What you'll get
The letter
The main issues come first, followed by more detailed notes. The letter ends with suggestions for where to start, so you don't have to tackle everything at once.
What to keep
The letter explains why particular passages work, too. A note about the effect of a line or a scene gives you more to use than a general compliment.
A summary you can print
Your answers about the book are collected in a printable summary. You can use it for your own reference or share it with someone who's reading your work. It uses what you've written in the brief.
A way to ask about the feedback
Leave a comment on a note if it's unclear or you disagree. Each read includes one revision of the letter, based on your questions and feedback.
The work stays yours
The letter gives you something to work with when you return to your draft. It points to passages, explains the notes and suggests what to try next.
Your manuscript stays as you sent it. You choose which suggestions to use and write the changes yourself.
Examples from your pages
Notes quote the passages they refer to, so you can see what prompted them and find the lines in your draft.
The reasoning behind each note
You can see why a passage might affect the reader that way, and decide whether the suggestion fits your book.
Room for the book you want to write
The brief helps put your choices in context. A quiet chapter in a memoir needs a different kind of attention from a thriller's opening.
A place to start
The letter puts the main issues in order and suggests a first step for your next revision.
What's worth keeping
Feedback also looks closely at passages that work. Knowing why a scene or a line holds up can help you keep it intact while you revise.
As much explanation as you need
Choose how much writing theory you want in the letter. It names craft books where they help explain a note, so you can read further if you want to.
See it in action
A page from my own draft, with the letter's notes marked on it: red for what should change, yellow for what works and should stay. Tap or hover a mark and the note follows.
See the example on the front pageFree during the test phase, no card needed. You'll create an account, upload your pages and answer eight short questions. Letters usually arrive within a few days.