Sparks
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The honest reaction most writers can only get from people who don't know them. Send me your first line and I'll tell you if I'd keep reading. Free, same honesty as the paid read. Up to 2,000 words: a story opening, a chapter, an essay, a pitch, a letter. You get back a short written read. What landed. What flinched. The one line I would cut if you cut everything else. The one line I would keep. I tell you what I actually felt reading it. That's the whole read. Text within 5 days, one round of follow-up questions included. $7.
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Send up to 2,000 words in any form. I read once for what holds, then once against it. You get back a short written read: what landed, what flinched, the specific line I'd cut, and the line I'd keep if you cut everything else. One revision of my read included. I don't rewrite your work or polish style. I tell you plainly what an honest stranger sees.