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MANUSCRIPT
ASSESMENT SERVICE
Alex
Gilly is our manuscript assessor and Third Draft online tutor. He
has translated four books from French to English, has a degree in linguistics
and is doing an MA, been a reader for Harper Collins and has completed
an editing course at UTS. The people he has worked with have loved his
input and said it really helped take their stories to another level.
The feedback he gives includes:
Structural feedback on what is and isn't working in terms of story, voice
and character.
A
thorough copy edit, bearing in mind your target audience. This includes
punctuation, spelling, style and syntax. By the time he has gone through
your work it will be very polished, ready to go to an agent or publisher.
Sophie
Bouris, who has worked with Alex on her
novel, said
"I've got a far greater chance of being published thanks to Alex
Gilly and the Writer's Studio. It is a wonderful inner freedom
to know that every corner of the story has been investigated to the best
of our ability. Alex has certainly allowed this to happen for me
in a way that I don't believe would have happened without his help. When
you re-read your edited work it runs so much more smoothly and
one is tempted to think that the edits were obvious but without any doubt
there is huge skill involved. I would strongly recommend anyone
who loves writing to embrace this process for their final draft to produce
the best work they can and to get as much out of the process as
is possible."
Lucas
Welch , who
has worked with Alex on his novel online, said
I
cannot stress how important this process was, no can I express
how highly I valued Alex's input. His linguistic skills were
evident immediately, and with a few comments and suggestions, a section
I once considered gripping seemed dull and tepid after I had transformed
it into an irresistible collection of words conveying sounds, sights
and smells the reader could connect easily with. I could
not have done such transformation without Alex's insights and help. His
detailed commentary and mark up of my work again left me with the
glowing feeling that I had 100% of his attention. The end
result is a book. My book! Not long ago, this was just
a spark of an idea in my mind.
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Fee
for the service is $1,000 for up to 50,000 words.
If
you have less than 50,000 words or more than that, the fee is
worked out on the basis of $100 per 5,000 words. However,
the minimum feel is $250.
Please
contact us for more information.
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