Spotlight is a budget option that links you with experienced writers, editors and industry experts for personalised feedback on your work. Writers Victoria works with a team of authors, editors and writing tutors to make sure your work is read by someone with expertise in your area.
Each service gives feedback on your work from an experienced industry professional, helping you to make your project the best it can be, whether you want to share your writing with your family, self-publish, or submit to a competition or anthology.
What to Expect
For each Spotlight service, you have the choice of receiving feedback in one of two ways:
- Written feedback: Marked-up pages + a written report of 500 words
- Spoken feedback: Marked-up pages + a 15-minute phone/Zoom meeting (5 minutes of questions and introductions, followed by 10 minutes of document feedback)
The Spotlight Services
Spotlight on… Your First Chapter
An experienced writer will read and provide feedback on the first chapter of your work in progress (up to 2000 words) with attention to the key elements of style, structure, setting, character and voice, point of view, and the all-important task of hooking the reader.
Price: $180 (members) / $235 (non-members)
Spotlight on… A Key Poem
An experienced poet will read and provide feedback on a key poem (up to 180 lines) or up to three poems (of no more than 200 lines) with attention to voice, form, layout, and the texture of the language.
Price: $225 (members) / $285 (non-members)
Spotlight on… A Short Story
An experienced short story writer will read and provide feedback on a short story (up to 3000 words) with attention to the elements of style, story arc, setting, character and voice, point of view, and resolution, helping you to polish that gem.
Price: $265 (members) / $330 (non-members)
Spotlight on…Your Pitch/Blurb
Get expert advice on the pitch and blurb (up to 300 words) for your writing project, whether fiction or non-fiction.
Price: $170 (members) / $220 (non-members)
Spotlight on…Your Synopsis
Get expert advice on the synopsis for your writing project (up to four pages, or 1000 words), whether fiction or non-fiction.
Price: $170 (members) / $220 (non-members)
Terms and Conditions
- Writers Victoria maintains your privacy and the privacy of the expert giving you feedback. We will not exchange any contact details without permission from both of you. If you book spoken feedback, it will take place via a phone call or a Zoom meeting set up by Writers Victoria.
- Your feedback will be restricted to marked-up pages plus a 500-word written report, or a combination of marked-up pages plus a 15-minute phone/Zoom meeting. If you wish to receive more feedback, you may book a second Spotlight or enquire about a full assessment or mentorship through Writers Victoria.
- Writers Victoria reserves the right to decline writing and payments at its sole discretion without further correspondence.
- Writers Victoria and our experts are not able to approach publishers on your behalf.
For more information, phone (03) 9094 7840 or contact us via email.
How to Book
Download the Spotlight Services booking form, fill it out, and return it via email to [email protected].