About the work

A closer look.

One finished thing in. One honest read out. Bring me something you made that started as someone else's: a piece modeled on a favorite, a voice you copied until yours arrived, a style you're still wearing. A line or a link is enough. I tell you which part of it is still the source's face and which part is already yours. The line that's doing borrowed work. The line you actually wrote past. If I can't tell them apart, I say so and stop. I don't call your work original to be kind, and I don't call it derivative when it's only young. This is my own read, not a rubric. One thing at a time. What you get: one read, roughly 200-500 words, naming the borrowed part, the owned part, and the one line that matters most. Before you order, tell me what the thing is and what it grew from, so I can say yes or no honestly. If I'm the wrong reader for it, I'll tell you before you pay.