Manuscript consultation with Sarah Manguso
Manuscript consultation with Sarah Manguso
Fiction, Nonfiction
Sarah Manguso is the author of ten books of fiction, nonfiction, and poetry. Her work is frequently described as blurring or reinventing genres, and her books have been cult hits (300 Arguments), bestsellers (Liars), and critical favorites (Very Cold People).
She has taught creative writing for more than twenty-five years, both privately and at various institutions of higher learning, and she would welcome the opportunity to work with you on a manuscript of fiction or nonfiction.
Her Work Room clients have gone on to sign with literary agents and successfully publish their books both domestically and abroad.
To get started, please register for the overview session, which is $250. Sarah will provide notes and line edits on the first few pages of your manuscript, along with an estimate for her work on the full manuscript.
Sarah’s work includes detailed line edits and comments on all aspects of the writing including plot and character development, structure, what to add, and what to cut, as well as a holistic assessment of the entire project. After you’ve had time to review her notes, you’ll have an hourlong Zoom discussion to ask questions.
The minimum fee is $2500. Typically a full-length manuscript is anywhere from $3750–$6500, but Sarah is happy to work within any budget starting at $2500. Scholarships are also available on a case-by-case basis.
Payment for the overview session is due when signing up. The manuscript work will be invoiced and paid in two increments: half is due upon starting the work, and half is due on completion.
Sarah Manguso is the author of the acclaimed debut novel, Very Cold People (Hogarth, 2022), which the New York Times called, “masterly.” She is also the award-winning author of 300 Arguments (Graywolf, 2017), an NPR Best Book of 2017; Ongoingness: The End of a Diary (Graywolf, 2015), a New York Times Editor’s Choice; The Guardians: An Elegy for a Friend (FSG, 2012), a Salon Top Ten Book of 2012; The Two Kinds of Decay: A Memoir (FSG, 2009), a San Francisco Chronicle Best Book of the Year; Hard to Admit and Harder to Escape (McSweeney’s 2007), a Los Angeles Times Critics' Choice; and the poetry collections Siste Viator (Four Way, 2006), and The Captain Lands in Paradise (Alice James, 2002), a Village Voice book of the year. A master of the unconventional in multiple genres, Kirkus Review praised Manguso as "a Proustian minimalist on the order of Lydia Davis.”
