Submission Checklist

Before submitting to Fine Lines, review the style guide below:

1. Use page numbers
2. MLA format
3. spell check
4. proofread
5. Times New Roman font, size 12
6. one space following periods
7. maintain tenses throughout
8. obey comma and punctuation rules
9. follow the MLA rules for numbers
10. cut wordiness
11. avoid repetition
12. use page breaks for new chapters
13. there, their, they’re
14. to, too, two
15. affect, effect
16. all together, altogether
17. all ready, already
18. lie, lay
19. all pages in one document
20. send as a file attachment
21. send photo
22. copyright information
23. one-two paragraph autobiography