Myssinee

Women who are beyond done with all of this shit.

“Shit, help me up”

I may need to move into an extended living motel situation for a month while I continue to look for a place to live. I can afford only part of this, so if you could afford a donation or if you are interested in a critique, it would be much appreciated if you would be able to help me out right now! 

I just reblogged my post on my critique rates and I take donations directly through my blog. I need at least a few hundred dollars to be able to add to what I have available to me to be able to afford an extended living motel for at least a month where I live in a safe area. 

Adding on my rates here so it stays attached to this post as well - I will be taking on as much critique work as I can, and if you have an amount of critique work not specified here just send me a message and we’ll talk. I also do line editing but my rates for that are higher because it requires more work, so message me for that too.

So, a lot of people have been asking me about my rates for critiques of lengthier works, but after some thinking I have a deal that I would like to offer.

For a flat fee of $100, I can offer a LENGTHY and THOROUGH critique and some very basic editing on a manuscript of around 40K to 50K (but no longer). I believe this is fair because I can complete this amount of reading and critique in an amount of time that wouldn’t take away from my other work.

When I say a lengthy and thorough critique, I mean that you will receive a document of no less than a couple thousand words detailing what I believe could be implemented into your story to strengthen it and help you improve upon what’s already there, how you can edit it to make it stronger, how you can break it up to create stronger chapters, etc.

(Likewise, if you have 20-25K I can do $50, etc.)

Since so many have been asking about prices, this is what I think I can do for the time being.

Mind you, I have professional editing experience for over 5 years now working for a professional writing company, I have extensive ghostwriting experience, and I have been professionally published myself in an anthology with bestselling authors, so I believe that this price tag is warranted.

My situation is desperate because I now have to move by September 1 - so in about a week and a half - and I still don’t have a place to live, and I have no friends in the area, nor do I have family that is able to take me in. My last close living relative passed away three years ago, as I’ve mentioned before, so this is a difficult time for me.

There is a price that must be paid by the end of your story. Your character needs to come away changed, as the cost has taken something away from them, even if it is only emotional loss.

Create a transforming event, the effects of the transformation, and your character’s final understanding of their experience and how they have been affected.

The high stakes should not only impact your protagonist. Write how it impacts all of your characters, anyone who may be changed by your main character’s decisions.

Your stakes should be high. The fate of the entire universe does not have to hang in the balance for your character, but there should be a cost. Example: in Hunger Games, Katniss is willing to give up anything to save her sister, even her life.

The high stakes should involve some form of moral dilemma for your character.