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Alpha Assessment

Alpha Assessment: 

  • Overview assessment, generalized commentary in document to point out critical issues
  • Brief summarizing report with recommendations for next steps​
  • 1 pass​                                  
What is it?
​- a basic review of a manuscript without all the bells and whistles -


The type of service I'm offering here, the Alpha Assessment, is a critique. It is not detailed or exhaustive. It is about over-view impressions, with a few specifics pointed out, and some generalized commentary (using Track Changes in the manuscript), all with the goal of pointing the author toward some critical issues that need to be sorted to make their story stronger. In my report I will address:
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  • Story Opening
  • Characterization
  • Pacing and Tension
  • Motivation and Believability
  • Confusions and Inconsistencies
  • Writing Technique
  • Reader Impact 
  • Afterglow​
Who might need the Alpha Assessment service?
​

Some authors like to have a professional editor in their stable of beta readers - an alpha reader, if you will. :) 
Sometimes an author just needs a trusted professional impression of a new story idea. 
​Or maybe an author needs a fresh look at a previously published story that isn't getting the love they expected from reviewers. 
​

​I can be that trusted professional editor in your back pocket, so to speak. 

​If you think your story, either a new or previously published one, needs this kind of caring, professional attention, I would be happy to work with you. I will read your story and write up a critique, usually in just a week. As part of this service I can assess what I think your next step should be in terms of editing, as well.
​​​If another service is booked as a result of this Assessment, I will apply the fee for the Alpha Assessment toward the cost of the additional service.

​​See 
Fee Calculations page for explanation of how fees are reached. Fees are calculated in US Dollars. 
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