constructive feedback
Manuscript assessment
How an assessment can help you:
what you get
Service includes…
I’ll read your manuscript closely and write a detailed editorial report (10–15 pages) focusing on big-picture elements such as your plot, structure, characters, world-building, your target market, and any writing craft areas you may be struggling with. This includes some general examples from your manuscript to help you understand my notes.
I know how tough writing can be, so this will be as constructive and solution-focused as possible, with highlights on what works well, and steps you can take to improve during redrafts. Also included is a manuscript revision guide, and a customised resource sheet to help you with areas you might be struggling with.
I take follow-up questions via email, and I’ll look at a revision plan for your next draft (maximum 5,000 words) within two months of the assessment.
Please note there will be no chapter-by-chapter in-manuscript comments. If that’s what you’re looking for, you may want to hire me for a developmental edit instead.
What’s the difference between developmental editing and a manuscript assessment?
It can be confusing – I wrote an entire blog post on the topic!
The key difference between these two services is that a developmental edit provides both an editorial report and in-manuscript notes, allowing you to get a chapter-by-chapter, more intensive service.
A manuscript assessment is a different form of developmental editing. It still covers the same big-picture areas, but there are no in-manuscript comments within each chapter.