After sending in your manuscript or synopsis, you will be allocated a suitable tutor, who will read and assess your submission then work with you over a three-month period to develop your storyline or structure and polish your writing.

First contact

At this meeting (which may be via emails or by phone) you agree with your tutor a plan for the three-month mentoring. Most often, after talking over all the key issues and concerns, writers agree to draft or redraft a certain number of words or chapters – usually at least 15,000 or up to five chapters.

Second contact

At this halfway point, you submit your agreed draft and await feedback from the tutor. This feedback should equip you to redraft and polish your work.

Final contact

By the end of the third month, you should have a final draft ready to show your tutor. He or she will read it carefully and provide a detailed written assessment, which will include pointers to future directions for your writing.