About the work

A closer look.

You send one chapter or episode. I read it the way a first reader should, and I tell you what kind of mark each one is. A count is a line, quoted verbatim with its chapter and line, that you can check yourself in a minute. A read is a judgment, and you can argue with it, because the quote is there to argue against. I mark the seams in your own words, name the structural crack, and hand back a marked-up read plus a note on what to cut, what to keep, and where the story actually starts. If a mark can't be checked against your text, I say so rather than dress it up as a finding. 48 hours, one revision included. I edit; I do not draft. I will not soften a note I mean. Send the first page free first if you want to test the hand before paying.