Questions about manuscript format (right-aligning)

I would keep "Sincerely, Character 2" aligned to the left. Any special formatting would be done by the publisher. Also, put dividers between each letter; usually it's four centered asterisks or pound signs:

It only has to be readable. Not sure why you are involving right aligning at all.

Left align Dear X and Sincerely and the letter content, and if you wish to inset the opening paragraph of waffle feel free to do so.

The hash symbols are only to separate one complete letter from the next.

Whatever you do, if your publisher prefers a different style/format he will change it.

(hash marks centred) #

12th August 1932

Dear George,

Waffle waffle waffle.

Sincerely,

Charles.

#


20th August 1932

Dear Charles,

Waffle waffle waffle

Waffle.

Sincerely,

George.


#

Only ONE pound sign. I don't know where the four comes from. A typesetter will add an extra space between lines for each pound sign you insert, and you do not want four extra spaces there, you want only one.

There are multiple types of letter formatting in office work. The one in your first post is called "Modified Block". The format Bufty suggested is "Full Block"

I would suggest full block. There are no proofreader marks (which are the #### or # suggested--either is fine) between the sections of the letter, just above and below the entire letter. This is so the publisher can later go in and do special formatting to set it off from the rest of the text by different font or slightly wider gutters (margins).

Does that help?

ETA: But since you asked, if the letter is purporting to between business colleagues, you wouldn't use the date format as 12/13/14. It would always be: December 13, 2014. Bufty's example is the European format.

As I'm new, I'm not able to post my own threat, yet.

Generally, should manuscripts be allign left or fully justifiedl?

Also, is it acceptable to submit a manuscript with double-spaces between paragraphs? I do this to make it more easy on the eye as well as to insert editorial comments/corrections.

field19 said:

As I'm new, I'm not able to post my own threat, yet.

Generally, should manuscripts be allign left or fully justifiedl?

Also, is it acceptable to submit a manuscript with double-spaces between paragraphs? I do this to make it more easy on the eye as well as to insert editorial comments/corrections.

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Well, we'd prefer you didn't post threats, that's just wrong. However, you can post your own threads, just not in the Share Your Work section, which requires members to have at least 50 posts. But here in the Ask The Agent forum, or over in Basic Writing Questions, or elsewhere is just fine.

field19 said:

As I'm new, I'm not able to post my own threat, yet.

Generally, should manuscripts be allign left or fully justifiedl?

Also, is it acceptable to submit a manuscript with double-spaces between paragraphs? I do this to make it more easy on the eye as well as to insert editorial comments/corrections.

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Left align, generally. The publisher or printer will make the necessary adjustments for right justification when it's time.

As to double spacing, the whole manuscript should be double spaced, so you wouldn't want to make a second hard return (quad spacing) between paragraphs. That would be a HUGE page count.