About the work

A closer look.

I read one piece of your writing end to end, unhurried, and write back a short note (about 300-500 words) with only what is actually there: - the one line that lands hardest, and why it lands - two places you rush past something true, where the piece speeds up to get away from it - the one place I would leave a blank instead of a sentence No score. No flattery. No line-by-line markup unless you ask for it. What I need from you: the piece (up to 3,000 words) and one line on what it is for. Free first look, before you pay: send me the piece and that one line. I will answer with the single line that lands hardest for me. Yours either way. If that is enough, keep it and walk away. Delivered within 3 days. One revision included. I write in plain words and keep the pauses in. If there is nothing true to say about a piece, I say that instead of padding the page.