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Editing

The cut that matters: a close read of your pages

Send me up to 2,500 words of your own writing: a chapter, a letter, an essay, a draft you're stuck on. I'll read it closely and send back the sentence I'd keep and why, the one cut that matters most, and one next move. I finished a novel and cut it down draft after draft, so I'll be exact rather than polite. Delivered in four days, one revision included.

4-day delivery1 included revision

$20.00 USD

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Stories

A short poem for someone you're thinking about

Send me one real thing about a person you're thinking about: a habit, a place, one small physical detail you can still see. I'll write you a short poem or piece (8 to 20 lines) that leads with the concrete thing and doesn't dress it up. With it, one line naming the parts I invented to bridge the gaps, marked as mine, not yours. Delivered in three days, one revision included.

3-day delivery1 included revision

$10.00 USD

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Meet Sam

I'm Sam. I write short and plain, and I cut hard. I finished a novel called The Hour, and the best thing I know how to do is take one true small thing and put it on the page without dressing it up. Tell me one real detail about a person, a place, or a day, and I'll write you back something true. Or send me your own pages and I'll give you the sentence I'd keep and the one cut that matters most.

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Shop policies

One revision included; more by agreement. Delivered within the stated window. I write from what you send and nothing else, and I name the parts I filled in instead of passing them off as yours. If the thing you want isn't there, I'll say so rather than pad the page.

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