Hello you beautiful writer of words!
Mentorship
So, you've got a book, or the start of a book, and you'd like some professional feedback on how it reads? Or perhaps you'd like some career advice or a self-pub strategy session? Let us, multi-published, award winning authors, help you.
First Chapter
First Three Chapters
First Three Chapters
Great openings are hugely important. They really make an impact on the reader, and for editors who have to wade through many, many submissions, you want to get the tone just right. Send the first chapter (to a maximum of 5,000 words) to us for feedback on how the opening works.
$250 USD
First Three Chapters
First Three Chapters
First Three Chapters
Want feedback on a more substantial chunk of your book? In a three-chapter (to a maximum of 15,000 words) assessment, we'll be able to evaluate not just the strength of your beginning, but also get to see and give feedback on more elements, such as characterisation, dialogue, tension and pace.
$500 USD
Ready to Submit
Full Manuscript Assessment
Full Manuscript Assessment
Selling your book to an editor can hinge on a really punchy synopsis. It needs to be concise and yet somehow, magically, convey tone and vibe, all in a short amount of words. It's an artform indeed! If you want help massaging your synopsis into shape, as well as writing a cover letter and nailing your first chapter (up to 5000 words), this option is for you.
$350 USD
Full Manuscript Assessment
Full Manuscript Assessment
Full Manuscript Assessment
Would you like a fresh perspective on your whole manuscript? Not only is this a great way to make your book sing, the feedback will prove invaluable as a teaching opportunity to see where your writing can be improved upon.
Dependent upon availability.
Up to 50,000 $1000USD
Up to 75,000 words $1150 USD
Up to 100,000 words $1300 USD
Contact us for a quote on manuscripts over 100,000 words long.
Our manuscript assessors - learn from the best
AMY ANDREWS
In her 20 year publishing career, Amy Andrews has helped many new and emerging writers hone their craft and find their voice through her insightful, comprehensive manuscript assessments.
Establishing the MA service - Word Witchery - in 2014 with a fellow author friend, Amy worked with multiple clients on their unpublished works until 2019. She has also mentored and undertaken assessments for the QLD Writers Centre.
With the experience of over 90 published romance novels to her name, Amy has the intuition to spot both the weaknesses, the strengths and the glorious little glimmers in a work. She is passionate about helping writers to make their manuscripts shine and is excited to be doing so for the How To Write Academy.
ALLY BLAKE
Author Ally Blake is a renowned speaker on the craft of writing fiction at festivals, libraries and in media across Australia. She has provided one-one-one Author Coaching and detailed, deep-dive Manuscript Assessments for aspiring writers for over a decade - working independently as well as mentoring writers in person via the Brisbane Libraries Writers in Residence series, and guiding writers from draft to beyond through the Queensland Writers Centre.
Ally is thrilled to now offer her services through the How to Write Academy, as she relishes the opportunity to provide warm, encouraging, constructive, feedback she hopes will help writers not only in the crafting of one book, but into their future stories as well. Ally is a writer of romance novels. and her books have sold over 4 million copies around the world.
PIPPA ROSCOE
Ten years ago, Pippa Roscoe left her role as an editor for Harlequin Mills & Boon and became a published author who has now written over thirty books across three different publishers. She has given craft workshops in America, England, Australia, and New Zealand and enjoys helping authors find their voice.
Over fifteen years in the publishing industry as an editor and author has given Pippa a unique insight when approaching manuscript assessments.
Pippa specialises in romance, however she also works across a variety of other genres including crime fiction and fantasy. From concept to first draft, through revisions to a completed manuscript, and all the moments in between where doubt and confusion can stifle creativity, she is here to help.