Tutoring and Mentoring

Since cutting my teaching teeth many years ago on manuscript appraisals, and studying for my own PhD in Creative Writing while teaching as an Associate Lecturer for the Open University, I have worked with all sorts of published and unpublished writers, in many genres: not only fiction and creative non-fiction, but academic and scholarly writing, as well as trade non-fiction. I am currently teaching for Oxford University, and on the MA at Goldsmiths, as well as continuing to work with individualt writers of all kinds, at all stages of their development.

I have also completed a course in coaching for writers run jointly by the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE) and the Arvon Foundation. Whether you’re a beginner, an experienced writer, a Masters graduate, or a published author, I would be delighted to discuss how I can help you with your writing.

I also love helping writers who would like to get into doing appraisals, tutoring and running workshops - or would simply like their writer’s circle to be more effective - but don’t feel confident of their feedback and teaching skills.

MENTORING is ideal if you want one-to-one help with both the close-up detail of your writing, and the larger challenges and opportunities of a book-length project and your long-term development as a writer. Many writers like to work by arranging, at the end of each meeting, the date for the next - every six weeks seems to work well - but others prefer to wait and see how they get on. I am happy to work either way.

ONE-OFF TUTORING & FEEDBACK: I am equally happy to arrange a single meeting, based on reading some of your work, to address whatever you feel your writing needs. Alternatively, I can provide full written feedback, without a meeting, if you feel that would be more useful. Whether it’s your own confidence and hopes as a writer, a possible submission to publishers, an overall assessment of a project, specific technical and creative challenges, or any other aspect of this complicated business of writing, I will do my best to help.

For more details of how I work and the costs involved click the button on the left, or contact me.

For a flavour of some of the ways I think about writing, click through to the Tool-Kit on my blog This Itch of Writing.