Mentoring

I offer a selection of packages suitable to writers at any stage of their career or current project. Although mentorship requires commitment on both sides, contact will take place over e-mail, telephone or post and is, therefore, flexible enough to fit around work and family commitments.

Payment by instalment can be arranged.

Morning: Getting Going

In the morning, everything is possible - the same is true at the beginning of any creative project. This package ensures you will start off on the right foot!

Includes:

• An appraisal of your idea / concept.
• Assistance with planning your project - structure, themes, characterisation...
• Help with time management and any other obstacles (procrastination, blocks).
• Monthly progress checks for 6 months.
• A detailed assessment of the early part of your work (up to 50 pages of prose, 300 lines of poetry) at a mutually agreed time.

Cost: £150 / £120 conc.

Afternoon: Keeping Going

In the afternoon, it’s easy to get lazy - to read the papers and snooze rather than get back to work. Once you’re in the middle of a project, it’s similarly tempting to slack off - the honeymoon of a new project is over, the end seems far from sight. This package gives you the energy to plough on!

Includes:

• An appraisal of your work so far - up to 150 pages / 600 lines of poetry.
• Assistance in planning a framework for completing the project, dealing with any areas of creative difficulty.
• Help in managing time and sustaining confidence.
• Progress checks for the following 6 months to a year to maintain momentum.

Cost: £180 / £150 conc.

Night: Getting It Done

Night is a time for dancing - but it can also be the point when we cry ourselves to sleep. Ending a long-term project can be emotive, as we struggle to find the right way to say goodbye to these particular ideas and to discover our work’s proper place in the world. This package is about hand-holding and hand-clapping as your work reaches its triumphant end!

Includes:

• A detailed critique of your complete or near to complete manuscript.
• Suggestions about the editorial process.
• An appraisal of your query letter and synopsis for submission to publishers / agents.
• On-going support during the editorial and submission process, with monthly progress / motivational check ins for a year.

Cost - Manuscript / Poetry Collection:

• Up to 200 pgs: £410 / £350 conc.
• Up to 300 pgs: £460 / £430 conc.
• Up to 400 pgs: £570 / £500 conc.
• Up to 500 pgs: £660 / £600 conc.

If you sign up for all three packages, ensuring that you have support throughout your project, I will make them available at a reduced rate - please contact me for details.