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Know if it’s ready before you send it out.

Evalie is an AI that reads your whole story (up to 150,000 words) and gives you notes, the way a publisher’s editor or a studio reader would: what’s working, what to fix first, and how. It never rewrites a word.

what are you writing?

For novels: a manuscript critique with an editor’s letter, ratings, chapter-by-chapter notes, and a verdict on whether it’s ready for agents.

Send my novel — $19or read a sample report first
Read by AI, not people.Your editor is Claude, made by Anthropic. No one at Evalie sees your pages.
Held only while your editor works.Your story is kept encrypted until your report is done, then deleted. What we keep is your report, which quotes it.
We don’t train AI on it.Your writing stays yours. What Anthropic may do with it is set by its commercial terms.
Your voice is left alone.Dialect, slang and invented words are choices, not mistakes.
Every detail is below

prologue

Why a story needs an outside reader.

You’re too close to it.

After months or years with your pages, you read what you meant, not what’s there. A fresh reader sees what you can’t.

Friends and family are kind.

They love you, so they say it’s wonderful. That feels good, and tells you nothing about what to fix.

You often get one chance.

Agents, producers and contests rarely read a draft twice. Sending it before it’s ready can close a door.

Professional notes cost a lot.

A freelance editor or script reader can cost hundreds or thousands, and take weeks. Few writers can do that for every draft.

Evalie is that outside reader: honest, specific, and there whenever a draft is ready.

chapter one

Where your manuscript goes, and where it doesn’t.

We know how much of yourself is in those pages. Here is everything that happens to them, in plain words.

It’s sent once, encrypted.

For an AI to read your story, your story has to reach it. It travels encrypted to our servers, and from there to Anthropic’s, where Claude reads it.

Held only while your editor works.

We keep an encrypted copy while your report is written, so you can close the page; we’ll email you when it’s ready. Then the copy is deleted, within 6 hours at most.

We never train AI on it.

Claude reads your story to write your notes. We never use it to train AI. What Anthropic keeps, and for how long, is set by its own terms.

We keep the notes, not the book.

Your report is saved in your account to reread. It quotes short passages; your story itself is deleted once the report is done.

See every step in detail: where it goes, what’s kept, and for how long

chapter two

Notes you can turn to the page.

Every report opens with what’s working and why, so you know what to protect. Then come the notes on what to fix, quoting your own lines. Print it, scribble on it, keep it beside the draft.

see a sample for

The Salt Year

a novel · revised draft · 94,000 words

verdictNot ready yetRevise and resubmitReady to submit
The Salt YearHow it reads
Premise
Good
Structure
Fair
Character
Excellent
Voice
Good
Pacing
Fair
Marketability
Good

how to read the ratings

This scale comes from film-industry script coverage. We use it for every format, so here’s what each word means:

Excellent
A real strength. Protect it as you revise.
Good
Working, and could be sharper.
Fair
Holding the story back. Fix these first.
Poor
Needs rebuilding.

the verdict

Not ready yet
Major work needed before it goes out.
Revise and resubmit
Close. Make the fixes, then send it.
Ready to submit
Send it out.
What’s workingKeep this

Nora is the reason a reader keeps going.

Why it’s Excellent.She jokes when she’s most frightened, and it tells us who she is without a word of explaining. Protect that as you revise.

The islanders’ speech is written the way they talk. That’s a choice, so these notes leave it alone.

First thing to fixChapter 6

The story starts in chapter six.

“It wasn’t until the last ferry stopped running that Nora understood she would have to stay the winter.”

Why it matters.This is the book’s real first line of story. Everything before it is weather and backstory, and an agent’s reader will stop long before it.

What to try.Open nearer the ferry. Move what chapters one to five set up into Nora’s first week on the island, where each piece can cost her something.

An illustrative example, written for this page. For a real one, choose “A short film” or open the full report below.

a real report, unedited

Read every page of a report on a real short film.

“Portal” is a 12-page script. This is exactly what its writer received: the editor’s letter, five things to fix, what’s working, a revision plan, ratings with reasons, and coverage. Not a word has been changed.

Open the full reportor save it to your computer

19 pages · PDF · The script deals with grief and suicide.

Portal · Your editor’s letterPage 1

Consider: a clear one-idea short with a real ending and a strong structural payoff, held back because the two beats that should drive it, his first sight of his living daughter and his decision to kill his double, are not yet on the page.

“Your instincts are visual, and they are good. The empty hamper on p. 3 against the overflowing one on p. 4 tells us shrine versus life in two lines.”

chapter three

Then, talk it over with your editor.

A report can’t answer back. Yours can. After you’ve read your notes, you can ask the same AI that read your story and wrote them up to 25 questions, in your own words.

Push back on a note, ask what it meant, or ask how to fix something. It still has your whole story in mind, so it answers about your pages, not writing in general.

writers often ask

  • Why did you rate my pacing Fair?
  • Show me where the middle starts to drag.
  • I disagree about the ending. Here’s what I was going for.
  • Which scene should I cut first?

Included in every review. Nothing extra to pay, and when you’re finished, your story is erased.

Your editorhas read all of The Salt Year
2 of 25 questions

If I cut chapters one to five, where does the lighthouse backstory go?

Most of it can go. The two details that matter, that her mother kept the light and that Nora never learned to swim, fit naturally into her first week on the island. Try them in chapter seven, when Ellis offers to row her out.

Won’t readers be lost without the opening?

Less than you’d think. Readers will follow a character who wants something and fill in the past as they go. If a test reader does get lost, add one line, not a chapter.

An illustrative example, written for this page.

chapter four

Less than a hardback. Paid once.

A freelance editor’s critique of a novel often runs to $1,000 or more, and script coverage $100 to $400. Save that for when the draft is close. Evalie helps you get it there.

one review

$19

One manuscript or script of up to 150,000 words, read in full, with up to 25 questions.

Choose one

three reviews · most chosen

$49

Your draft now, then the rewrites that follow it.

Choose three

ten reviews

$129

For writers with several projects on the go.

Choose ten

Not sure yet? Start with one review of a draft or chapter you already know well. Credits never expire, and if you change your mind before your editor begins, the credit comes back to you.

a few things writers ask

Questions, answered plainly.

Does a person read my work?
No. Your editor is an AI called Claude, made by Anthropic. Nobody at Evalie reads your manuscript.
Could someone take my idea?
No one at Evalie reads your manuscript. We hold it encrypted only while your report is written, then delete it, so no copy stays on our side. Your report, which quotes short passages, stays in your account.
Will it rewrite my work?
No. It tells you what to change, where, and why. Every word stays yours.
Will it “correct” my dialect or style?
No. Dialect, slang, other languages in your dialogue, invented words and unusual punctuation are choices, and your editor treats them that way. Its notes are about the story.
What can I send, and how long can it be?
Anything up to 150,000 words, about 600 pages, is read in full. The file you already have is probably fine: Word, PDF, Final Draft, Fountain or plain text. Writing in Google Docs? Choose File, then Download, then Microsoft Word.
Will it flatter me, or always say “not yet”?
Neither. It starts with what’s working, then is honest about the rest. “Ready to submit” is a real verdict, given when a draft earns it. No one can promise an agent or studio will say yes.