Manuscript Assessment
A read of an entire manuscript and an honest report. We’ll look for commercial possibilities, structural issues or improvements that could be made and give you our professional opinion on your plot and characters. Please note, if you're looking for line edits this is not the service for you.
Send us: Your draft manuscript (after you have proofread it)
What you get back: A 3-4 page editorial letter with advice on areas of improvement and how to proceed. If you’d like to ask any questions about your report post-assessment, we can discuss via email.
£550
Structural Edit
This is the big one and the most popular service - a full in-depth look at your work by a fresh pair of eyes, in order to catch any plot or character development issues that have arisen, tighten the structure and pace, look at theme and stylistic technique, and subsequently come up with a detailed plan on how to approach your next draft. Your quote will depend on your word count.
Send us: Your draft manuscript (after you have proofread it)
What you get back: 8 or more pages of detailed editorial critique, advice for improvement on character, plot, setting, structure, voice, pace and so on using examples in your work and light line corrections on the manuscript. Included is an optional (but recommended) 1-hour zoom session to discuss my structural edit feedback.
From £750
Submission Prep Package
Once you have your shiny new manuscript and you are ready to submit to agents or publishers (accepting unsolicited manuscripts), this is when you work on your submission package. We will guide you through writing those pesky cover letters and your synopsis/proposal to give you the best chance when you send your work out into the world.
Send us: Your cover letter and synopsis/proposal drafts.
What you get back: An annotated version of your cover letter and synopsis/proposal drafts and a curated list of suggested agents/indie publishers to get you started. Included is a 1-hour zoom session to discuss your submission package.
£180
Mentoring
These regular hour-long one-to-ones will give you time with us to thrash out any ideas, go over things you are finding difficult, learn more about stylistic technique and give you confidence to move on to the next stage of the process.
Send us: Whatever works for you, it is your time with us and you set the agenda. We can provide worksheets to focus on your character development or plot skills which are to be completed prior to the session for example, or you can send us up to 7,500 words of your work in progress to focus on. Alternatively, we can simply chat through your ideas or difficulties.
What you get back: A 1-hour zoom session where we focus on whatever it is you need help with.
Bundles:
3 sessions for £270
6 sessions for £500
9 session for £750