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Where stories grow into themselves.
I tell you where the feeling lands, where it’s only described, and what to do about it.
Start with a free sample
I’m Ricardo, a developmental editor based in Portugal, working in English. Every manuscript gets a slow, close, honest read. I write fiction myself: two self-published novels taught me what it feels like to hand over a book you’ve spent a year inside, and what a useless note looks like from the author’s chair.
See how I work before you commit.
Every project starts with a free sample: send your opening chapter or first 2,000 words, and I’ll return a detailed critique so you know exactly what you’d be paying for. One per author.
Request your free sample
Choose the read that fits your draft.
Opening Critique
Your first pages make a promise. I’ll tell you whether they keep it.
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First-Look
The whole book, read closely. The three or four things that matter most, no padding.
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Manuscript Assessment
The full diagnosis: what’s holding the book back, and the exact order to fix it in.
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Developmental Edit
Everything in the Assessment, plus my notes in your margins, scene by scene, until the book holds.
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Every note I write starts with that question.
How I work
“Beyond anything I could’ve ever imagined getting as feedback. I agree with you on every point, especially Part 3, which has been my struggle part (and it shows!).”
Literary romance author
Not sure what your manuscript needs?
You’ve finished a draft and something’s off. Beta readers said the middle drags or the ending didn’t land, and nobody could tell you why. Naming the why, and what to do about it, is the job.
Still taking root?
You don’t need a finished book to find out if the opening works. Start with an Opening Critique.
Fully grown?
You want the big picture before you touch a single scene. That’s the First-Look.
Time to prune?
A full diagnosis, or my notes through every scene. Assessment or Developmental Edit.