A manuscript evaluation is a guide for your book. It's a more affordable alternative to developmental editing and includes an editorial letter highlighting strengths and weaknesses, without in-text comments.

Head-hopping is the number one way to confuse your readers. When writers jump from perspective to perspective in a single scene, it's disorienting and creates a disconnect that is difficult to gain back.

At some point, I became so defeated and exhausted trying to make it right that I told myself, “Just write it. Nobody needs to read it yet.” What came after that was choppy sentences, cringey dialogue, and a severe lack of details. But I made progress.