Full Service Overview

Our Full Service program is the most effective and comprehensive option in submission assistance: we keep you organized, prepare your submissions (including your cover or query letters), and track your progress so that you can focus on your craft. Our Full Service program is highly recommended in the writing community; we're known for the diligence and attention to detail we put into preparing your submissions.

Our Full Service is the best we have to offer, and our Full Service clients have our highest acceptance rate.

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Our clients are regularly nominated for important literary awards, and they also go on to achieve well-known prizes, fellowships, residencies, contracts, and more. Our Full Service has had a significant positive impact on responses to our clients' work. Please read some of our client testimonials for more.

Full Service clients are serious and habitual writers who are truly passionate and committed to their craft. They work hard on their writing; they hire us so they have time to focus on craft while we relieve them of the burden of making submissions. Joining our Full Service client list is about committing to success by developing good writing habits—in a way it's a little like joining a gym, except that we do the tedious legwork while you do the writing. You won't lose momentum (because we're here to keep you motivated and on track).

With our Full Service, you've got a whole team of submission experts to give you the guidance, support, and time-saving assistance you need.

We're in your corner; we've got your back. 

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How do I know if I'm ready for the Full Service program?

• Do you want to submit your writing more regularly?
  
• Are you a habitual writer?
  
• Do you want more time to devote to writing?
  
• Do you want to make regular and frequent submissions to increase your acceptances?
  
• Do you need help with research?
  
• Would you like help managing and tracking submissions, including personal comments from agents and editors?
  
• Do you want to focus more on your craft?
  
• Are you committed to increasing your acceptance rate and getting results?
  
• Can you recognize that even the most confident writers need help to ensure industry-standard formatting and painstaking proofreading?

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The Fine Print: A Stipulation

Because we believe in giving our Full Service clients lots of personal attention—and because we believe a mutual commitment to your success is vital to positive results—our team must feel excited about your writing in order to be able to work effectively with you. We are selective about our clientele because we believe in maintaining a positive spirit and good relationships in the writing community.

Full Service clients must be writing at the intermediate or advanced level—but if you have no background in publishing or writing, your natural writing instincts may be strong enough for our client list.

Writers join our Full Service client list by invitation only. To be considered for our Full Service, you must submit your writing to our Review Board. Keep in mind that 80% of writers are not accepted.

How Does Full Service Work?

Once you've received and carefully read the Review Board acceptance letter inviting you to join our Full Service, we will need to get you set up in our system (there is a one-time registration fee to cover our initial processing). One of the first things we'll need to do is ask you to fill out a few simple forms so that we can learn a bit more about you—your background, your hobbies, your writing experience and publication credits, and what you hope to achieve by working with Writer's Relief.

We take all the guesswork out of the submission process, and we answer all your important questions.

"How do I write a good cover or query letter?" We will write and proofread your strategic, personalized cover letter or query letter that's designed to get results. You will have final authority over all language and grammar (we don't do a thing without your approval). Your cover or query letters will be printed on your own letterhead or on our beautiful 24-lb. bond paper for a very professional look and feel.

"How do I format and proofread my writing?" We will professionally format and proofread your submission packet pages to meet industry standards. IMPORTANT: We prepare the pages you are actually submitting, whether poetry, stories, essays, or sample pages of a book: If you want us to prepare more than the pages you are submitting, standard proofreading rates will apply for those additional pages. We do not proofread entire book manuscripts without additional fees. 

Our expert proofreaders will go over your writing with a fine-toothed comb, and their suggested corrections will be sent back to you for final approval. YOU have authority over any of their corrections (we won't change a comma without getting your permission). Many writers believe that their work is in ready-to-go shape. Even our most advanced and widely published writers are surprised (shocked, even) at how many errors they don't realize they make. That's why it's important to have another professional proofread your work before submitting. And the BEST part is that you don't have to make each and every correction yourself. We will spend however long it takes to create a clean, professional master copy of your work. You'll love the results!

"How do I know which agents or editors will like my book, story, or poem?" Once your cover or query letter is written and your draft page corrections have been approved by you, we'll then begin the process of identifying the best-suited markets for your writing. All you need to do is fill out a simple Work Cover sheet, indicating what topics and styles you feel your work represents (we'll carefully cross-check your suggestions to be sure they are accurate), and you'll tell us if/where/when a given work has been previously submitted. Then we'll research the agents or editors who will be most likely to "fall in love" with your writing.

At this point we'll target your work to 25 to 30 markets based on your publication history, length of work, content of work, reading dates, editorial preferences, topics included in your work, and other important criteria. For short prose and poetry, we target writing to print journals and to some reputable online literary magazines. Once all the pieces are in place, we will mail you your completed submission packet, including 1) mailing labels and corresponding individually addressed cover or query letters, 2) an easy-to-use, interactive file for making any online submissions, 3) a master copy of your submission. 

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Full Service Rates

We do not work on commission (there's no guarantee of income in creative writing; visit our FAQs page to learn why). Our Full Service rates are flat fees that vary depending on the length of your projects. There is an initial start-up fee. All costs will be outlined in explicit detail in your acceptance letter (should you be approved by our Review Board).

We work in two-month cycles. We will prepare one round of submissions for you every two months, and you will be billed once every two months for work we have completed for you.

Costs are as follows:

Rates for each two-month cycle
(one round of 25+ submissions)

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Not quite ready for our Full Service?

Check out our A La Carte Services. They are AFFORDABLE, fast, and simple—PLUS, you can sign up at any time without going through our Review Board.

For questions about our Full Service, please write to info@wrelief.com or just give us a call. To send your work to our Review Board for consideration, see our submission guidelines.