Submission Report
Get detailed feedback on your pitch package from one of our expert editors. £385.
Apply NowMake sure your pitch package is in the best possible shape before you send it out to agents.
This 1,000-word report will provide detailed feedback on your pitch letter, one-page synopsis and 10,000-word opening. You’ll get approximately 500 words of feedback on the letter and synopsis and 500 words on the opening. Your editor will approach your submission package from an industry perspective, providing practical tips and publishing insights to help you tighten your letter and synopsis as well as giving critical comment on your writing to ensure you have a powerful opening that really draws the reader in. The report will focus on helping you to sharpen and polish your submission package, bringing you one step closer to gaining representation.
Before submitting your submission package for a report, we recommend that you read our advice on how to write a one-page synopsis and how to craft your letter to a literary agent.
We offer submission reports for books written in any of the following genres/categories:
- Novels written for adults
- Novels written for children (older than 7) or young adults
- Memoir
If you're writing a non-fiction proposal and are interested in getting a submission report please email us (students@curtisbrowncreative.co.uk) before filling out our application form and we will let you know whether this report would be suitable for your book.
The feedback was insightful and fair. My editor covered the big areas I need to work on (e.g. narrative drive) and also looked at areas that needed tidying up. After reading the report I could see she was right about everything! It needed a professional fresh pair of eyes.
Former student
REPORT FEE
£385 (inclusive of VAT).
CONSULTATION
For an additional fee of £105, you can obtain a 30-minute consultation with your editor. This consultation will take place within one month of your receipt of the submission report. You will be able to use this time to discuss your editor’s feedback, ask questions and explore possible revisions and suggested changes to your pitch package.
READY TO REQUEST YOUR REPORT?
To request a submission report please fill in our application form. We ask that you send us the first 3,000 words of the novel or memoir you’d like a report on, and a synopsis of no more than a page (both need to be in the same document, as you can only upload ONE file in the application below). The form also asks you to let us know little more about your work-in-progress and if you have any specific concerns that you’d like your editor to address. Your application will help us select the right editor for your novel or memoir from our experienced team.
You can request a report at any time, and we will respond to your application within seven working days.
Our editors
All our expert editors are either established authors with significant teaching experience or respected publishing professionals.
Genevieve Fox
- Renowned feature journalist
- Acclaimed memoir writer
- Provides feedback to our Writing a Memoir students
Sarah Hilary
- Award-winning crime writer
- Provides feedback to our Writing a Psychological Thriller students
Wyl Menmuir
- Award-winning author
- Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
- Provides feedback to our Write to the End of Your Novel students
Richard Roper
- Senior commissioning editor for non-fiction at Headline
- Critically-acclaimed novelist
REPORT ALLOCATION
- We will respond to your request for a submission report within seven working days and let you know which of our expert editors is right for your project.
- We consider it important that each applicant can be matched with an editor who has the right experience and expertise to be able to provide a useful report. If we do not have an editor who we think can be helpful to you, we will respond within seven days of your application to say that we are not able to provide a report for you.
- You will receive your report within four weeks of confirmation. Your report will be confirmed after you’ve agreed to our choice of editor and we have received your payment.
- You can book and pay for your consultation in advance or, if you opt for the report option but later decide you would like to have a follow-up consultation, you can request this after your report has been delivered. The consultation will take place after we’ve received payment and within one month of your receipt of the report.