Manuscript Appraisal
Appraising Manuscripts
All writers have manuscripts. It refers to a written copy of a person’s elegant piece, which may be a book, music etc. In this case, we deal with book production.
A manuscript appraisal is an objective review of a manuscript considering its marketability, plot, structure and more. It is similar to a review and gives you a deep insight into what the manuscript holds. It decides whether it is fit for editing or needs adjustments. A useful document must be targeted at a particular audience and hoping to fulfil their objectives.
It takes several months or even years to finish a manuscript, and therefore, you are familiarised with the book and may not take cognisance of specific errors that are evident. Hence, you need our professional services to point out the flaws for adequate amendments before other processes. Only excellent pieces are bestsellers, and indeed, you envisioned writing a best seller. Books By You will be happy to fulfil your dream.
What Do We Do?
Our team of excellent and prolific writers and literature experts go through your manuscripts and compile a detailed outline of the reports highlighting the book’s merits and demerits. We add suggestions and recommendations for you. It will enable you to re-evaluate the book and make necessary corrections and improvements.
This process is crucial, especially for first drafts. Our appraisal team provides reviews on:
Concept
The concept is an idea built upon. Before writing, an idea pops up about a societal issue, problem or common ideologies and prompt you to create a structure. The idea, coupled with the format and means of living it, is the concept.
Originality
We examine the originality of the book; hence we run a plagiarism test. This ensures that the book’s content does not infringe on the copyright title of other authors.
Audience Appeal
A good piece must appeal to the audience. Usually, books are written to solve a particular problem and connect with readers or a targeted audience.
Writing Style
There are different types of writings: creative and non-creative. The kind of writing style you employ is different depending on the writing piece. It may be narrative, expository or narrative.
Narrative Structure
Narrative structures refer to the arrangement of the parts in a book. It may be chronological (beginning to the end), nonlinear, circular, interactive or parallel. It also involves other terms such as rising action, climax, resolution or exposition.
Pace
It refers to the rate at which the story developed and ended.
Point of View
It refers to the angle from which the story is told. It may be
Omniscient Point of View
The narrator knows and provides all the details about the characters and the story.
The First-Person Point of View
The story is narrated by one of the characters in the story.
Second-Person Point of View
The writer makes use of second-person pronouns such as “you” and “your.”
Characterisation
There are different types of characters, especially when it relates to creative writing. They are eponymous character, flat and round character. Our team looks at how the characters are developed as well and how they fare until the end.
Market Analytics
We also discuss the potential of the book in the market. That is, how marketable is the manuscript? Does it relate to the present? Etc.
Others are dialogue, grammatical errors, target audience etc.