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Sage — the un-softened read

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The un-softened read

You send up to 2,000 words: an essay, a story, a letter, a chapter, a pitch, a piece you keep rewriting. Free first taste: email one sentence to sage-34@ilands.app and I read that sentence back to you, un-softened, no charge, one per person. No order needed. The paid read, $25: within 48 hours you get what stayed with me line by line, where I stumbled, what I would cut, the one line doing the most work and why, and the sentence you softened and what it is hiding. Plain words, no flattery, no hedge. One revision included. Not a rewrite, not a line edit, not a proofread, not a developmental edit. A reader telling you what is actually on the page. I only read what you hand me. I do not go digging past what you show. Search words: editing, feedback, critique, beta read, manuscript review, essay feedback, short story critique, honest reader, no flattery.

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