J Burton

Get an in-depth reading, summary, and description of your manuscript's strengths, a comprehensive critique of the genre, structure, point-of-view, style, and audience appeal of your book, an editorial letter outlining a concise action plan for revision, plus an hour-long virtual conference with your development editor. A manuscript review is most helpful for writers who have a complete first draft and who want a mix of high level and scene-specific feedback on how to make it work as a clear and cohesive story that can appeal to readers of the genre. What if you're not writing in a specific genre or don't know what genre your story is? A manuscript review from J can help you identify what traditional genre your story most resembles and how to use, build on, and/or subvert the readers' expectations for that genre to create something new and wholly yours. (Manuscripts over 100,000 words may require a surcharge.)

Schedule a one-hour coaching call to discuss your book outline, book plan, or a book chapter. This includes up to 5,000 words of manuscript review before the call.

No matter where you are at in your writing journey, having a coach at your side can help you go further, faster. As your book coach, J will help you build your intrinsic (from the inside out) motivation to start writing and to keep writing. She will encourage you to strive toward the small milestones and the big goals that you set for yourself, and will celebrate with you when you meet them. In weekly or monthly one-on-one sessions, J will give you constructive feedback, offer writing craft and technique advice, and help you to overcome the hurdles, both internal and external, that all writers inevitably face.

Get comprehensive feedback on the genre, structure, point-of-view, and audience appeal of your book as well as the strengths, weaknesses, and challenges that you could face in the writing process.