Telling Our Stories: A Fiction Manuscript Self-Assessment

A story-centered check-in for writers in the middle of a draft

You’re no longer collecting ideas.
You’re already telling a story.

And at some point in the drafting process, many writers begin to wonder:

What is this manuscript actually becoming?
What feels central, and what only feels central because I know the backstory?
Why is it harder to evaluate my own work now than when I began?

Telling Our Stories: A Fiction Manuscript Self-Assessment is a short reflective guide designed to help writers pause and observe what their story is already doing on the page.

This isn’t a craft workbook or revision plan.
It’s a structured moment of attention and an opportunity to notice patterns, tensions, and emerging meaning without trying to fix anything yet.

Inside the assessment

• Exercises that help you identify what story is emerging in your draft

• A character and narrative-energy check-in

• Guided reflection on how a story gathers meaning as it’s being told

• Insight into what becomes difficult to see from inside the writing process

No scoring.
No prescriptions.
No pressure to revise immediately.

This guide is for you if

• You’re actively working on a fiction manuscript

• You’re unsure what’s working but don’t know how to name it

• Your story feels alive but difficult to evaluate

• You’re curious what developmental editing might actually help with

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