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To whomever: [redacted]  sent a manuscript for review, telling me it was ready for publication and merely needed an overview. Upon assessing it, I realized the memoir needed a major overhaul.I shared with her that she had a narrator problem. The narrator (the adult [redacted]) and the...

main character (the child [redacted]) had no distance one from the other. The narrator seemed to be repeating family stories without adding much insight—the point of view remained that of the inexperienced, emotionally-involved child who was esentially hurt and defensive and had dictated the story to the non-evaluative adult narrator. It is always essential for a narrator to stand outside the story somewhat and be able to interpret the story in some objective manner. Because of this major problem, I told her the manuscript was not ready for publication.We talked for 26 minutes on September 22 (the 12 minute call was on September 14) during which call I did my best to have a professional conversation centering around the narrator problem. She got onto this completely unreasonable and irrational rant about how I wanted to change her story. I assured her many, many times that I work with scores of writers every year and my only interest is to make their story as good as it can be—I have no inherent interest in hijacking a story. She needed to hear that I was hijacking her story.She paid for 2.5 hours of contact with me. I edited for two hours and reserved 30 minutes for the phone session which lasted 26 minutes. The four unused minutes were refunded. This accounts for 2.5 hours. (The September 14 call she is referring to was the complimentary intake call. The other call on September 22 which lasted 26 minutes was billable. )The copy of my accounting statement correctly reflects the editing and the call. At $95/hour, this adds up to $240.Included below are several pages I edited and sent to her prior to our meeting—contrary to her allegations which are clearly disproved by the scans. I can send the entire edit later as an attachment if you wish to see it.Below are screen shots of two pages I edited. (Click on the image to get a full page view.) Please note that the dates in the comments are September 20. We had our first billable session on September 22 for which I had sent her some 30 pages of text. I am speechless at her assertion that I did nothing for her. I can send you the entire edited portion of the manuscript if you wish to see it.There will be no refund, just a sigh of relief that working with this person is over. Phew!Best wishes,[redacted]The Memoir Network[redacted]---[redacted]
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