How is your novel going? Would you like some
analysis or feedback early on? Or would you prefer critique
once the novel’s finished?
Either way, we can help.
We look at your novel and analyse plot development and
characterisation as well as use of
language and style. We spot flaws such as switching points
of view, stilted dialogue or inconsistent tenses and we
highlight strengths too.
The narrative drive of your novel, that
is how you carry along your reader,
is hugely important and, frankly, it often takes an outsider
to advise a writer if it’s working. As authors, we
get very involved with our novels and it does become hard
to view work objectively. That’s where an affordable
service like Fiction Feedback is really valuable.
genres
At Fiction Feedback, we critique almost any kind of fiction:
contemporary, thriller, chick-lit, horror, crime, fantasy,
sci-fi and humour. The only genres we don’t review
are erotica and novels which are written to strict guidelines,
such as romances written for the Harlequin and Mills & Boon
imprints.
multiple reviews
Having more than one critique of your work is extremely
useful, both on account of where they overlap and where
they make different points. Our sliding scale of charges
means the cost of two critiques is far less than double
the cost of one critique. This is to encourage writers
to take advantage of multiple reviews.
We offer up to four
independent critiques of your novel. Each critique comes
with a checklist, and for full novels
this checklist is slightly longer than the one we use for
novel excerpts and short stories.
length of critiques
The length of Fiction Feedback critiques varies. For novel
excerpts they will be at least one A4 page and usually
more – it depends on the reviewer.
For full novels,
the critique will be at least three A4 pages.
prices
We currently cost for four levels of word count; up to
15,000 words, up to 40,000 words, up to 80,000 words
and up to 120,000 words.
Most novels for adults are between
80,000-120,000 words. Novels for older children are up
to 40,000 words and for young adults, up to 80,000 words,
so almost any complete manuscript should fall within those
parameters.
Up to 15,000 words is what agents and publishers
often ask to see in submissions, so it's a good choice
for an extract of your novel.
For up to 15,000 words of
a novel:
1 critique: £69; 2 critiques: £99;
3 critiques: £135;
4 critiques: £165
For children's
novels or novel extracts of up to 40,000 words:
1 critique £95; 2 critiques £149;
3 critiques £199;
4 critiques £255
For young adult
or novel extracts of up to 80,000 words:
1 critique £125; 2 critiques £199;
3 critiques £285;
4 critiques £365
For a full novel
manuscript of up to 120,000 words:
1 critique: £189; 2 critiques: £299;
3 critiques: £429;
4 critiques: £549
submitting your work
Please ensure your word count is under 15,000, 40,000,
80,000 or 120,000.
Your title
page should include your name and email address (or postal
address if submitting by post), and your word
count as well as the title.
Each page should be numbered, and you
might also want to add your name and the novel’s
title. Please use the header/footer tool to do this. (In
a Word document, go
to View, select Header & Footer and switch from header
to footer by clicking on the third icon from the right.)
All
chapters should be contained in the one file,
and the file
name should tally with the name of your novel
that you use on your submission form. Please don’t
re-start pagination for new chapters; your title page should
be
p1 and from then on page numbers should be consecutive.
To calculate the word count, select your
document from the start to the end of the novel, then in
Word go to the Tools menu. Please state the word count
on your title sheet. The count won't include your page
id if you put them in a header or footer.
Please avoid
using a smaller font size than 11. Double
or line-and-a-half
spacing is fine.
We are quite relaxed about
how you show new paragraphs. A number
of agents and publishers prefer no extra line
spacing, just a tabbed indent, so this could be a good
habit to adopt.
You’re very welcome to submit a separate
synopsis of up to 1,000 words. If the
chapters you’re
submitting are not the first ones of the novel (not recommended),
a synopsis becomes essential and you need to indicate where
your chapters fit in.
For novels over 120,000 words,
please
contact us for a quote.
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