If you are interested in taking part in the Chapter and Verse mentoring scheme, please email with your details, or call 020 7324 2563.
In the first instance, you'll be asked to send a small sample of your writing to us so we can find you the most suitable mentor. We have many years experience in creating an excellent 'match' between writers and tutors, but if you are particularly interested in working with a particular mentor, do let us know.
At this point we'll also need to receive payment from you, either by cheque or via online banking. The fee is £1,650 plus VAT, see pricing page for further details. In exceptional circumstances we may accept payment in two instalments.
Once payment has been received and your mentor has been chosen with help from us here, you will be ready to proceed. Mentors will introduce themselves to you via email. It is up to you and your mentor to agree a mutually convenient schedule, though the course should be completed within one year (please see our terms and conditions for further details on course timings).
Mentors will aim to respond to your submissions with their feedback within 14 working days (unless otherwise agreed with you). Chapter and Verse is designed to work on an international basis as on online scheme and we only work with experienced mentors of the highest quality. Many of our mentors will be happy to include up to three fifteen minute phone calls as part of their tuition, however, please be aware that mentors' working practices vary. We will discuss your needs at the outset of the course with you.
During or shortly after your course you will be invited to attend a TLC event day in Central London – these are held twice a year. The aim of the day is to give you further insight into getting published and the book industry as a whole. The day will include informative discussion with TLC and other guests such as literary agents, commissioning editors and published authors. You will also have the chance to meet other people on the mentoring scheme and learn from each other.
After you have completed your mentoring sessions, you may submit your complete work to us for a professional TLC critique. Your TLC reader will be different from your mentor, so you can benefit from two editorial views within the scheme. Your reader will be given feedback from your mentor prior to receiving your work, so overlapping information will be avoided. However, it is important that you realize that views of your editor may differ from those of your mentor. In our view, the combined experience of having a mentor followed by a TLC critique will strengthen you as a writer.
For those exceptional cases when work is suitable for submission to an agent or publisher with a genuine chance of publication, TLC has firm links with a variety of first-class agencies. We will not recommend agents or publishers if we do not consider the work ready to send out, but will, in our assessment, explain our reasoning behind decisions made.
Please see our terms and conditions page for further details on the course structure.
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