Give your novel the edit it deserves.
Hiring a developmental editor costs thousands and takes weeks to produce a single report. Novel Maestro gives you the same kind of deep, structural read in minutes — and then stays with the book, reading every revision you make, for as long as the work takes. The whole-book read is free. The fullassessment of your draft is $79 and yours for good. The Whole Revision is $199 and reads every draft you write for twelve months. One novel and one payment either way — nothing renews, and there is nothing to cancel.
$199 is a founding price for early writers, rising to $399 in 2027.
Every plan reads your entire manuscript. There is no word limit, and the free read is not a sample.
Writing, editing and exporting your manuscript are always free, on every plan, for as long as you want them.
Free
one novel, read once
no card, no catch
Who it's forAnyone with a draft, finished or not
What you getThe complete read of your whole novel: an editor's letter, every character's inner life, your One Thing and your First Move
The Full Assessment
one novel — your draft as it stands today
once, after your free read
Who it's forA draft you want read and written up
What you getThe Developmental Report, all fourteen diagnostics, your beta readers' responses, and the craft library
The Whole Revision
your draft, and every one after it — one novel
Who it's forOne novel through a full revision
What you getEverything in The Full Assessment, plus My Tasks, Notes, Scene Intelligence, and Maestro reading every draft you write
The Whole Shelf
every novel you write — twelve months
once, for twelve months
Who it's forWriters with more than one book on the go
What you getEverything in The Whole Revision, on every manuscript you upload for twelve months
| Free | The Full Assessment$79 | The Whole Revision$199 | The Whole Shelf$599 | |
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| The reading | ||||
| Whole-manuscript analysis | 1 read total | The read already taken | Unlimited (fair use: 12 per 30 days) | Unlimited, every book (fair use: 20 manuscripts per 30 days) |
| Full developmental report | — | |||
| A panel of six simulated beta readers | — | |||
| The craft library | ||||
| One consolidated report | — | |||
| The fourteen diagnostics | ||||
| The Ensemble | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Character Arcs | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Character Agency | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Genre Promises | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Motifs | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Setups & Payoffs | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| The Value Arc | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Narrative Pulse | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Momentum | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Thread Browser | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Subplots | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Cause & Effect | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Continuity Check | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| The Scene Ledger | — | Run once on your draft | Re-run as you revise | Re-run as you revise |
| Working on the draft | ||||
| Maestro reads each revision | — | — | As often as you like | As often as you like |
| Revision assessment against the previous draft | — | — | ||
| My Tasks | — | — | ||
| Task verification | — | — | ||
| Scene Insights | — | — | ||
| Notes and Research workspace | — | — | ||
| Questions included | 3 lifetime | 10 per manuscript | Unlimited (fair use: 100 per day) | Unlimited (fair use: 100 per day) |
| Query letter | — | — | ||
| Scope | ||||
| Manuscripts | 1 | Unlimited (one assessed) | Unlimited (one unlocked) | Every book you write |
| How long your access lasts | — | Does not expire | Twelve months, for one payment | Twelve months, for one payment |
| Manuscript export | ||||
Starting with The Full Assessment costs you nothing extra. Complete it whenever you like for $120 — the balance, not the whole amount again — which comes to the same $199 as taking The Whole Revision outright, with no deadline on it.
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Give Novel Maestro to a writer who needs it.
Know someone with a novel in a drawer? Give them the read that gets it out. Twelve months of full access on one book, delivered with a note. There's nothing for them to set up; just the read they've been waiting for.
Your words stay yours.
Your manuscript is private and never used to train AI.
No subscription trap.
Both paid options are a single payment. There is no automatic renewal, nothing to cancel, and everything Maestro writes about your book stays yours to read and download.
Nothing to configure.
No API keys, no setup. Upload and read.
Read as many times as the work takes.
A second opinion from a human editor means commissioning, and paying for, a second edit. Here it is one payment, and then Maestro stays with the book.
There are two ways it reads. Most of the time it reads your revisions — it holds what it concluded last time, looks at what you have changed, and tells you what the changes did. That happens as often as you like and never runs down. Now and then it reads the whole novel again from the beginning, which is a deeper and slower thing: a fresh assessment rather than a report on your changes. Maestro chooses between them and tells you which you are getting, and you can always ask for the whole book.
Every revision is read, as often as you like. Asking for the whole novel to be read again and again from the beginning is subject to fair use.
Find out what's holding your book back.
The Developmental Report, fourteen diagnostics, and Maestro reading every revision while you fix it — one novel, twelve months of access, $199.
Your manuscript is never used to train AI