**We Fix Broken Stories Got plot problems? Stuck in the story? We're here to help! Send us your story, article, poems, novels, or other writing and we'll fix it up shiny and new! We'll tell you what's not working and tell you what is! Fee: $1.50 per page (page = 250 words). You'll receive a critique of what is and isn't working. $2 per page (page = 250 word). You'll receive a critique as stated above, plus a line edit. By mail: Send your manuscript, an SASE for return of manuscript, and check payable to The Write Helper, to this address: The Write Helper, c/o Amy Harke-Moore, 104 Harke Lane, Old Monroe, MO 63369. Online: Send your manuscript in the body of an email to amy@thewritehelper.com with the subject line "Story Diagnosis," and we'll send a PayPal invoice or email a bill if you prefer to send a check by regular mail.

So why get a critique? Every day we pay for small, trivial things, like a soda out of the vending machine at work or a candy bar in line at the grocery store. A magazine or a manicure. A cup of coffee through the drive-thru. But how much do we invest in enriching our lives? Developing a talent that's been dormant for a long time? Realizing a dream, like seeing our name in print? Why get a critique? I say, why not?