We edit toward your vision, not ours.
Our editorial process has one job: to help you understand how well your manuscript is doing what you set out to do. We don't have a house style. We don't have genre preferences. We have craft standards — and we apply them in service of your book.
What we do
- Identify where the manuscript isn't reaching its own stated goals
- Flag craft issues that undermine the author's intent
- Give honest market feedback — what a reader in your genre will expect, and whether you're meeting or subverting those expectations
- Name things clearly — if there's a structural problem, we call it a structural problem
What we don't do
- Rewrite toward genre average — your manuscript is not a committee draft
- Impose a house style on your prose
- Tell literary authors to be more commercial, or commercial authors to be more literary
- Penalise rule-breaking that's intentional — we recognise the difference
Our stance on voice
“If your protagonist has a distinctive, idiosyncratic voice that breaks conventional rules, we'll tell you it breaks rules and we'll tell you it does so brilliantly. We won't tell you to fix it.”
Our stance on genre
“We review manuscripts within their genre's conventions, not against some universal literary standard. A romance novel is not a failed literary novel. A thriller is not an inferior version of serious fiction.”
Questions about our approach
Will the AI flatten my voice?
No. The system is specifically instructed not to optimise for commercial conformity. It is trained to identify where a manuscript isn't reaching its own stated goals — not where it diverges from some imagined average.
What if my book breaks genre rules intentionally?
We separate 'rule-breaking that works' from 'rule-breaking that undermines'. We'll tell you which one it is, and we'll tell you why. Intentional rule-breaking that lands is a craft achievement, not a problem to fix.
Do you have a house style?
No. We have craft standards — clarity, pacing, structure, tension, voice coherence — not stylistic preferences. We won't tell you to use shorter sentences because we like shorter sentences.
What if I disagree with the report?
Good. Use what's useful, argue with what isn't. The report is one read by one system on one day — it is not a verdict. Authors who push back on editorial feedback and write the book they meant to write are doing exactly what they should be doing.
Can I see a sample report before I submit?
Yes — view a sample report here to see exactly what the feedback looks like before you commit.
See what our editorial voice sounds like in practice
Read a real sample report before you decide.