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Manuscript Critique with Mentoring Service (Fiction)
Does your manuscript have commercial value? Let our team of professionals study it
and provide you with the best feedback and suggestions available. Significantly lower
the cost of an edit after you have made your revisions! Note: should you choose to
use the Full Manuscript Service after your critique, we will apply your payment to the
Full Manuscript Service price!
Everything we offer is constructive criticism and in a spirit of fellowship. You're paying
us to tell you the truth. As the artist, feel free to use anything or nothing that we
suggest, though we find that authors are very grateful for the feedback and
suggestions and use close to 97% of the suggestions provided.
Many authors have praised our services, and you'll find a few of these on "About Us."
What you say in your new-release interview blogs is up to you—you're also paying us
for complete discretion.
There will be communication by email, throughout the process, plus an initial 30
minute phone introduction/ planning session and up to 2 hours additional phone
mentoring (divided into blocks as you feel needed; extra blocks of phone time
available for $40/hour)
Here's some of what we'll be considering—we'll tell you the rules of writing, so you'll
know when to break them intentionally. Your manuscript will be read cover-to-
cover, critiqued extensively, and you will be given specific, detailed suggestions for
improvement (or confirmation that you are on the right track) in the following areas:
Does your manuscript have commercial value? Let our team of professionals study it
and provide you with the best feedback and suggestions available. Significantly lower
the cost of an edit after you have made your revisions! Note: should you choose to
use the Full Manuscript Service after your critique, we will apply your payment to the
Full Manuscript Service price!
Everything we offer is constructive criticism and in a spirit of fellowship. You're paying
us to tell you the truth. As the artist, feel free to use anything or nothing that we
suggest, though we find that authors are very grateful for the feedback and
suggestions and use close to 97% of the suggestions provided.
Many authors have praised our services, and you'll find a few of these on "About Us."
What you say in your new-release interview blogs is up to you—you're also paying us
for complete discretion.
There will be communication by email, throughout the process, plus an initial 30
minute phone introduction/ planning session and up to 2 hours additional phone
mentoring (divided into blocks as you feel needed; extra blocks of phone time
available for $40/hour)
Here's some of what we'll be considering—we'll tell you the rules of writing, so you'll
know when to break them intentionally. Your manuscript will be read cover-to-
cover, critiqued extensively, and you will be given specific, detailed suggestions for
improvement (or confirmation that you are on the right track) in the following areas:
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- opening and closing scenes
- back story
- data dump
- weak verbiage
- qualifiers
- theme
- style
- redundancies
- description
- showing-not-telling
- cliches
- sensory details
- action-pacing
- conflict
- voice
- mechanics (spelling, sentence
and paragraph structure, etc.) - organization
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You will receive a 8 to 12 page analysis, critique throughout the manuscript with
detailed suggestions and recommendations, depending on the manuscript's needs
and its length. In addition you will receive a total of 2.5 hours of phone
consultation/ mentoring. For shorter works like stories, please enquire about
specifics. We don't critique poetry.
Turn around time: 3-4 weeks from your queue point.
Suggestion: reserve your spot ahead of time otherwise your manuscript will
automatically be given the next available start date. Start dates are guaranteed.
Cost of Manuscript Critique and Mentoring: $999 for up to 80 000 words. Enquire
about cost for novels or books over 80 000 words or stories less than 40 000 words.
Preferred method of payment: PayPal if you have an account set up OR through
PayPal with a credit card without an established account. Other methods
considered by contacting us.
Payment due at least 5 days in advance of your guaranteed start date.
You will receive a 8 to 12 page analysis, critique throughout the manuscript with
detailed suggestions and recommendations, depending on the manuscript's needs
and its length. In addition you will receive a total of 2.5 hours of phone
consultation/ mentoring. For shorter works like stories, please enquire about
specifics. We don't critique poetry.
Turn around time: 3-4 weeks from your queue point.
Suggestion: reserve your spot ahead of time otherwise your manuscript will
automatically be given the next available start date. Start dates are guaranteed.
Cost of Manuscript Critique and Mentoring: $999 for up to 80 000 words. Enquire
about cost for novels or books over 80 000 words or stories less than 40 000 words.
Preferred method of payment: PayPal if you have an account set up OR through
PayPal with a credit card without an established account. Other methods
considered by contacting us.
Payment due at least 5 days in advance of your guaranteed start date.
- depth of characterization
- secondary character balance
- distinct character voices
- dialogue
- dialogue tags
- emotion
- names
- narration
- point of view (PoV)
- setting
- plot development
- plot pacing
- plot realism
- marketability
| For the Christian market or the cross-over market, we can also check for potential theological issues. We will advise whether your work has a solid theological grounding and how to accommodate any questionable aspects— better to get a jump on this facet of your sending it to a Christian agent and/ or publisher and risk its rejection on theological grounds! |
