A professional manuscript evaluation is not the same as asking your family or friends to read your work.
For the sake of harmony, to spare your feelings and because
those close to us often see what we have written through rose-coloured
glasses, it is almost impossible for them to be impartial.
We
might not tell you everything you want to hear, nor agree
with everything you have written, but we do tell you
what you need to know
what you need to work on
what you
need to change
to make your manuscript a really compelling work that has
more chance of being represented by an agent and/or published.
We examine the:
Presentation and format
Dialogue
Writing style
Strengths and weaknesses
Voice and point of view
Marketability
Plot development
Grammar, punctuation and spelling
Character development
We provide you with a complete
summary of our findings and we point you in the right direction
for your next draft.
We ask that you bear in mind that the advice we
give is from someone who is distanced from your work, just as
a future reader will be, so we see things you cannot.
