How to prepare your manuscript for Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader
Before you run Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader, you need to prepare your manuscript. Doing this will ensure they run on your entire manuscript for the best results.
Run Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader on a single document
First, ensure that your entire manuscript is on a single file. This is particularly important if you are using our Web Editor or Scrivener.
If you have split the chapters of your manuscript across multiple documents (or subdocuments, if you’re using our Web Editor or Scrivener), consolidate your manuscript in a single document before running Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader.
Check your manuscript’s word count
We recommend running Manuscript Analysis and Virtual Beta Reader on at least 4,000 words to get meaningful feedback on your writing.
We recommend running Marketability Analysis on at least 10,000 words of a complete draft or detailed outline. However, it will still work on lower word counts than this, if you need it to.
Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, and Virtual Beta Reader work with documents of up to 300,000 words. If your story is over 300,000 words, they may still run on your text but might not give optimal results.
Separate your chapters clearly
You’ll get the best results if you number your chapter titles (for example: “Chapter 4”). If you don’t number your chapter titles, we recommend you don’t use headings for individual scenes or subsections, as these can be mistaken for chapters.
Finally, ensure that the chapter heading is on a new line, and leave a blank line right before it.
Run Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader
Now you have prepared your manuscript, you are ready to run Manuscript Analysis, Marketability Analysis, or Virtual Beta Reader.
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