Magic Carpet Ride: MRCentral's Annual Mentorship Program

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About the MRCentral Entry Form
Potential apprentices must submit their answers to these questions as part of the application process for the Magic Carpet Ride mentorship.

Applicants' answers to these questions clarify goals, establish what they know or still need to learn about their projects, and generally cement their commitment to the project.

For the mentor, the applicants' answers offer a sense of their known strengths and weaknesses, provide some solid background on the projects at hand, and clarify the shape of the writers' creative process.

Please answer all the questions as completely as possible, even if they don't "fit." The most important thing for the applicant is to keep these aspects of content, process, and productivity at the forefront of his or her creative mind. Even an estimate creates an open door for meeting goals.

Take plenty of time to answer these questions. Feel free to answer them, set them aside, then check back and revise based upon second thoughts. The more information that can be thoughtfully conveyed through these answers, the better the mentor can serve the apprentice.

To submit your Entry Form by surface mail, send typed responses with registration fee check made out to MRCentral by no later than October 31, 2009, to:

MRCentral
ATTN: Mentorship 2009 Entry
PMB 204
321 High School Road NE, Ste D3
Bainbridge Island, WA 98110 USA

Or, pay your registration fee online!
Members must indicate their membername at the Magical-Realism Yahoo! group in order to claim the lower fee. Please visit the group to recover your membername.

Please click on the button below to process your registration fee.

Entry Form

Name

Phone

Surface Mail Address

Title of Work in Progress

Word Count of Work in Progress

Describes the magical realist elements in your manuscript

What do you think are your general strengths as a writer? Weaknesses?

What do you hope for with this mentorship? Be specific.

What things are you attempting for the first time with this manuscript?

What makes you anxious about this manuscript and/or mentorship?

What specific aspects of your manuscript would you like me to give extra attention to?

How much research have you done for this manuscript? How much research do you expect you still need to do?

Do you know the ending of your novel (or have a sense of the story order of your collection)?

(For novelists) What is your manuscript's basic structure? Describe POV, tense, narrative shape, chapter lengths, use of prose forms

What will you do separately from the actual writing process to enhance your ability to excel at this mentorship? (list physical, spiritual, social, and intellectual activities and the regularity with which you expect to practice them)

What is your most immediate goal for this completed mentorship/manuscript?

About process: What will be the frequency of your writing schedule? (including days of week, times of day, being as specific as your process allows) AND What outside reading will you do in relation to the manuscript? (list known titles, include research)

Describe your writing space/s and current access to technology (laptop? PC? DSL? etc.)

What sort of Count goal works best for your? word, page, or time count

What will be the ratio of New Material Written to Previously Material Revised? (ex. 30 percent New, 70 percent Revised)

When would you like to write The End in the novel (or finish the last story in the collection)? (estimate the month)

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