Manuscript Critiques at Very Affordable Pricing

I will read your story out loud and …


Within the Manuscript

1. Gush about all the things you do well!!

2. Cut filler words

3. Edit for grammar, spelling, typos and missing words/wrong words

4. Mark clichés, awkward dialogue and sentence structures, weak lines and descriptions, any sentences that slip out of the POV you’ve established, weak adverbs & “telling” + provide suggestions for replacing/improving

5. Give suggestions for deepening your protagonist and antagonist

6. Give suggestions for spicing up minor characters

7. Give suggestions for breaking up chunks of exposition

8. Give suggestions for sharpening the first and last sentence of every chapter


In a separate document

1. Identify your ten weakest scenes and make suggestions

2. Identify five big moments and suggest ways you can heighten those scenes

3. Address your plot; pacing; character development, authenticity, inner life and motivation; theme; voice; tension and conflict; setting; opening; climax; and title

4. Provide a suggested revision plan including what to cut or what to add to reach the optimum word count for your genre and audience plus exercises to strengthen your writing in the future



Credentials:

• Houston Writers Guild member

• Founder of the Huntsville Writers Critique Group

• San Gabriel Writers Guild Creative Writing Course

• Creative Writing courses at Southwestern University



Pricing:

• Opening chapter or any 10 pages = $50

• 10k – 29k words = $150

• 30k - 49k words = $300

• 50k – 84k words = $450

• 85k – 99k words = $550

• 100k – 149k words = $750

• 150k – 200k words = $1,000


If you are not satisfied with the critique I give, I will refund your money!
If you need to pay in installments, that's OK. Just contact me, and we can work out the details.