Holy Worlds Mentorship Program

Elanhil · **Posted:** September 6th, 2011, 3:46 pm

Based on your answers, what does this look like for a reply?:

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The norm for people per mentor is 3, but you would be able to take on as many or as little as you are able. As for the word count, bear in mind that those numbers are maximums, and many of those involved in the project are also busy, so I suspect that not all submitted pieces will be quite so long.

The role of mentor is to help by offering critiques at the end of each month, with whatever specificity seems necessary or is possible. At the end of the first month, we submit our story to the mentor. A week or two into the second month we submit the changes we've made based on the mentor's comments to our team members. This repeats until the end of the third month when we submit to the head, instead of the mentor. Therefore, mentors have 3 (or however many are in your group) critiques per month, two months on, one month off, for 12 months.

Thank you for considering this,
Caleb Joyce

Timotheus · **Posted:** September 6th, 2011, 3:56 pm

Looks good to me.

Elanhil · **Posted:** September 6th, 2011, 5:28 pm

Sent.

The Wolverminion · **Posted:** September 9th, 2011, 8:08 pm

*waves* Hi again, people.

I'm now an officially published author. Writer's Digest is paying me $150 for a small humor piece. That's 50 cents per word.

You can add that to my experience. My, the list just keeps growing.

BushMaid · **Posted:** September 10th, 2011, 11:29 pm

*applauds loudly and emphatically for Matt before receding back into the shadows to continue observing*

Elanhil · **Posted:** September 12th, 2011, 8:06 am

Yay! Congratulations, Matt!

I'm still waiting for a second response from Scott Appleton.

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 4th, 2011, 3:57 pm

Brief update, we only have 2 applications so far. Don't forget to turn yours in by Nov. 1 so I have time to collaborate groups (if I only get two, I guess that won't be very hard

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Let me know if you have any questions about the program, since 6 pages for this thread can be daunting - even if you don't read as slowly as I do.

Chila Woychik, the leader of Team PYP, the group this program is based off of, just posted a review of the first quarter. I encourage you to go read her post (here), and my recent blog post (here) about what I learned getting some difficult criticism.

Elanhil · **Posted:** October 9th, 2011, 3:58 pm

Could you just give us a refresher for the requirements of our submission that needs to be in by Nov. 1?

Zoe M. Scrivener · **Posted:** October 9th, 2011, 4:24 pm

I sent my submission earlier this week!

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 9th, 2011, 4:26 pm

Elanhil wrote:

Could you just give us a refresher for the requirements of our submission that needs to be in by Nov. 1?

A short story and a little about your writing history. If I have specific questions needed to put people in the optimal group, I'll ask.

Yes, Raven, got your submission. Thank you. That makes three people so far...

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** October 9th, 2011, 4:28 pm

I'll post mine as soon as it comes back from my beta reader.

Elanhil · **Posted:** October 10th, 2011, 5:37 pm

What are the length requirements for the story?

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** October 10th, 2011, 5:46 pm

I've finished mine, but Mother pointed out a couple of things to me. So I wanted to take one final look at it before I send it. You should get it by the end of this week.

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** October 10th, 2011, 5:49 pm

*sends story* I sent my story!

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 10th, 2011, 6:32 pm

Elanhil wrote:

What are the length requirements for the story?

I don't think we have a minimum, but max is 7500. The point is to show us how well you can tell a story.

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 10th, 2011, 7:59 pm

And I'm glad to see people working on and sending their stories. That's great!

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** October 14th, 2011, 3:09 pm

For the story I sent as an entry is it alright if I still put it up in the short story section?

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 14th, 2011, 3:41 pm

Riniel Jasmina wrote:

For the story I sent as an entry is it alright if I still put it up in the short story section?

What's the short story section? Do you mean, can you still have it critiqued? I don't even care if it's published already. We're just trying to get a look at your ability so we can place people in the right places.

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** October 19th, 2011, 10:06 am

I sent my story in.

Skathi · **Posted:** October 24th, 2011, 5:52 pm

*gasps* I'm late!!

Really interested in this. *plunges into story files*

Timotheus · **Posted:** October 24th, 2011, 7:18 pm

Glad you found it, pm me if you have any questions, Cassandra.

Skathi · **Posted:** October 24th, 2011, 8:09 pm

I will, if I do, thank you. But I believe most everyone else has asked them for me.

Skathi · **Posted:** October 31st, 2011, 3:06 am

*groans*

Just not going to be able to do it this time around.

*sigh*

Timotheus, is there a plan to do something like this again, as more members come to the forums?

Zoe M. Scrivener · **Posted:** October 31st, 2011, 12:09 pm

Oh! That's too bad Cassandra!

Reminder for everyone...today is the last day you can send in your submissions!

Tim: Let me know when you're ready to work on judging the submissions.

Do we have anyone else that's going to help judge?

Lady Elanor · **Posted:** October 31st, 2011, 12:26 pm

I think Varon is judging as well.

Seer of Endor · **Joined:** February 16th, 2010, 10:36 pm **Posts:** 2603

Bummer...had I not been an oblivious little Seer (which was only compounded by my frequent absences over the past few months), I would've loved to have gotten in on this as a mentee. Oh well....I'll live

Riniel Jasmina · **Posted:** November 14th, 2011, 3:12 pm

Seer wrote:

oblivious little Seer

Oh the irony...

Varon · **Posted:** November 15th, 2011, 9:39 am

Yep, very ironic.

I don't think I'm judging.

Timotheus · **Posted:** November 15th, 2011, 11:42 am

I can't remember what I said earlier about judging, but as I learn more about the Team PYP program, the people within each group work more with each other as time goes on, and the mentor comes in once or twice when pieces are ready. that said, I can just go through and pick who I think would complement each other the best and pick the mentees that would work best for each group. If more people want to read the stories to give me their opinion, that is fine.

Zoe M. Scrivener · **Posted:** November 15th, 2011, 1:32 pm

Sounds fine to me.

Whatever you think is best, I'm fine with.

RunningWolf · **Posted:** December 26th, 2011, 2:17 am

I know this discussion has died down and it's too late to join in the mentor program, but I believe this is a God-send, exactly what I need as a wannabe published fantasy writer!
So my question is, when (will?) this start again for next year?

Timotheus · **Posted:** December 26th, 2011, 6:46 am

Hi Running Wolf
We have agreed to alter the length of the program to the next six months. That way we can evaluate our time commitments and swap new members if people want to drop out or if more mentors what to join. Port Yonder Press also has a mentorship program you could apply for that starts in June or July. In the meantime I will be posting info on what we're learning that could help. Also check out the Holy Worlds Podcast for writing advice.

The Wolverminion · **Posted:** December 26th, 2011, 9:19 am

I wouldn't mind taking on an extra person...

RunningWolf · **Posted:** December 27th, 2011, 8:01 pm

Cool, I'll check out the podcast!

Thanks for the offer Mr L! I really appreciate it and would love to. The only thing is that I have a 50,000 word nanowrimo manuscript to edit, do you think I could maybe jump in in a month or so?

Timotheus · **Posted:** December 27th, 2011, 8:18 pm

I don't think joining mid program is a good idea. It's only six months at this point, with a drop out/hop on point then, so if you're still interested, you could probably join then. We'll see what happens in six months. There will still be plenty of avenues for growth in your writing here at Holy Worlds in the meantime.

RunningWolf · **Posted:** December 27th, 2011, 9:58 pm

Cool, thanks!

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