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