First 15K Assessment
Your opening has to bring someone into the story and give them a reason to stay. Get specific feedback on pacing, character, voice, and structure, with a prioritized list of points to revisit.
AI-generated assessment. Feedback on your writing, without rewriting it.
Your opening pages - roughly 60 pages double-spaced (required)
Working title and genre/category for context
Your name and email for report delivery
A structured look at how the opening introduces the story, where it holds attention, and what may need a closer look. This is not a prediction of an individual agent's response.
What this book seems to be - concept, lane, and where it fits in the market.
Do we know who the protagonist is and what they want? Is there enough interiority to anchor us emotionally?
Does the book start in the right place? Where does it drag or rush? Is the story earning its real estate?
Is the voice distinctive and consistent? Where does the prose sing, and where does it stumble?
Market context and comparison-title suggestions to investigate as you position your book. Verify suggested titles and read the books before using them as comparisons.
Ratings across the report's craft dimensions, with assessment notes to help you interpret them.
The 3-6 highest-impact things to address, in order of priority, before continuing.
Sample excerpt - Voice & Prose Analysis
"The voice here is doing something interesting - there's a wry, observational quality to the narration that feels literary without being self-conscious. The prose is cleanest in the dialogue scenes, where the rhythm feels natural and the characters sound distinct. Where it gets muddy is in the transitional passages - there's a tendency to over-explain what the protagonist is feeling rather than letting the reader infer. The line 'She knew, in that moment, that everything had changed' appears three times in different forms across the first fifty pages. Trust your reader more."
Sample excerpt - Craft Scorecard
| Criterion | Score | Tier |
|---|---|---|
| Voice & Prose | 7/10 | Strong |
| Emotional Engagement | 7/10 | Strong |
| Pacing & Structure | 5/10 | Borderline |
| Character Development | 8/10 | Strong |
| Dialogue Quality | 6/10 | Borderline |
You've revised the beginning repeatedly and want to know what still needs attention.
Your query describes a compelling story, but you're unsure whether the first chapters deliver on it.
You suspect the opening starts too early, moves too slowly, or asks readers to absorb too much at once.
You want a focused revision plan for the first part of the book.
The report focuses on the first 15,000 words you submit: how the story begins, how its characters come through, and where the writing builds or loses momentum.
You'll receive assessment notes and a prioritized revision roadmap. This is not a line edit or a review of the entire manuscript. It does not predict an agent's decision.
A longer opening can show how an initial scene develops into a story: whether the momentum continues, how characters respond, and how much explanation arrives before the reader needs it. This assessment covers the first 15,000 words only.
No. You receive a separate PDF assessment, not tracked changes or sentence-by-sentence edits.
No. An assessment of the opening cannot evaluate scenes or an ending that weren't submitted. Use its observations to review the opening and consider whether similar issues occur elsewhere.
The Query Assessment centers on the query letter, with an optional pitch and first 5,000 words. The First 15K Assessment gives more attention to the manuscript's opening, including pacing, structure, character, and voice.