GUIDE FOR MENTORS
If your mentee is in M-Pro, please note the following.
CONTENT — See additional supports for Mentorship provision:
CONTENT — See additional supports for Mentorship provision:
Please note if your student is in M-Pro (1-year course). See all the details below on M-Pro for your information in the meeting. If you have any questions about M-Pro, get in touch.
NOTES
Project Manager:
A session to solidify goals, discuss objectives, general writing practice questions review any submitted writing.
Mentorship:
May be used as a standard mentorship session as described in training. It may also be sued to integrate modules form relevant MKCW course to meet the requirements of the student.
These definitions are guidelines and Mentors are invited to amalgamate and amend session where appropriate. If in doubt contact Office.
It is important we progress M-Pro students forward while maintaining a pleasant and rewarding experience.
What is M-Pro?
M-Pro
M-Pro is a unique programme we have developed and are delivering it with several writers at the moment. I am limiting the intake for 25/26. Students complete a masters-style program of study over the course of a year and at the end the book is published either with a large publisher or on a limited press basis with our partner press — guaranteed.
Note the full program details below.
Students attend 6 Courses (36 nights) Single Project (In-Person where available or online on Wednesdays 8-10pm/Fridays 5-7pm) & 3 1-1 Mentorships (24 meetings) & 12 Project Manager sessions (12 meetings).
This is 36 1-1 sessions in total and 36 class sessions in total.
Students can opt for 12 additional 1-1 sessions instead of the classroom sessions or 38 weeks of up to 72 classes online or in-person instead of 1-1 sessions.
If students finish project during the year and it is being submitted for publication, they can embark on any other new writing project for the year such as:
- Screenplay adaptation
- Stage adaptation
- Novel
- Poetry collection
- Short story collection
- Memoir
- Nonfiction book
We will also look to place the current project at worldwide agents and publishers who will reach a separate publishing deal with the student.
Regardless of the outcome, students still have all course & mentorship credits.
If we cannot find an agent to represent the project which ultimately leads to a publication offer or a publisher by END OF YEAR, our partner press Atlantic Papers will publish the book on my recommendation on a limited press basis.
What happens if Atlantic Papers publish:
- MS will be fully proofread, typeset and laid out at World Class level
- Superb book finish — guaranteed
- [Check with Office] copies of your book posted to your address
- Book for sale on the Atlantic Papers website & elsewhere
- Binding: paperback perfect bound
- Pages: 133/mm / 70 g/m2 book creamy paper
- Cover: matte .31mm / 315 g/m2
- Colour cover design, black & white inside
- 1 proof copy for review
- Additional copies at 20% off RRP
- Global catalogue listing with Ingram Spark
- Book review in The Ocean / Interview
- Dedicated Atlantic Papers publishing executive
- Ongoing support post-publication for minimum 3 months
- Sales handled for minimum of 12 months after publication
- Print details can be amended subject to potential additional cost
M-Pro25 Commences [12 month cycle]
WELCOME TO M-Pro
- 1 year expert support and guidance
- Certificate of Completion
- Beyond University level standards
- Mentorships and Courses (36 x 2-hour sessions — tutorials/creative workshops courses, 24 x 1- hour 1-1 Mentorship)
- 12x Project Manager sessions
- 2x External Peer Review Reports (if required)
- Full Editorial Response from Tutor (as required)
Supplements
- Assistance with typing and format if required
- Transcription
- Copy-editing
- Specialist research support
- Images
- Paintings
- Audio format
- Full gala launch provision & refreshments
- Author dinner
- Advertising in national papers
- Video recordings
- Interviews
- Trailers
- Celebrity launcher
- Poster drop (pro-level poster designs for your book)
- Reviews of your book
- Print Distribution of book nationally
Simple Terms
- Direct questions to OFFICE
LITERATURE
8 Mondays per 2 terms (3 per year)
Submit 3 essays/stories/poems to The Ocean each quarter. Editors will select one for the issue. Deadline 15 Sep/Dec/Mar & Jun.
M-Pro Lounge
First Non BH Monday of each Month.
Meet other writers on M-Pro in this relaxed session on Zoom. Participate in the discussion forum on Canvas and compare notes!
8-9.30pm (Breakout rooms available till late for further discussion).
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