A full editorial assessment in minutes. Strengths, weaknesses and line-level notes, ranked by what to fix first.
The train slowed just past the second bridge, the way it always did before the valley opened up.
Mara didn't notice the woman across the aisle until the whistle sounded twice.
By the time the doors hissed open, she had already decided not to look back.
A confident, atmospheric opening with a clear voice. Sharpen character motivation to keep momentum.
Opening line earns the scene, with a strong sensory anchor.
Introduce Mara's motivation a beat earlier for clarity.
A decisive closing beat that pulls the reader on.
Every plan covers the fundamentals. Humanize adds a real publishing editor working on your book.
A full pass on structure, pacing, and story arc, so you know if the bones of the book are working before you touch a sentence.
Annotated excerpts flagging prose that's working and prose that isn't, with plain-English notes on why.
Where your manuscript sits against comparable titles, and whether the genre and category you're aiming for actually fit.
A numeric score across craft categories, so you can track improvement across drafts instead of guessing.
Not just what's wrong. What to fix first, ranked by impact, so your next revision pass actually moves the needle.
A real publishing editor reads your manuscript personally and leaves craft-level notes on pacing, voice and structure, not just corrections.
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Any genre, any stage, from a rough first draft to a polished submission-ready file. Uploads are encrypted the moment they leave your device.
Your manuscript is read against the standards of 100+ publishing professionals — structure, pacing, prose, and market fit — with your full report ready straight in your dashboard.
Add a Humanize editor for a flat $99, one time. A real publishing professional reviews your manuscript personally, so you leave with a clear revision plan, not just a document.
Structure & pacing — 9/10. The midpoint reversal lands, though Act Two sags between chapters nine and twelve.
Prose & voice — 6/10. Strong sentence-level control, but explanatory dialogue tags soften otherwise sharp scenes.
Market fit — reads alongside recent upmarket literary debuts. Comp titles and positioning notes included in full report.
No vague praise, no generic notes. Every observation is tied to a specific page, with a reason and a fix.
Called out by page and paragraph, so you know exactly which instincts to trust in your next draft.
Every flag comes with the "why" behind it, in plain language, not editorial jargon.
A ranked revision plan, so you always know which fix to tackle first.
Assess it yourself with Folio's software or hand it to a real editor. No subscriptions, and your book always stays yours.
The assessment caught a pacing problem in chapter four that three beta readers had missed. Fixed it in a weekend.
The genre expert call was the first time anyone had talked to me about my book like it mattered. I walked away with an actual revision plan.
I've paid for assessments before that read like a form letter. This one referenced specific pages and specific choices I'd made.
A manuscript assessment is an editorial review of your full manuscript that evaluates structure, pacing, character, prose quality, and market fit, and returns a prioritized list of what to fix before you invest in a full edit.
The software assessment is ready in about 5 minutes on every plan. If you add a Humanize editor, timelines depend on manuscript length, and your Pipeline page shows an estimate once it's underway.
Free runs the assessment on your first 6 pages so you can see the quality on your own writing. Standard is $150 one-time, per book, with no monthly fees: the full assessment across your whole manuscript, plus every other tool for your book. Humanize is $99 one-time, per book, and puts a real publishing editor on your manuscript, with craft-level notes on pacing, voice and structure.
Yes. You retain full rights to your manuscript at every stage. Uploads are encrypted, never sold or shared, and used only to generate your assessment.
Folio assesses fiction and narrative nonfiction across most genres and lengths, including novels, novellas, memoir, and short-form manuscripts. Files can be uploaded as .docx or .pdf.
Yes. Every assessment report links directly into Folio's editing, formatting, design, and publishing tools. Standard already includes editing, formatting and Cover Studio for your whole book, so you can move straight from your report to the next step. The audiobook and marketing tools are included too and are charged separately based on your book's length.
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