You can't achieve your full potential as a writer without critical feedback. Sending your work to me is a relatively simple and easy way to get the perspective you need to make your work the best it can be.

I can promise you kind and encouraging critique which alerts you to your strengths as well as areas for improvement. I want to offer my clients advice and suggestions which will not only improve individual poems but help them grow as poets, benefitting them in the long-term beyond a particular project.

I offer 3 options for working with me. I provide the same detail of feedback for each tier, but with groups of poems or full manuscripts I am able to provide a broader range of general feedback on your tendencies as a poet, alerting you to habits and patterns in your style, for you to critically examine. See form below for price breakdown.

Single poem feedback

This is a great option if you want to test the waters before committing to sending a group of poems or a full manuscript. 

Feedback for a group of poems

For those who would like feedback on a group of poems, but do not yet have a full manuscript.

Full manuscript consulting

For full manuscripts, (50 pages or more) I will offer you detailed line responses as well as my general impressions. Putting together and editing a poetry manuscript is a difficult, and too often, lonely task. My hope is that working with me will help you to feel energized and reinvigorated about your project and to see it through a fresh set of eyes. 

Here are some testimonials from clients:

"Working with Emily was an absolute pleasure. Not only did she help me with specific problems I had regarding stanza breaks, line length, and punctuation, but she also taught me important poetic techniques that I can carry with me for the rest of my writing career. It was clear to me that she really put a lot of time and care into her report. If you need someone who will help you improve and grow as a writer, while helping you with your writing project, Emily is the way to go!"

"Emily's manuscript feedback was very valuable and actionable, not only for the poetry project that she assisted me with, but also in improving my writing as a whole. The critique was very comprehensive, identifying numerous weaknesses and strengths, all backed by elaborate reasoning. In her feedback, Emily very diligently identified aspects pertaining to sentence structure, punctuations, imagery, grammar and language, which when worked upon resulted in a much-improved reading experience of the poems. Similarly, her positive comments and reactions as a reader were encouraging and constructively acknowledged what worked cohesively in the poems. Overall, I was very happy that I reached out to Emily for a critique and would surely recommend her to anyone who is looking for poetry manuscript feedback. "

"I couldn't be happier with her response to my work. Emily thoroughly analyzed each poem, showing me how to improve each one. There were so many gems of practical advice that I could immediately act on. Other gems of advice challenged me as a writer. She helped me to stretch and take my writing up a few notches."