MENTORING

Are you a writer? Are you getting stuck? Is your practice exhausting you instead of giving you life? Do you want to find a funnier, stranger, more generous voice? Is there something important you want to say, a strange and scary truth that seems somehow out of reach? Maybe I can help.

I'm not going to edit your book for you. I'm not going to spend a lot of time on structure. There are plenty of other people who are great at this. I’m going to help you with your overall intention, your voice and your point of view. I'll read enough of your work so that I can understand what's going on. I'll ask you about the books you admire and what you're trying to achieve.

We'll work on emotion, metaphor, poetics, humour: the way your voice communicates your purpose.

I'm best qualified to work on narrative non-fiction, memoir and auto-fiction, although I'm happy to work on any attempt to capture the weirdness of life. I can work on essays or book-length projects.

I charge on a project basis. We'll have hour-long, fortnightly sessions online. My pricing is below.

ONE-OFF: £100

I'll read 2,000 words and we’ll talk for an hour.

SIX WEEKS: £450

I'll read 10,000 words and work with you for 3 hours over six weeks.

TWELVE WEEKS: £900

I'll read 20,000 words and work with you for 6 hours.

If you pay for a 1-hour session and then want to extend to a 6-week or 12-week package, we can treat your first hour as a part of the longer package and discount the cost accordingly.

Get in touch

If you want to book a free initial conversation or if you have any questions about my offer, please fill in this form or send me an email at benpmills[at]protonmail[dot]com.