Our appraisals provide you with insights about your writing - from a publisher's viewpoint.

Publishers receive hundreds of manuscripts weekly from aspiring authors - and many are rejected without a word of explanation. WriteAway appraisals reveal how publishers will view your submitted material, and show you how to maximise your chances of being accepted.

Why choose a WriteAway editor?

Our assessment panel includes publishers, published authors, agents, illustrators, reviewers, editors and copywriters. All have seen thousands of manuscripts and know publishers' likes and dislikes.

WriteAway will identify the most appropriate person to help you. Confidential advice will then help you structure your submission material to publishers and agents so that it hits the right buttons and receives the attention it deserves.

WriteAway Appraisals

(WriteAway members select the numbered topic or topics from the following list, then discuss the help they require, directly, with a specialist WriteAway editor.)

                        
For writers seeking a publisher/agent for completed work
1.  A detailed analysis of the first five pages                                            

2.  An analysis of the first three chapters of a work of fiction

 
3.  An analysis of a complete work of book-length fiction                         

4.  Guidance on preparing proposals, covering letters and synopses for publishers and agents

For writers embarking upon a work of fiction
5.  Suggestions for developing the original idea - deciding which sector of the market to aim at - preparing a chapter by chapter synopsis -  how to establish a disciplined approach that ensures the work is completed             

6.  Guidance on editing, style and grammar as the work proceeds.

7.  Guidance on tackling the short story format                              

For clients tackling their first non-fiction work
8.  Marketing assistance to highlight the publishing possibilities open for their particular subject     

                       

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                                    Special Assignments

For clients who require specific writing support to develop and complete a writing project.

9. Open-ended assignments to improve drafts as required, including complete re-writes                                                                       

10. Management of individual self-publishing/DIY writing projects


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What to do next

First, join WriteAway - and one of our editors will contact you. Then exchange e-mails until you have a better idea about which assessments you require, and we understand the stage you have reached with your writing ambitions.

Before we conduct appraisals we provide you with guidance notes so that you can submit work to us in a professional format. Our assessments then build upon that platform.

Life memberships of WriteAway are currently on special offer.

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