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Enhances Character and Story Depth
My meeting with Jennifer was so productive! She had good insight into my story and the main character. Her suggested changes will make my pages stronger. She is warm, personable and knowledgeable. I learned a lot in my minutes with her and felt such enthusiasm during and after the meeting. I would definitely request to meet with her for future projects.
Lisa Kilion
March 24, 2025
Reveals Emotional Gaps in Story
The fifteen minutes I scheduled with Caitlin was incredibly illuminating. She helped me see that the emotional impact of my opening chapter wasn’t threaded through the subsequent chapters. Her comments triggered some ideas and thirty minutes after we ended our conversation, I had a plan for how to rewrite/revise my act one accordingly. Her insight was particularly helpful around character and character motivation and helped me see that there were some questions with my protagonist in the opening scene that weren’t fleshed out. I chose Caitlin because she reps some incredible authors, particularly some award-winning fantasy authors, and her expertise was money well-spent. I’ve queried before and had a mixed bag of results with very little personalized feedback. My meeting with Caitlin vastly improved my opening pages and act one and I’m so glad to not be entering querying completely blind.
Evelyn Freeling
March 24, 2025
Provides Insightful Query Comments
Eric’s comments about my query letter were super insightful. I left our meeting with a clear idea of what’s working well and what might need some additional work.
Jessica Carney
March 24, 2025
Gives Warm and Helpful Feedback
Fiona was warm, personable and helpful. She had useful things to say about my first page, while being gentle and very human. Just a pleasure to talk to in a very low-key way.
Robyn Ryle
March 24, 2025
Strengthens First Chapter for Querying
My consultation with Jessica Watterson was incredibly helpful. She was super nice and offered thoughtful and specific advice on how I could make my first chapter stronger as I continue with the query process. Her enthusiasm and support made me feel more positive about diving back into†the query trenches. I highly recommended these sessions and am grateful to the Manuscript Academy for the opportunity!
Kristi Olson
March 24, 2025
Offers Thoughtful Editorial Feedback
Rachel Diebel, an editor at Feiwell & Friends/MacMillan, offered feedback on my query and first ten pages. She was thoughtful and thorough, her critique incisive, and really easy to talk with.
Mary Farrell
March 24, 2025
Refines Query with Personalized Notes
Melissa’s review of my query letter was extremely helpful and I appreciated her detailed, personalized notes. Though the ten minutes went fast, she answered all of my questions and gave me a confidence in my (now-revised) query that I lacked. I highly recommend going through this process!
Hilary Wilkes
March 24, 2025
Answers Query Process Questions
My query letter critique with John was really helpful! He answered my questions thoroughly and was super friendly. His suggestions brought up areas I had never thought of. Thank you to all at the Manuscript Academy for this opportunity to learn more about the query process!
Elyse Cregar
March 24, 2025
Improves First Chapter with Precision
Kaitlyn was so very helpful in evaluating my first chapter! She was precise in her comments and offered several suggestions, not only to improve my Voice and Transitions, but gave me links to research sites that would also be valuable. It was obvious she wanted to include as much as possible of her responses within the time frame we had. I remain grateful to The Manuscript Academy for offering this service and for the busy professionals who make themselves available to share their expertise!
Elyse Cregar
March 24, 2025
Pinpoints Key Issue in Story
My consultation with Saba was fantastic!
I sensed something was not quite right with my manuscript, but I did not know how to fix it. Saba pointed out to me what was missing in my story even though she just read my query letter. I am now energized to revise my manuscript.
Carol Yee
March 24, 2025
Delivers Insightful Query Advice
Stacey was great! She offered great insight and answered a specific question I had. I got a lot out of my 10 minutes and she was super nice.
Amy Van Duyn
March 24, 2025
Gives Encouraging Memoir Feedback
I highly recommend consults with Leticia Gomez. We discussed my memoir, and she gave helpful feedback on it, my title and book proposal. Her comments were encouraging and motivated me to work more on my project!
Tess Clarkson
March 24, 2025