The Authenticity & Sensitivity Read

The Authenticity & Sensitivity Read is an essential service that helps to ensure that your writing is accurate, immersive, and sensitive to and for all of your readers.

This is a great service for anyone who is writing about characters, plot lines, or topics that they have not experienced firsthand. These experiences are not always strictly negative or positive, but are influential enough to the story that getting them right matters. In recent years, thanks in large part to the internet and social movements, readers have grown more eager for accurate representation in the books they read. Let’s give them what they want!

I am happy to offer The Authenticity & Sensitivity Read to you as a way to help make your novel more enticing and engaging for your readers.

Topics I can read for:

  • Latino American experience (specifically Mexican American)

  • Spanish language included in manuscripts

  • California as a setting (specifically Southern California)

  • Anxiety

  • Women’s issues and experiences

  • Pregnancy and childbirth

  • Parenting

This service will not include any in-line comments, questions, or edits about parts of your manuscript that do not contain relevant content.

The incorporation of the feedback from The Authenticity & Sensitivity Read may require you to rewrite large sections of your manuscript, so it is best to use this service prior to booking any editorial services, especially The Line Edit or The Copyedit.

How It Works

  1. When you reach out to me, I will send you a client welcome packet and a questionnaire to complete with details about your manuscript.

  2. Once you have submitted the questionnaire and I have had a chance to review your responses, I will send you a quote for the service.

  3. If the quote is agreeable, you will sign and return it to me along with your manuscript saved as a Word Document or PDF. A 50% deposit is due at the time of booking. If your service is less than $200 in total, the full amount will be due at time of booking.

  4. Upon completion of The Authenticity & Sensitivity Read, I will send you a final invoice. Once the invoice is paid in full, I will return your manuscript along with a detailed letter that will provide feedback on your story in regard to any sensitive or otherwise relevant content matter as well as notes about where the manuscript performs well or may be improved in those areas. If pertinent, I will also provide links, citations, or other references to backup my notes.

Pricing

Pricing starts at $0.022 per word with a minimum charge of $50.00. If you have further questions about pricing, please refer to my FAQs.