Fiction & Nonfiction Critiques
Before you send your novel to an agent or editor . . .
get a professional assessment. Does your project have potential? Is it ready for the big leagues—or does it still need work?
Fiction Critiques
I will devote an hour or more to studying your opening chapters and your 500- to 750-word story synopsis.
Then I will:
- edit your first two pages (or first 500 words)
- assess your project’s potential
- offer comments and rate your story in these key areas:
1. Hook
2. Characterization
3. Plot
4. Conflict
5. Dialogue
6. Scenes
7. Setting
8. Mechanics
9. Showing vs. Telling
10.Writing Quality
Critique Fee: $125
Nonfiction Critiques
I will devote an hour or more to study your initial chapters and your chapter-by-chapter outline.
Then I will:
- edit your first two pages (or first 500 words)
- assess your project’s potential
- offer comments and rate your manuscript in these key areas:
1. Titles/Subtitles
2. Distinctiveness/Targeting
3. Opening
4. Approach
5. Scripture Use
6. Examples
7. Expectations
8. Author Qualifications
9. Writing Quality
10. Mechanics
Critique Fee: $125