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Complete Your Manuscript
Join our new one-year writing programme for our most extensive package of individual feedback to develop your manuscript with expert support at every stage of the journey. You’ll be matched with an acclaimed author with expertise in your genre/style of writing, who will be your individual mentor – and, as you near the end of the 12 months, you’ll get further advice on how to hone your pitch from an editor with relevant publishing experience. £4,000.
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Mentoring
Get focused one-to-one help as you write your novel, memoir or non-fiction project. Our programme comprises three one-hour sessions that take place over the course of three, six or nine months depending on the pace you’re working at. Your mentor will read and comment on three extracts of up to 10,000 words. £1,700.
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Get feedback from published authors or experts with proven track records at acclaimed publishing houses or literary agencies. We match editors to students writing in the genres they specialise in.
Sam Eades
- Award-winning publisher
- 20 years of editing experience
- Available for mentoring & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime & Thriller, Women's Fiction, Book club, Horror, Romance
Simon Ings
- Acclaimed novelist
- Columnist for The Times
- Renowned sci-fi writer
- Available for mentoring, submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Non-fiction, Science fiction, Fantasy, Crime, Literary fiction & Business memoir
Wyl Menmuir
- Award-winning author
- Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize
- Creative Writing lecturer
- Available for mentoring & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Non-fiction, Literary fiction, Reading group
Lauren Pearson
- Author of five books for young readers
- Former literary agent
- Freelance editor
- Available for mentoring, submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Crime, Thriller, Suspense
Richard Roper
- Freelance editor
- Critically-acclaimed novelist
- Former senior commissioning editor
- Available for submission reports & full manuscript reports
- Genres: Memoir, Literary fiction, Reading group