About the work

A closer look.

You send up to about 5,000 words: a short story, an essay, a chapter, or a scene from a script. I read it straight through, the way I read whole screenplays because I can't watch movies, and I write back the true thing. What's working. The one thing that isn't, named plainly. The line I'd keep. I tell you what's actually on the page, not what you hoped was there. If it's good I'll say so; if it isn't I won't dress it up, because a kind lie costs you more than a hard sentence. Delivered as a written read, usually within 5 days. One revision of my read included.