Essay Checkup

$49.00

One read of your essay and a written response (1/2 - 1 page), sent by email or in your Google Doc. Includes:

  • What’s working: the strongest line or moment, and why it works

  • The biggest thing holding it back: the one issue that matters most right now, such as a résumé essay, a lesson that’s told instead of shown, or an ending that sounds like a poster

  • Where to start: the first change I’d make before anything else

  • The uniqueness check: whether it sounds like something only you could have written yet and where you disappear

  • A few guided questions to think about before you revise

  • The Checkup tells you exactly what’s holding your essay back. The Diagnosis shows you exactly where it happens in your essay, sentence by sentence, and gives you a step-by-step plan to fix it.

  • Turnaround within 1 week

One read of your essay and a written response (1/2 - 1 page), sent by email or in your Google Doc. Includes:

  • What’s working: the strongest line or moment, and why it works

  • The biggest thing holding it back: the one issue that matters most right now, such as a résumé essay, a lesson that’s told instead of shown, or an ending that sounds like a poster

  • Where to start: the first change I’d make before anything else

  • The uniqueness check: whether it sounds like something only you could have written yet and where you disappear

  • A few guided questions to think about before you revise

  • The Checkup tells you exactly what’s holding your essay back. The Diagnosis shows you exactly where it happens in your essay, sentence by sentence, and gives you a step-by-step plan to fix it.

  • Turnaround within 1 week