Four by Fifty

Get ready to submit your manuscript

A four-month manuscript development programme that helps authors get their work ready for submission!

Why 4?
Four months is the approximate time taken to develop a partially ready manuscript to a fully developed work.*

Why 50?
50k words is the standard wordcount for most paperbacks (fiction and nonfiction).

• What are the features of 4 by 50?
• • Developmental editing (1 round)
• • Copy editing (1 round)
• • Unlimited 1-0-1support
• • Book proposal
• • Market assessment

• What will you gain?
• • *A well-rounded manuscript with minimal errors
• • A ready to submit book proposal
• • Professional guidance and support in the form of 1-0-1 feedback and edits
• • Clear understanding of the identity of the manuscript
• • Clarity on what’s working on the page, including style and substance related concerns
• • Clarity on what’s not working on the stage, including style and substance related concerns
• • Clarity on positioning of the manuscript in the marketplace

• Who is this for?
• • Anyone whose manuscript is ready for editing, including developmental work and editing on a sentence level.
• • Anyone who is looking to publish traditionally
• • Anyone who is looking to self-publish
• • Anyone with a fiction or nonfiction manuscript up to 60k words

• What is the importance of a book proposal?
• A strong book proposal helps the author make a valuable proposition to a publisher making it hard for them to say No! The proposal includes the following elements:
• • Title
• • Subtitle
• • Synopsis
• • Table of contents
• • Author bio
• • 3 ready to submit chapters
• • Competing titles
• • Marketing ideas

Duration: Four months

Cost: Rs 2L/-

Payment: Rs 50k per month

Mode of payment: Net banking

Advance: Pay per month. Monthly instalment to be seen as non-refundable

Genre: Open to all genres except recipe books and poetry

When does it begin: Four by Fifty is a seasonal programme that is only accepted in June- Sept and Nov- Feb. Bookings can be taken in advance.** Email for details and questions.

Email :editorsatelier@gmail.com

• What will this not include?
• • Writing or cowriting
• • Rewriting
• • Research
• • Fact-check
• • Agency representation
• • Book publication
• • An error free manuscript
• • Editorial critique or manuscript assessment

**T and C apply