Reply #17: Had you been thining what you'd written was [View All]

ready for publication? Or is it still in an early place, and you know it's going to need a lot of work, which is why you're seeking feedback.

I had thought you were ready to submit for publication, but if the latter, I still don't think paying someone to assess your work is all that good an idea. In the past I've read many cautions against going to a paid reader/editor. :shrug: Join a writer's group. Take some writing workshops. Go to writing conferences. I've done all of those and have actually been published because the feedback from those sources is very good.

Publishers are looking for manuscripts they can actually publish, although these days it can be incredibly difficult to get one through to the publisher unless you have an agent. But agents, as I understand, will read and often comment on manuscripts. They also sometimes attend conferences. A lot depends on what genre you're writing in, that much I know.