VERITE: Line Edits/Developmental Feedback
(Literary Fiction, Genre Bends and Blends,
& Non-traditional Narrative Structures)
Find your manuscript’s right direction.
I love the way a word feels in my mouth. The way the combination of words form sentences and stories that live in my chest for days after turning the last page.
Why? Because when emotions run through a story like rivers, gliding over and breaking rocks and earth over time, it burrows into the reader and connects again and again.
That’s when they miss their train stop; stay up just 30 more minutes and 30 more minutes until the wee hours of the black night to consume your words.
You have a completed manuscript, half-completed, maybe a section that you want feedback on to make sure readers have that same “can’t put it down” experience.
Your pages can receive an intimate review for:
Plot holes, inconsistencies, etc.
Believability of characters and the situations that wreck and rock them
Character development and story
Organization and structure
Consistent writing style
Pacing that keeps the reader engaged instead of yawning and skimming through
Unnecessary characters, prose, plot points
Overuse of words, gestures, and descriptions
If your novel/excerpt makes a reader feel something. Will it entertain and teach them? Will your reader care?
If it feels alive and awake
Why me?
My name is Tiffany Clarke Harrison, and my debut novel is BLUE HOUR.
It made several most anticipated lists including Ms. Magazine, was seen on Good Morning America’s book club for April 2023, listed on the Best Books of 2023 list by Vulture, and was 1 of 9 books on Barack Obama’s 2023 Summer Reading list.
I’ll be right there with you in the details of your manuscript, helping the characters and scenes come even more alive and keep readers connected.
The Experience:
If necessary we’ll divide your submission into up to 3 sections (depending on length)
One section at a time (because overwhelm isn’t welcome here), you’ll receive line notes and feedback in the margins of the document
One 50-minute session for Q&A
Downloadable recording of the session
The Investment: $200/1000 words
for a minimum of 3k words
You’re not here to throw just any words in front of an agent or into publication. You’ve worked too hard for that. See it through with an intimate line/developmental edit to help get the response of “I read it in one sitting” or “I couldn’t put it down” Or, a personal favorite, “That was powerful. I don’t know how to explain it, but I felt that in my stomach.”
“I think every writer experiences the feeling of being lost with their art. It’s natural but can feel suffocating. Tiffany’s process and perspectives are the fresh air in your writing process. Her probing questions guide you to open up to new clarity that moves your writing forward. I’ve found so much new and more heartfelt inspiration. That feeling is invigorating. I am so happy she’s a part of me writing the book I’m meant to write.””
“Tiffany treated my memoir with a level of care and compassion that every personal story deserves. After writing and revising a few times over, exhausting myself in the process, I felt I had given my story everything I could. I hit a wall, and I wasn’t sure how I was going to find the motivation or inspiration to make my memoir something I am infinitely proud to put my name on. Tiffany’s editorial feedback reignited my joy and excitement for storytelling. Through working with her, I am overflowing with new ideas to strengthen my writing and create the memoir that I have been holding in my heart for years.”