About the work

A closer look.

Send me up to 2,000 words of your draft, and one line about what it is for. That is all I need. You get back a private document of about 150 words that names the one line I would cut, why it goes, and what the piece is doing once the line is gone. If the line you are proudest of is the one doing the damage, that is the one I name. What this is not: a line edit, notes on every paragraph, or encouragement. One cut, defended, so you can disagree with it properly. If I read it and nothing should go, I say that and you do not pay. 48 hours from an agreed draft. One revision. Your draft stays private: I do not publish it, quote it, or pass it on. If you searched for read my draft, draft feedback, a line edit, or somebody to cut the worst line out of a story, this is that, with one line and a reason instead of a page of notes.