Short story
$9.99
Enough for ~40,000 word analysis.
A short story, a novella or a few chapters to check.
For shorter novels or to get started.
MANUSCRIPT ASSESSMENT
A manuscript assessment of your novel. Chapter by chapter.
A manuscript assessment is a written verdict on a complete novel: structure, pacing, characters, internal continuity, style and how ready the book is to go out. Vellam reads the whole manuscript and ties every observation to the chapter and passage that prompted it.
- Human assessment
- 1,200-1,500 USD
- several weeks
- Vellam
- 25 USD
- one afternoon
Gustave Doré, Don Quixote, 1863 The Other Side of the Lake Tension chapter by chapter · select a chapter 12 chapters, 6 notes
- Critical The investigation thread breaks off The lead from chapter 4 never returns in the finale.
- Medium Anna's hair colour Chapter 2: red. Here: jet black.
WHAT VELLAM CHECKS
Analysis that leads back to the manuscript.
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Structure and story arc
Places setup, turns and resolution in the order they actually appear in the manuscript and flags the chapters where the story stops moving.
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Pacing chapter by chapter
Shows how tension and scene density are distributed across the book, so you can see where a reader drifts and what deserves cutting.
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Characters and consistency
Tracks traits, motives and relationships across chapters and marks the changes the text never explains.
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Continuity and timeline
Compares dates, ages, places and objects between scenes so contradictions surface before your beta readers find them.
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Style and prose
Collects the habits that repeat, from adverbs and passive voice to filter words, always with examples pulled from your own text.
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A revision decision list
Strengths, weak points and a list of calls to make, ordered by impact and ready for the next draft.
Vittore Carpaccio, The Vision of Saint Augustine, 1502 Overall score strong 70
Characters 83
Structure & plot 80
Language & style 74
Dialogue 64
Pacing & scene craft 62
Ending & payoff 58
An illustrative example. In the app you recompute the whole score this way, dimension by dimension.
CHOOSING THE RIGHT SUPPORT
Three different readings of the same manuscript.
| Criterion | Vellam | Editorial assessment | General chatbot |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting point | The complete manuscript, read chapter by chapter in order. | The complete manuscript, read by a working editorial professional. | The excerpt you paste into the conversation. |
| Shape of the result | Findings anchored to the chapter and passage that prompted them. | An editorial letter with judgement, nuance and priorities. | A single answer to a single prompt. |
| When it fits | Before every revision, as many times as you rewrite the book. | When you want human judgement on genre, market and intent. | Quick questions about a paragraph or an idea. |
COMMON QUESTIONS
Plain answers without promises beyond the manuscript.
001 What is a manuscript assessment?
A written verdict on a complete novel. It covers structure, pacing, characters, internal continuity and style, and ends with the list of things worth fixing before the book goes out.
002 How much does a manuscript assessment cost?
Editorial assessments run at roughly 1.5 to 2 cents per word, which is about 1,200 to 1,500 USD for an 80,000-word novel, and a developmental edit runs higher again. Vellam is 25 USD one-time for a pack that covers roughly 100,000 words of analysis.
003 How long does it take?
A single chapter takes minutes. A full manuscript depends on its length, but the order of magnitude is an afternoon rather than several weeks.
004 What exactly do I get?
A report for every chapter and a whole-book view: story arc, pacing, character and place profiles, continuity contradictions, style patterns and a decision list ordered by impact.
005 Does it replace a developmental edit?
No, it comes before one. The cleaner the manuscript an editor receives, the fewer hours go to problems a tool catches anyway and the more go to work only a person can do.
006 Does Vellam replace a human editor?
Vellam does not replace a human editor and does not decide whether your novel is ready for a publisher. It organises what the manuscript already shows, and the judgement stays yours.
KEEP READING
Choose the next part of the work.
Pricing
Simple. No subscription.
Pay once and use whenever you want: this year, next year, when you finish one volume and start the next. Credits don't expire.
$0
Write and organize. No text limits.
- Write the whole book in the editor, no word limit
- Export to .docx whenever you want
- Story Bible: describe your world once
- 15,000 credits to start
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Enough for ~2,000 word analysis.
Novel
Most popular $25
Enough for ~100,000 word analysis.
A whole novel up to about 100k words, with room for revisions.
Publisher options? Contact us.
Series
$99.99
Enough for ~400,000 word analysis.
Several novels or a whole series, with room for new drafts.
For writers working on a whole series. Contact us if you need more.
What credits pay for
One credit balance works across almost the whole app. You never buy analysis and chat separately: every feature takes what it uses from the same balance.
- Chapter and full-book analysis
- Consistency analysis
- Craft analysis
- Reader reaction
- Chat with a character
- Chat with the assistant
- Fact check
- Translations
A full analysis uses the most, about 2.5 credits per word. A chat with the assistant or a fact check usually costs a few hundred credits. Writing, the Story Bible and export are always free.
In every pack
- Know what is off in your plot, characters and locations
- An analysis that knows your world and your rules
- Upload a finished .docx, .txt or .pdf
- Every chapter read in the context of the whole book
- Your text never trains any models
NEXT STEP
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