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Take Your Manuscript to the Next Level with a Professional Assessment You’ve poured your heart and soul into your book. The culmination of late nights and writer’s block now lies neatly bound before you. But is your manuscript truly ready for its moment in the spotlight? Before you query agents or publishers, be sure your masterpiece puts its best foot forward with an objective manuscript assessment. Our professional manuscript assessment service analyses all aspects of your book, providing constructive feedback to refine your work. Our editors thoroughly evaluate your manuscript’s plot, pacing, characters, themes, writing style, and more. We identify strengths to highlight and weaknesses to improve. Our sole focus is empowering you to transform your manuscript into a captivating, polished book that demands attention. We Dig Deep, You Soar High Our editors dive deep into the heart of your story. We assess the narrative arc and structure, ensuring compelling rising action and seamless plot transitions. Character development and believable dialogue are put under the microscope. The effectiveness of themes and symbolism in enhancing your story’s resonance receives close scrutiny. At every turn, we offer tailored suggestions to elevate your writing. We strive to polish your diamonds in the rough so your manuscript’s inner brilliance shines through. Our assessment includes a comprehensive editorial report summarising key feedback. You’ll gain invaluable insights to finesse your work line-by-line and chapter-by-chapter. Any flaws that could cause rejection letters will be identified and resolved. The Writerful Difference At Writerful Books, we focus solely on serving authors and their stories. Our professional editors have assessed thousands of manuscripts spanning every genre. We take your book as seriously as if they were our own. Our passion lies in helping you master the art and craft of writing. With over a twelve years of experience working with traditional publishers such as HarperCollins, we understand what agents and acquisition editors look for. A manuscript assessment prepares your work for success in today’s competitive publishing landscape. When you’re ready to transform your book into its best possible version, trust the professionals at Writerful Books. Submit your manuscript below to take that pivotal first step on the path to publication! What our authors are saying… - Thomas M. Hi Declan, I am, in a word, speechless. This is not at all what I expected from your beta read. Just to be clear, I'm thrilled! First, you pointed out a lot of things that got me thinking and realized I agree with you. I will make all or virtually all of your suggested changes in the next revision. You have made what I consider vital suggestions that will smooth out some of the rough edges still to be found in the book. Second, regarding your thoughtful commentary. I'm very happy that you found that the plot, characters, dialog, etc., worked well. As you know, the kind of praise in your evaluation is not something writers get to hear too often, if at all. - Thomas M.Read Moreread less - Lisa H. I am in receipt of your report. I will be looking it over thoroughly tomorrow, but I glanced at some if it already and it looks like it is going to be very valuable toward helping me improve and strengthen my book. I will let you know if I have any questions. - Lisa H.Read Moreread less - Marlane A. Thank you for your feedback. I’ll work through your editing recommendations, which I found helpful and encouraging. Sincerely, Marlane - Marlane A.Read Moreread less - Peter B. Thank you so much for your manuscript assessment. Very interesting and helpful to read it from the perspective of a professional. I agree with your advice. As I said in my draft submission letter I have spent a large part of my life writing and delivering humorous material as I seem to find much of what people find important to be in fact open to a humorous interpretation. Once again many thanks. Kindest personal regards. Peter - Peter B.Read Moreread less - Stephanie H. Thank you ever so much! Hope to send more business your way soon. Stephanie Hansen - Metamorphosis Literary Agency - Stephanie H.Read Moreread less - Tina H. Thanks Declan for your thorough breakdown of my book. Yours is the first feedback that is constructive. Friends and family are always a little too enthused and not always honest with their feedback. I will take your thoughts into consideration as I rework some of the chapters. Thanks so much for beta reading my book! Thanks, Tina. - Tina H.Read Moreread less - Catherine C. Thanks so much Declan. I’m going to make a few modifications now thanks to your suggestions. Great thanks so much! As you say good writing is rewriting, and as I re-read the rest of the manuscript I am struck with how many glaring holes there are and how many (lots!) opportunities for improvement! So, I think I will continue to work on it before I send the rest of it to you. Thanks for the feedback. I felt my writing had improved, so its nice to know I am not delusional. BTW, this is a completely new story, with the previous 2 manuscripts as only back story. Thanks so much. It is a very well written, comprehensive report. I’m very impressed with the quality. There are some helpful suggestions for improvement and the summary of characters and plot is spot on. [...] Thanks again for such an in-depth report, I know that was beyond the realm of a beta read, so I really appreciate it! Catherine Craig. - Catherine C.Read Moreread less - Katherine S. Please let the reader know that I'm flattered, and none of your beta readers should ever fear causing offense. I want their honest opinions, besides I'm pretty thick-skinned 🙂 - Katherine S.Read Moreread less - Morgan V. I appreciate your quick and efficient work on this. As a writer, my biggest fear is that I'll bore people in the process of the read. Hopefully that wasn't the case here, though it sounds like it did a bit in the middle. I think my plan is to go the self publishing route. Perhaps that will make a difference in my word count. I did shave off about 10,000 words before I gave it to you. I don't know how in the world I'd ever get it down to 90. Then again, if it is in the YA category, perhaps it needs to be. Which brings me to that. Where do you think you would find it on a Barnes and Noble bookshelf? And is there a certain niche readership that I would need to find for it to latch on? - Morgan V.Read Moreread less Thanks for the good advice. I’ll keep working on it. Read Moreread less - Geoff M. Thank you very much for the comprehensive review, Declan! I very much appreciate it. I am going to see if I can combine the first three chapters into two in order to get things moving more quickly. Thanks again! - Geoff M.Read Moreread less - Mary K. Thanks for your quick turnaround on the report, but even more importantly, thank you for your thoughtful and constructive comments. I've been hesitant to contact the victim's family but you've encouraged me to give it a go and see what happens. Truthfully, in my mind this book is about possibly getting justice for Tatanisha as well as Dell. Thanks again for your excellent suggestions. Sincerely, Mary. - Mary K.Read Moreread less - Renae M. Thank-you so much! This report will be so helpful in rewrites. Do you offer a re-read service when my edits are finished. I love the fact that I get an unbiased opinion and feedback! Thanks again! Renae Mercado - Renae M.Read Moreread less - Elizabeth S. Thanks very much for this. I will work on the recommendations, especially to speed up/improve the beginning. I’m feeling a little more hopeful about the story overall. Best regards, Elizabeth. - Elizabeth S.Read Moreread less - Philip K. Hello Declan – I have been through your further assessment, thanks for those insights I can certainly work with those and will follow up on the contacts you suggest asap. I’m pleased to report that after many months of research and writing I have finally been able, this week, to self publish on Amazon the novel named “Treaty or Treason”! A close call with Penguin Ireland sadly didn’t work out for traditional publication. I would like to pass on particular thanks to Declan at Writerful Books (Dublin and Melbourne) who assessed the manuscript and helped me with many comments and kept me trudging or swimming on. Some famous author once commented that writing a book is like swimming the English Channel, you don’t know where you are, don’t know how far you have come or how far it is to go, but you have to keep swimming! Couldn’t agree more. Philip Kerrigan. - Philip K.Read Moreread less - Stephenos M. I wanted to take a moment to thank you so much again for the meaningful and insightful feedback you left on the manuscript assessment. I really appreciate your work and the ways your feedback has led to the improvement of my writing. Sincerely, Stephenos. - Stephenos M.Read Moreread less load more Further Reading: What is a Manuscript Assessment? Find Your Voice as a Writer Manuscript Assessment Fees: The fees are calculated per 1000 words. There is a minimum word count of 50,000 words. AUD $16.25 per 1000 wordsCAD $14.65 per 1000 wordsGBP £8.75 per 1000 wordsEUR €9.95 per 1000 wordsUSD $10.85 per 1000 words *Manuscript assessments don’t include proofreading or copy editing. We offer substantial discounts to authors requesting a manuscript assessment who need to hire an editor for further editing or proofreading. We will provide a report to you by email approximately 2-3 weeks after the submission of your manuscript and will confirm a deadline with you once the manuscript is received. As a guideline, our reports are generally 3,000 to 5,000 words depending on the type of manuscript you are submitting. Services can be negotiated in advance and tailored to suit your needs. Note: We also have an express evaluation and expert evaluation service which is a more economical option for writers who want a quicker turnaround time while still receiving expert advice from a professional book editor. An express or expert evaluation is recommended for writers who don’t want to commit to a full manuscript assessment. Manuscript Evaluation Service Book an Assessment Below! 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