first 2 shows are a distraction, hang in there, they get better sounding.