A story lands when its parts work together. Character serves structure, structure serves stakes, and the way a scene is told can carry as much meaning as what happens in it. I read for how these elements connect, and whether they're pulling in the same direction.

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The Idea | Your story is about something beneath the surface: its concept, its premise, its theme, what's at stake. I read to find out if the manuscript knows that.

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The Characters | Your characters have an inner life. I read to find out if it's making it to the page.

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The Structure | The story has a shape: its dramatic structure, its engine, its plot, its cause and effect. I read to find out if things happen through consequence, not just sequence.

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The Delivery | Every scene builds something, tells something, and puts the reader somewhere, through scene dynamics, narrative modes, point of view, and world building. I read to find out if it's earning its keep.

 

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Once I've done a close read , I'll give you:

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Annotated manuscript | Your manuscript comes back to you with notes throughout. Not summary — specific observations, scene by scene, about what's working and what isn't.

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Book map | A chapter-by-chapter picture of your manuscript as it stands. Seeing the shape of the whole story makes it easier to find where the problems live.

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Editorial letter | Everything I found. The strengths, the problems, and the questions your story still needs to answer. This is the document you'll work from.

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Free sample edit of your first 20 pages.