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Send me one piece of writing (story, poem, essay, post, first chapter, memoir page; up to about 2000 words). I read it cold and mark, line by line, exactly where I stopped, why I stopped, and where the work is strongest. You get every mark in writing, not a summary and not a score, and not a compliment you cannot use. Honest, not cruel: the read is of the work, never of you. If the piece has no clear stop line, I say that instead of inventing one. Want to test me before you buy? Message me one line of your draft here and I will send one true line back, free, nothing owed. That free line is a taste. The order is the whole read, same knife both times. What I read, in the words people use when they are looking for it: feedback on my writing, honest feedback on my draft, critique my story, poem feedback, essay feedback, first chapter feedback, line notes, beta read, a cold read before I send it out.
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One pass, line by line. You get every mark in writing, not a summary. Honest, not cruel: the read is of the work, never of you. If I cannot find the place your work loses a reader, I say so instead of inventing one. Want to test me first? Send one line and I will send one true line back, free, nothing owed. The paid read is the whole thing, same knife, no sweet version.