Alpha Reading

Get huge savings while on professional guidance for the first or second draft of your work. A professional alpha reading is an awesome tool for the writer with a small budget. 

Just enter your exact word count, upload your manuscript, and we'll immediately get started on your piece! 

Alpha Reading

1. Complete your order by purchasing the amount of words you need (whatever the word count for your piece is). If you don't know or prefer to have us do a word count for you, select an invoicing option and upload your entire manuscript at checkout for us to review. 
2. We review the entire manuscript. Currently, this takes about 1 week per 20,000 words, though variables like holidays and when your payment clears alter this timeline. 
3. We deliver your professional feedback. This file will contain a publication readiness rubric, strengths list, vulnerabilities list, and recommended next steps. 

No editing: An alpha read is a basic review of the book to help provide overarching feedback to the author. We will not be making any direct changes to the piece. This service is meant for authors who want to get an outside, professional opinion on their piece so that they can take that feedback and apply it to their manuscript as they see fit. If you want someone to make changes on your behalf, you will need to purchase an actual editing service such as developmental editing or copyediting. 

"Big Picture" feedback: An alpha reading can be completed more quickly and at a lower cost because the feedback you receive won't include many specifics. If you think you need more detailed, actionable direction, consider purchasing a manuscript evaluation or full developmental edit instead.