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First Chapter Critique

Flat Rate of $35

Your first chapter is essential for hooking your reader and keeping them captivated enough to read the rest of the book! There are many things a first chapter should accomplish, and it can be hard to get the balance right. If you’re concerned about your first chapter, this is the service for you. This service includes:

Help with the development of your first chapter, including things like pacing, immersion, and reader connection.

Marginal comments, questions, and suggestions.

An editorial letter to help you determine how to move forward with your writing and edits.

What You Get

Type of Feedback

• Character development
• Worldbuilding
• Immersion
• Reader connection
• Pacing
• Word usage and sentence structure
• Dialogue

Editing Resources (Where Applicable)

All authors struggle with different things. To best aid you in your revisions, I provide resources based on what I believe your story needs help with. Potential resources include:
• Show vs tell techniques and tools for info dumping.
• Tools for head hopping and tense issues.
• Tools for worldbuilding and magic systems.

Constant Contact

• I will be available to you before, during, and after the edit to ensure 100% satisfaction.
• During typical business hours, I respond to emails within a few hours. Outside of business hours, I respond within 24 hours.
• I send out progress updates to clients every 2-3 days to keep in touch & ensure comfort during the hard process of waiting for feedback.

Deliverables

• A copy of your document with marginal notes, questions, and suggestions
• An editorial letter with notes, suggestions, and resources to help guide you through your next round of revisions

Testimonials

Tessy continues to be a joy to work with. Her reader report was exhaustively thorough, she absolutely devoured the revised chapter I’d sent. I wish every reader report was as in-depth and well-constructed as the ones she provides.

— M. Swinnerton

Thank you so much for the very specific ways to improve my first chapter!!! I will use every single suggestion.

— Catie John

Fantastic experience! [She] provided a very detailed reader report that pointed out strengths and flaws, helping me understand what needed some polishing and what was good to go. I wouldn’t hesitate at all to reach out again on future books. I highly recommend [her] to anyone.

— Holly Jennings