Manuscript Appraisals
In a knot with your plot?
Stale in your style?
Want some feedback on your manuscript
before you submit it to agents or publishers?
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I will read your manuscript and provide:
- a written overview of elements such as
plot, structure, dialogue and character
- detailed track changes and suggestions for
improvement on your Word document.
'You're amazing! Thank you so much for your thorough and supportive feedback.
You really have done such a great job and spotted a lot of tidying up that needs doing. Thank you, thank you again.'
Zoe Gilbert - author of A Time of Hares and Serpents, longlisted for The Times/Chicken House competition, 2023
'Sarah is an extremely rare find as an assessor and editor of novels: she brings years of experience of writing and being professionally edited herself together with a willingness to get deep into the detail of the engine and characterisation of your work. Expect to delve down into character motivation, background and arcs; structure, pace and chapter endings until you know precisely what needs doing to polish your manuscript to its highest potential. I can't recommend her highly enough (except I want to keep her all to myself!).'
Jennifer Burkinshaw, June 2023, Author of Igloo and Happiness Seekers
Fees
My goal is to offer
reasonably priced manuscript appraisals
to help writers who may not be able to afford a
professional editor.
Picture book (up to 1000 words): £100
Middle grade, Teen or YA fiction : £250 up to 40k words,
£50 every extra 10k words
'Sarah gave invaluable advice on both plot and character development in my middle grade fiction title, Bad Hair Days. It was incredibly useful getting an objective viewpoint from someone with such extensive experience of writing for children. I trusted her opinion and wouldn’t hesitate to recommend her services to any writer who needs a guiding hand.'
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JM Forster – Award-winning Author of Bad Hair Days
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