📍 Founder of The First 25 📚 Known as The Manuscript Medic™ ✍🏾 I assess the first 25 pages of your manuscript, before readers, agents, or publishers ever do. Your story doesn’t get a second chance to open strong. I make sure it doesn’t need one. 👋🏾 I’m Dr. DeShaun Williams, 4x bestselling, 2x award-winning author, speaker, and literary strategist. I built The First 25 for writers who are ready to lead with stronger pages, not empty praise. Whether you’re on your first book or your fifth, your first 25 pages determine everything. That’s where I step in. 🛠️ What I Do: I offer professional manuscript evaluations focused on the most important part of your book — the beginning. Each assessment includes your: ✔️ Cover ✔️ Title + Subtitle ✔️ Synopsis ✔️ First 25 Pages I evaluate every element using my proprietary MEDIC Scale — a review framework designed to uncover exactly why a reader would keep reading… or stop. 📍 If a manuscript fails at any one of these — readers won’t stay. I make sure yours doesn’t fail quietly. 🔥 Why Me? I don’t review for fun — I review with purpose. I’m not here to flatter. I’m here to fix what’s weak before the market exposes it. I’ve walked through rejection, doubt, and comeback seasons — and I’ve written books that went on to win, sell, and heal.