But I have talked with authors who've told me they paid it and, surprisingly, received detailed
feedback about their manuscript that was worth more than ten times the fee.
Ask your friends, writing group, or mentor to give you honest
feedback about the manuscript.
Not exact matches
The advantages of a preprint journal club over a journal club reviewing published papers are 1) lab members read the latest material (often posted within the previous week or two), 2) they feel that reviewing a paper is not an empty exercise (because the paper is already published), but something that actually helps people, 3) they learn
about improving
manuscripts, and 4) authors get more
feedback.
The revisions were good enough to earn a «Best
Manuscript Submission» award, and I also got wonderful feedback at that conference about how to tighten and strengthen the m
Manuscript Submission» award, and I also got wonderful
feedback at that conference
about how to tighten and strengthen the
manuscriptmanuscript.
Since I have questions
about the structure of the book this early, and because the
manuscript is a little on the long side for a debut, I would recommend soliciting editorial
feedback for structure, continuity, pacing and other story elements.
Agents are in the business of selling books, so a
manuscript evaluation can give an indie author great
feedback on what will make his book be more successful as he goes
about selling it himself.
We could be talking
about a
manuscript review which includes comments and
feedback on bigger picture stuff.
There, the company writes
about the Author Day conference: «This is an exciting opportunity for authors to get face - to - face
feedback on their unpublished
manuscripts from those in the know.
Their decision to write under a single pseudonym came
about when writing their first novel; they submitted an unsolicited
manuscript to an editor hoping for some
feedback and, because most books are published under a single name, they chose to submit the
manuscript under the single name Charles Todd.
Within seven days, I will edit and annotate my response to the first ten pages of your
manuscript, providing constructive
feedback on your writing style and storytelling, your characterisation and subject matter — and anything which strikes me as worth noting to a writer serious
about getting published.
We are grateful to the authors of the reviewed studies who provided us with additional information
about those studies and to the anonymous reviewers who provided valuable
feedback on an earlier draft of this
manuscript.