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WRITING MENTOR

A ONE-ON-ONE WRITING COACH FOR YOUR NOVEL

Writing a book?

If you've been trying to find a mentor to help you write a novel, you're on the right page.

If you check my writing coach rates, you'll see they compare very favourably with writing mentors elsewhere who frequently charge between $60-$100 per hour.

My Writing Coach Rates
I don't charge by the hour - it's too vague. I charge a flat rate of $30 per 5000 words. You know exactly what the cost will be, because you can figure it out yourself from your word count.

What's more, you can send just a couple of chapters at a time, work on my suggestions, revise, and then send me the next batch. You pay only when you send me work.

If that first $30 doesn't convince you I'm damned good at what I do, you don't have to spend any more. It's as simple as that.

The Role of a Writing Mentors

Writing mentors start where you are and help you improve your quality of writing and your skills in crafting a novel. They are not ghost writers : they work with what you have already written and make suggestions for improvement.

My Writing Mentor Process

I like to see your first chapter and a synopsis to get an overview of what you have in mind and the present quality of your writing. If you have significant writing flaws, they will be right there in that first chapter.

I will set you some tasks - character profiles, plot tension arcs, summary of key chapters - to ensure that a good solid framework is there. I structure each task to be a good $30 value and then advise you on what you deliver.

I look for flaws and weaknesses in your plotting and characterisation and actively assist you to improve any problems. I look at your narrative technique; in particular I help you past the most common problem for novice writers - telling instead of showing. I help you develop scenes that will convince the reader they are there watching it all happen.

I assist you if your dialogue is stilted, inappropriate or making poor or incorrect use of dialogue tags and action tags. I make sure you punctuate dialogue correctly

I deliver punctuation and grammar lessons if and when I find you have a problem. You are in the hands of an English Major and Adult Education English teacher: I might get pedantic at times but I know my field.

To discuss your writing project, email me (Jim Parsons) at
writing-course@hotmail.com

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OTHER SERVICES

FROM OZ - EDIT PROOFREADING

Registered Australian Business Number: 21822426

Do you already have a finished, or partly-finished, novel?

Would you like some professional feedback on your work?

The Brisbane editing company, OZ-Edit Proofreading is really me with my editing hat on.

Here's what I offer:

Chapter One Technical Critique - $40.00 (for 1 chapter up to 3000 words - if over 3000, price out surplus at $1.00 per 100 words). Ensure that your opening chapter does what it must to hook readers. Check for writing flaws early. The Technical Critique includes a full line edit.

Proofreading and Full Line Manuscript Editing - $0.60 - $1.20 per 100 words. Oz-Edit reserves the right to refuse manuscripts that are too poorly written to 'respond' to editing.We do not think it is morally acceptable to charge $800-1000 to edit a full manuscript that has no hope of publication... despite what the author might believe.

To access any of these services, email me at oz-edit@hotmail.com.

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