The Word Count

Episode 64: Mentoring 101

โ€ข The Word Count โ€ข Season 5 โ€ข Episode 64

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A new series begins! ๐Ÿ’›

Fiona is joined by internationally bestselling author and her very own writing mentor, Hayley Scrivenor, for the first episode in a three-month series all about mentoring.

Fiona and Hayley talk about how their professional relationship began, what Hayley really thought when she first read Fionaโ€™s writing ๐Ÿซฃ and the role a mentor can play in helping you reach THE END.

If youโ€™ve ever wondered what it would be like to have a writing mentor, are thinking about being mentored yourself, or are simply curious about what a mentor actually does, this series is for you โœ๏ธ

Weโ€™d love to know what you think of the new format and this first episode. And if you have a question youโ€™d like Fiona to ask Hayley, please let us know. ๐Ÿ‘‡

๐‘‡โ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Š๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘‘ ๐ถ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก ๐‘–๐‘  ๐‘Ž ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘“๐‘’, ๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘™-๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘š๐‘’ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ก ๐‘“๐‘œ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐ด๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘› ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘“๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘š ๐‘๐‘™๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘˜ ๐‘๐‘Ž๐‘”๐‘’ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘’๐‘‘ ๐‘๐‘œ๐‘œ๐‘˜ โ€” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘’๐‘ฃ๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘–๐‘› ๐‘๐‘’๐‘ก๐‘ค๐‘’๐‘’๐‘›.

๐ฝ๐‘œ๐‘–๐‘› ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘‡๐‘Ž๐‘ฆ๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ, ๐ฝ๐‘œ ๐ท๐‘–๐‘ฅ๐‘œ๐‘› ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐ฝ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘ž ๐ธ๐‘™๐‘™๐‘’๐‘š ๐‘Ž๐‘  ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘ฆ ๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘–๐‘Ÿ ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘”๐‘Ÿ๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ , ๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘ก ๐‘”๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘˜๐‘’๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘’๐‘Ž๐‘โ„Ž ๐‘œ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘™๐‘’, ๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘”๐‘ ๐‘–๐‘‘๐‘’ ๐‘ ๐‘๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘Ž๐‘™ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘คโ„Ž๐‘’๐‘Ÿ๐‘’ ๐น๐‘–๐‘œ๐‘›๐‘Ž ๐‘ก๐‘Ž๐‘™๐‘˜๐‘  ๐‘ค๐‘–๐‘กโ„Ž ๐‘Ž๐‘ข๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘œ๐‘Ÿ๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘–๐‘›๐‘‘๐‘ข๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘Ÿ๐‘ฆ ๐‘”๐‘ข๐‘’๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘  ๐‘Ž๐‘๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘ก ๐‘ค๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, ๐‘๐‘ข๐‘๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ โ„Ž๐‘–๐‘›๐‘” ๐‘Ž๐‘›๐‘‘ ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ ๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘‡๐ป๐ธ ๐ธ๐‘๐ท.

๐ธ๐‘Ž๐‘ ๐‘ฆ-๐‘ก๐‘œ-๐‘™๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘›-๐‘ก๐‘œ ๐‘’๐‘๐‘–๐‘ ๐‘œ๐‘‘๐‘’๐‘  ๐‘œ๐‘“ ๐‘Ž๐‘Ÿ๐‘œ๐‘ข๐‘›๐‘‘ 30 ๐‘š๐‘–๐‘›๐‘ข๐‘ก๐‘’๐‘  ๐Ÿ’›