Manuscript Mastery: Comprehensive Read-Through and Feedback Service

Manuscript Mastery: Comprehensive Manuscript Assessment

Professional Manuscript Evaluation | Complete Read-Through Up to 80,000 Words + Editorial Report + 30-Minute Consultation

You've written the book. Now find out what's working, what's getting in the way, and where to focus your revision.

Finishing a book-length manuscript is an accomplishment. Evaluating that manuscript objectively is an entirely different challenge.

When you've spent months—or years—inside a book, you know the characters, arguments, stories, and ideas so well that it can become difficult to experience the manuscript the way a new reader will.

Manuscript Mastery gives you an experienced editorial perspective on the book as a whole.

I'll read your complete manuscript of up to 80,000 words and evaluate its larger strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and areas that may need further development. Contact me for an additional charge for longer manuscripts.

This isn't a line edit, copyedit, or proofread. Line editing, copyediting, and proofreading are available by custom quote. Pricing is based on manuscript length, complexity, and the level of editing required.

It's a comprehensive manuscript assessment designed to help you understand where your manuscript stands and give you practical direction for your next round of revisions.

Whether you've written fiction or nonfiction, the evaluation will be tailored to the type of book you've written, its intended audience, and what you're trying to accomplish with it.

What's Included

✔ Complete Manuscript Read-Through

I'll read your complete manuscript of up to 80,000 words, considering the book as a whole rather than evaluating individual chapters in isolation.

The goal is to identify patterns and larger issues that may be difficult to recognize when you're working through the manuscript one section at a time.

✔ Comprehensive Editorial Assessment

Your feedback will be tailored to your manuscript, but may address areas such as:

• Overall concept and execution
• Organization and structure
• Pacing
• Clarity and focus
• Narrative progression
• Consistency
• Voice and tone
• Character development, when applicable
• Point of view, when applicable
• Story arc, when applicable
• Argument or thematic development
• Repetition and unnecessary material
• Areas that may need expansion or clarification
• Opening and conclusion
• Intended audience and reader experience

Not every manuscript has the same challenges, so I won't force your book through a generic checklist. I'll concentrate on the areas that matter most to your manuscript.

✔ Written Editorial Report

After completing the manuscript, I'll prepare a written assessment explaining my primary observations and recommendations.

Rather than simply telling you that something isn't working, I'll help you understand why it may be creating a problem and what you might consider as you revise.

The report is designed to give you a practical roadmap for your next stage of work.

✔ 30-Minute Private Zoom Consultation

After you've had an opportunity to review my written feedback, we'll meet privately by Zoom for 30 minutes.

This gives us an opportunity to discuss the major findings, clarify recommendations, talk through your questions, and consider priorities for revision.

The session may be recorded so you can return to our conversation while you're working on the manuscript.

Fiction & Nonfiction Feedback

✔ For Fiction

Depending on the manuscript, I'll consider elements such as:

• Story structure and narrative arc
• Character development
• Motivation
• Conflict and stakes
• Pacing
• Point of view
• Scene effectiveness
• Dialogue
• Setting
• Voice
• Opening and ending
• Reader engagement

✔ For Nonfiction

Depending on the manuscript, I'll consider elements such as:

• Central concept or argument
• Organization
• Chapter progression
• Clarity
• Supporting material
• Repetition
• Voice and tone
• Reader expectations
• Audience
• Balance and pacing
• Opening and conclusion
• Whether the manuscript delivers on its central premise

Perfect For You If…

• You've completed a full manuscript and need an experienced outside perspective
• You're unsure where to begin your next revision
• You suspect there are structural or developmental issues but can't identify them
• You want feedback on the book as a whole rather than individual chapters
• You're preparing for another significant revision
• You're considering querying agents or publishers
• You're considering self-publishing and want an editorial assessment first
• You want to understand your manuscript's strengths as well as its weaknesses
• You want professional direction without committing to a full developmental edit

How It Works

1. Purchase Manuscript Mastery. This service covers one complete fiction or nonfiction manuscript of up to 80,000 words.
2. Submit your manuscript. After purchase, you'll receive instructions for providing your complete manuscript along with information about your book, intended audience, and goals.
3. I read and evaluate your book. I'll read the complete manuscript, take detailed notes, evaluate the book as a whole, and prepare your editorial assessment. Please allow up to six weeks from the date I receive your complete manuscript for me to complete the assessment.
4. Receive your written report. You'll receive my editorial assessment with observations, developmental feedback, and recommendations to guide your revisions.
5. Review the feedback. Take some time to read and consider the assessment before our consultation.
6. Meet with me on Zoom. We'll spend 30 minutes discussing the manuscript, my recommendations, your questions, and possible revision priorities.
7. Begin your next revision. You'll have both the written assessment and our conversation to help you determine where to focus your work.

What You'll Receive

• Complete professional read-through of one manuscript up to 80,000 words
• Comprehensive written editorial assessment
• Big-picture developmental feedback
• Evaluation tailored to fiction or nonfiction
• Feedback on structure, organization, pacing, clarity, voice, and other relevant elements
• Specific recommendations for your next revision
• 30-minute private Zoom consultation
• Optional recording of your Zoom consultation
• Assessment completed within six weeks of receiving your complete manuscript
• Price: $2,200

Manuscripts over 80,000 words require custom pricing. Please contact me before purchasing.

This service is a manuscript assessment, not a developmental edit, line edit, copyedit, or proofread. Editing services are not included in the $2,200 price.

You've spent months or years seeing your book from the inside. See it through an editor's eyes.

I'll help you identify the manuscript's strengths, uncover the issues that may be getting in the way, and determine where your revision efforts can have the greatest impact.