Book Template
Our Book Template is designed for writing fiction or nonfiction manuscripts, including novels, novellas, memoirs, short story collections, and more. This template provides a clean, flexible writing environment that closely mirrors the experience of a traditional word processor while still giving you the benefits of WriterDuet’s formatting structure.
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Book Template Tutorial Video
Apply Book Template
This will affect the entire document and adjust all formatting.
- Select Format > Document Template > Default Templates
- Select Book Template
- If there is content in the document, it will ask if you want to confirm the template change.
- Select Apply Template
Core Line Types
These line types form the foundation of the book template and are the most commonly used.
- Chapter – Use this line type to name your chapter. You can type any custom chapter title (e.g.
Chapter One, The Storm, Part I: The Beginning). - Passage – Pressing Enter after a Chapter line creates a Passage line. This is where you’ll write the bulk of your content (narrative prose, dialogue, exposition, and more).
- Heading 1 / Heading 2 / Heading 3 – Used to divide your book into sections or subsections. Each corresponds to a different font size:
- Heading 1 – 22pt font
- Heading 2 – 18pt font
- Heading 3 – 16pt font
These headings are especially helpful for nonfiction works, formatting front/back matter, or visually breaking up long chapters.
Additional Line Types
- Part – Marks a major division in your book. Automatically includes a page break (similar to New Act lines in screenplays).
- Image – Allows inserting multimedia such as images, videos, or reference graphics.
Outlining Line Types
- Notes – Indented comments for reference, not counted in the page count
- Outline – Provides structural guidance, hidden unless Show Outline is enabled
- Sequence – Allows grouping of passages, scenes, or chapters into larger beats or units