The Reader’s Report - a fictionalised story of
how Nick got a professional report on his money-laundering thriller
Nick, 34, a banker in the City of London, always ‘thought he had a thriller in him’. An avid reader of John le Carre and Len Deighton in his youth, he had
long been tempted to try his hand at writing.
Since he and his wife Susan had moved to
Oxfordshire, the daily commute
had provided the time and opportunity, and he had embarked on a novel, using
his laptop to write on the train. He found the task totally engrossing.
Somehow
the journey vanished and he was always surprised to find he was at Paddington
Station or back home in the evenings, just in time to say goodnight to his
six-year-old twins Eleanor and Matthew.
Using his banking knowledge, Nick had produced a complicated story of the Russian
mafia and money-laundering through an old-established City bank. He’d even written in a minor Royal in a correspondingly minor part
and a cameo appearance by a well-known discredited politician. The main
character was a bit like Nick, but just an ordinary banker, caught up in a spiral
of violence.
Susan thought it was terrific. Nick's father, a retired naval officer living in Hampshire, liked it very
much. But Nick had his doubts.
A WritersServices Reader’s Report would provide Nick with the professional
input he needs. It would help him
to get a sense of the quality of his writing and its commercial potential from a professional publisher’s
reader.
The Reader’s Report
would comment on style, content, plot and characters, and would give an indication of how likely it was that Nick would
find a publisher. He would
benefit from a professional appraisal but also from the reader’s inside
knowledge of publishing. Nick would then be able to decide whether to do
some more work on the manuscript (perhaps with WritersServices' help) or to
start submitting it.
Reader's Report
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