Early-Stage Story Development
& Conceptual Feedback

Alpha reading is designed for unfinished or first-draft manuscripts that need guidance on structure, story direction, and character arcs before significant revisions.

What’s Included:

• Ongoing or full-manuscript feedback on story development

• High-level notes on structure, pacing, and character arcs

• Scene-by-scene impressions (if provided in chunks)

• Brainstorming feedback for resolving major issues

• Focus on what’s working and what needs revision before deeper edits

• No in-depth grammar or line-level edits

• Includes a 1 hour video call to discuss the feedback
  

Best for:

Authors in the drafting stage who need early insights to avoid major rewrites later.

Pricing:

• Short Stories (under 20K words): $75

• Novellas (20K–50K words): $100

• Novels (50K+ words): $0.0025 per word