Assessment starved
The tools market spent its money on generation. The questions that decide whether a book works still get answered by you, at midnight, about the one manuscript you cannot read cold.
Beat 01 · The problem
You cannot read your own novel cold.
A full editorial read of your novel — every claim checked against your own pages. Continuity, timeline, repetition, and the threads that go unpaid.
$449 · ≤150k words · 72h · two full reads
Payment is not taken on this site.
Cheap reports invent
Automated critiques exist, and the cheap ones have a documented problem: they invent findings. A report you have to fact-check yourself is worse than no report.
Human edit, once per book
A developmental editor remains the reliable alternative: $1,200–$4,500 per manuscript at 2026 EFA and Reedsy rates, turnaround measured in weeks. Excellent work, priced for once per book rather than every revision pass.
Beat 02 · The mechanism
The thread is verification — not decoration.
Every passage we quote is mechanically re-located in your text before the report is sent. Judgment is labelled. Anything that cannot be found is not presented as a confirmed source quotation. Thin evidence is demoted.
Claim without a thread back to the page does not ship.
Verify quotes
Each quoted passage is mechanically re-located in your manuscript. Anything that cannot be found is not presented as a confirmed source quotation.
Two reads
Every order is two full reads — revise and send it back. The remedy for disagreement is reading your revision, not a bonus feature.
Judgment labelled
Fact versus opinion versus unadjudicated candidates are marked as such. We will not dress a judgment as a measurement.
Beat 03 · The climax · Sample
Follow the thread into the sample.
This is the object you commission — one cropped illustration from the sample. Source passages, then a revision decision. Not a marketing paraphrase.
Sample · Evidence report · finding thread
TimelineIllustrative finding
Check the journey’s duration.
Test entry A · chapter 4
Departure: 08:00. Arrival: 10:00.
Test entry B · chapter 9
Elapsed travel time: six hours.
The two entries give different elapsed times. Whether that is a continuity problem depends on whether they describe the same journey in the same time frame.
✓ source passages shown
Judgment labelled — context still required
Locate both passages. If they describe the same elapsed journey, reconcile the timing. If they describe different stages, clarify that distinction only if a reader needs it.
Fact — the times as written Judgment — whether they conflict Unadjudicated — marked, not confirmed
Format illustration using invented test entries. Not a customer report. Demotions and labelled judgment live in the full sample.
Beat 04 · What the thread binds
Feedback you can take back to the page.
Read the reasoning, inspect the source, and decide what belongs in your revision. The writing stays with you.
Readable HTML + PDF
The evidence report
Findings with manuscript locations, an explanation of the concern, and a clear distinction between impact and confidence.
Word comments or annotated Markdown
Comments in context
Bring the feedback into your working document. Follow the references while keeping control of your language and decisions.
Revision workbook + follow-up report
A workable revision plan
Prioritize findings, record your choices, and return with your revised manuscript for the included second full read.
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Tell us about your book.
Prepare a short intake and email your manuscript. We confirm the scope, readable files, payment, and delivery time.
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Get your first audit.
Review the evidence report, manuscript comments, and revision workbook. See what was checked and what still needs judgment.
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Make your decisions.
Revise at your own pace. Keep the voice, motifs, and choices that matter to your book.
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Come back for a second read.
Send a revised version of the same work within 12 months, with your original order reference. We do not keep the first manuscript; resupply what we need if you want supported findings compared. This is not a new manuscript.
One manuscript. Two full reads. Standard turnaround is 72 hours after written confirmation of a readable file and completed intake.
Beat 05 · Guarantees as knots
Four knots on the same cord.
A single money-back test does not work on a report like this. Half of it is decidable and half of it is a reading, so there are four, each saying what kind of thing it is.
Knot 1 · Mechanical
Every quotation is real
If the report quotes a passage that does not appear in the manuscript you submitted, that report is free.
Verified-quotation termsKnot 2 · Remedy
Two reads, not one
Disagreement’s answer is reading your revision of the same work, not a money-back argument.
Second-read termsKnot 3 · Epistemic
Judgment is labelled as judgment
Decidable facts versus a reader’s view versus unadjudicated candidates — marked as such.
What we will not pretendKnot 4 · Useful-refund
If it is not useful, tell us
Within fourteen days of delivery, for any reason you think is a reason. Manuscripts are not used for training. Working files are deleted thirty days after delivery.
Refund and privacyFit
Best for
- Working novelists with a complete draft who want a structured view of continuity, recurrence, and story threads before the next revision.
- Authors who have seen thin or inventing critiques and want claims they can check on the page.
- A serious pass you can run again after you revise — not a once-per-book event.
Not for
- Instant critique shoppers. This is a 72-hour read, not a minutes report.
- Anyone wanting a human developmental editor to hold the whole book. We will not imply otherwise.
- Grammar, habit, or community tools. Wrong job.
Beat 06 · Commission
The Threadright Audit.
$449
USD · one manuscript · ≤150k words · 72h · two full reads · verification · labelled judgment · four typed guarantees
A structured whole-manuscript read with editorial adjudication, reviewed by a person before it is sent. Not a disposable instant critique. Not a full human developmental edit. Priced so it makes sense to run again after you revise.
A developmental editor will give you something this cannot: a single mind holding your whole book. This gives you something they cannot: every claim checked against your text, on every pass.
- A full first-draft audit
- Evidence report in HTML and PDF
- Word comments or annotated Markdown
- Revision priorities and workbook
- A second full read within 12 months
Payment is not taken on this site. A payment link arrives with our confirmation email after we confirm a readable manuscript and completed intake.
Minutes to calibrate — not to create an account.
Answers calibrate the read to your book. There is no workspace, no dashboard, no signup. Nothing is charged on the intake page.
Motif whitelist
Declare recurring phrases you meant. They are recorded as deliberate, not reported as defects.
Formats
Word (.docx) or Markdown (.md). Chapters as headings. Unusual files — email us first.
Privacy
Never used to train our models. Working files deleted thirty days after delivery. A second read still requires you to resupply the manuscript(s).
Along the thread · Questions
Reasonable questions.
Is this a human editor?
No, and we will not imply otherwise. The analysis combines software checks and AI judgment. A human operator reviews the assembled report for quality control. That is different from a human editor reading and judging every finding. A developmental editor will give you something this cannot: a single mind holding your whole book. This gives you something they cannot: every claim checked against your text, on every pass.
Will it flag my deliberate repetitions?
Not if you tell us about them. The intake asks for motifs and recurring phrases you meant. Anything you declare is recorded as deliberate rather than reported as a defect.
Will it find every problem in my book?
No. A report can miss issues or make interpretations you disagree with. Source verification helps you inspect a finding; it does not make every diagnosis correct. Coverage and unresolved candidates are identified.
Can I use it mid-draft?
Yes, and it is built for that. Every paid order is two full reads rather than one, because structural findings are most useful while you can still act on them, and the second read is where you find out whether the revision worked.
What formats do you take?
Word (.docx) or Markdown (.md), with clear chapter headings. If your file is unusual, email us first. Your manuscript is never used to train our models. Working files are deleted thirty days after delivery. Within fourteen days of delivery, if the report is not useful, tell us — for any reason you think is a reason.
Do you keep my manuscript for the second read?
No. Working manuscripts and analysis files are deleted thirty days after delivery, or sooner if you ask. The second read is still yours for twelve months, for a revised version of the same work on the original order — not a new manuscript. When you come back, send the manuscript(s) we need and that order reference. We do not hold the first file for comparison.
When does the 72 hours start?
From our written confirmation that your manuscript is readable and your intake is complete. Preparing the form does not start that clock. Timing, payment, and any special arrangement are confirmed by email.
Tie the brief
A full editorial read. Claims checked against your pages.
$449 · ≤150k words · 72h · two full reads