Practical guide to optimising the presentation of manuscripts, whether for a publisher, agent, manuscript review service, writing competition or other destination. Covers fiction, non-fiction, essays, scripts for screen or stage, and poetry, be they full or part manuscript or an initial book proposal. Includes a range of manuscript models and an index. Both authors are experienced writers and Peguero is an editor and publisher and teaches in the Diploma of Arts (Professional Writing and Editing) course at Box Hill Institute.