So, a few months ago I was temporarily insane and hired a writing coach. Although this woman is truly very nice and has lots of credentials, I didn't get nearly as much feedback or direction from her as I'd hoped. In fact I thought she was too nice.
Leading me to believe that either she isn't good at critiques or else isn't good at writing, because a lot of parts in the manuscript I sent her were just incomplete and one chapter I stopped halfway through and put "More?" in bold. Yea...apparently she didn't catch that or thought it was part of the story.
Now I'm supposed to pay her $360 for what I think was a poor job, and I didn't get the results I wanted. That being said, can other people comment on professional editors or betas that they've hired who aren't newbies but are actually published or credentialled or otherwise legit?
P.S. On a related note I need a serious beta reader who is a good writer (as in, better than I am) and can offer two or three real suggestions on how to improve some of my chapters.
Leading me to believe that either she isn't good at critiques or else isn't good at writing, because a lot of parts in the manuscript I sent her were just incomplete and one chapter I stopped halfway through and put "More?" in bold. Yea...apparently she didn't catch that or thought it was part of the story.
Now I'm supposed to pay her $360 for what I think was a poor job, and I didn't get the results I wanted. That being said, can other people comment on professional editors or betas that they've hired who aren't newbies but are actually published or credentialled or otherwise legit?
P.S. On a related note I need a serious beta reader who is a good writer (as in, better than I am) and can offer two or three real suggestions on how to improve some of my chapters.