{"id":"4945","date":"2020-08-10T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-08-10T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pickfu.com\/blog\/?p=4945"},"modified":"2024-09-25T02:54:53","modified_gmt":"2024-09-25T09:54:53","slug":"how-to-write-a-book-in-word","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.pickfu.com\/how-to-write-a-book-in-word\/","title":{"rendered":"How to write a book in Word"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

It’s hard to believe that writers used to pen entire novels by hand. It makes sense that some revered works of literature are extremely long and wordy, because they didn’t have a digital word processor to help them cut, shape, and perfect their books. Word processors like Microsoft Word have made books leaner, cleaner, and more powerful than ever before. But if you need help knowing how to write a book in Word, you’re not alone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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New writers often sit down with a head full of dreams and ideas and then find that something as seemingly simple as formatting completely derails them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this guide, you’ll learn everything you need to know about how to format a book in Word. (For tips on writing the actual story, see our guide to beginning a novel<\/a>.) While none of my novels have been published yet (they’ve come close!), they’ve all been written with Microsoft Word.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s an excellent tool for writers everywhere. <\/p>\n\n\n\r\n

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Writing and formatting a blank document<\/h2>\n\n\n

I find that it’s easiest to put your manuscript in the right format from the beginning rather than trying to change everything once you have a draft down. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Did you ever wait to cite your sources until after <\/em>you wrote<\/g> your English paper? Was it not terrible and time-consuming to have to go back and do it all at once?<\/p>\n\n\n\n