Guidance from the Guru
Get expert help from Hugh Scott's mysterious mentor
The cost is £35 per submission – minimum of four submissions. Total price £140.
Submit one story at a time, maximum 1500 words approximately, or the first three chapters of your novel plus an indication of how the plot might progress, if you have got that far.
Submitted work must be sent by post, typed or printed on paper. Electronic or handwritten material will not be read. Work should be triple-spaced to allow room for the Guru’s comments, which will be handwritten. A large self-addressed envelope with sufficient return postage is essential.
The address for all correspondence is: The Guru, Writers’ Forum, PO Box 6337, Bournemouth BH1 9EH.
Students will be asked to resubmit their work with the Guru’s suggestions taken into account, or, perhaps, send new work. Resubmissions should be sent reasonably quickly so that the Guru remembers what they are about. Suggestions and criticism will be mild to start, and become more searching with each submission. Be prepared!
Failure to resubmit or submit further work will be the responsibility of the student – no refund. The Guru takes no responsibility for items lost or damaged in the post or anywhere else. Submitted work will be returned in about a week depending on the post and how exhausted the Guru is. The Guru is wise enough not to guarantee publication of a student’s work. The Guru gives no advice on the the shifting sand that is the world of publishing.
