

One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Ross will be happy to arrange your first Reading lesson.
Ross
One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Ross will be happy to arrange your first Reading lesson.
- Rate $88
- Response 11h
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Students50+
Number of students Ross has taught since their arrival at Superprof
Number of students Ross has taught since their arrival at Superprof

$88/h
1st lesson free
- Reading
- Modernist literature
- Poetry
- Proofreading
Professional creative and critical writer and editor offering editing and proofreading for novels, short fiction, and poetry.
- Reading
- Modernist literature
- Poetry
- Proofreading
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One of our best tutors. Quality profile, experience in their field, verified qualifications and a great response time. Ross will be happy to arrange your first Reading lesson.
About Ross
Ross heads up a small, handpicked team of creative and critical writers, editors, and private tutors. He is currently completing his practice-led creative writing PhD at York St John University, with a focus on short story cycles. Previously, he attended the University of Gloucestershire, and achieved his BA (Hons) in Creative Writing, for which he was awarded the Francis Close Hall Creative Writing Prize for the highest dissertation mark, and his MA in Creative and Critical Writing, for which he was awarded a postgraduate bursary from the UoG Annual Fund for Excellence, and the Tutors’ Prize for outstanding academic achievement, achieving the highest aggregate mark on the course. Ross continues to publish creative, critical, and academic work. He was the founder and editor-in-chief of Superlative – The Literary Journal, which published quality, innovative work by emerging short story writers, in order to promote new, developing authors and the art of the short story to readers worldwide. He is a professional member of the National Association of Writers in Education (NAWE), where he attends regular writing conferences and has access to the latest writing in education materials. He enjoys educating, guest lectures on creative writing courses at colleges and universities, and has numerous education and training qualifications.
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- English
All languages in which the lesson is available :
English
I offer editing and proofreading for prose works of fiction in any genre, though fantasy and short fiction are my specialities, having been the focus of my undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations respectively. I edit and annotate the writer's work, and then provide feedback in a workshop. Feedback is inclusive of content, format and structure editing, as well as grammar, spelling and punctuation line-editing. If the writer lives too far to make a face to face session practicable, the option for feedback to be sent electronically is available. Zoom/Skype/Microsoft Teams workshops are also available. The first workshop may need to be an assessment of the writer's editing/proofreading requirements. Feedback workshops 45-60 minutes. Workshop cost includes 1 hour of editing outside of the workshop. For larger projects, additional editing time will also be charged and, sometimes, a daily rate of £350 is more suitable.
Review
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Perfect! Ross is a marvellous tutor: warm, knowledgeable and encouraging. He is incredibly thorough, professional and reliably punctual. What more, it's clear he has a genuine love of language and literature and that passion shines through in his work.
- Trish is an absolute pleasure to work with, her writing is always excellent, and our discussions always engaging. An outstanding student!Ross's response :
Perfect! I am very happy that I have worked with Ross~
- I really enjoyed working with Charlotte. She is friendly, organised, very positive, and provided excellent contributions during our sessions. I look forward to working with her again!Ross's response :
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Recommendations
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Ross is excellent English tutor who massively improved both my confidence and ability. His lessons were always clear, engaging, and incredibly helpful, and his feedback really helped me develop deeper analysis and stronger essays. I couldn’t recommend him more highly.
Ross was an absolutely fantastic tutor. The passion and assistance he showed really sparked my enthusiasm for the subject, and I’m really grateful for all his help!
Deborah has been an outstanding English tutor for my 10-year-old son. She combines patience, creativity, and a clear teaching style that keeps him engaged and motivated. She makes learning fun while still being structured. We highly recommend her to other parents.
I met Ross after explaining to my mum that I wanted to do better in English after my year 10 mocks and I don't regret it.
The lessons have helped me understand the texts I was going through in school and helped me deeply analyse and answer past paper questions that we went through together.
He perfect tailors the lessons to his students and makes sure he thoroughly goes through each and every aspect on the specification for English and he creates notes which are easy to understand but have deep enough analysis to write about in the exam.
I highly recommend him, as he's boosted my confidence and I feel much more confident every time I leave his lessons.Ross critiqued and discussed in detail a dozen or more of my short stories and chapters. I had reached a plateau and needed guidance on how to improve my plots and prose. Ross helped me grow by leaps and bounds.
I first met Ross Turner at one of his writing seminars. This first one was on motifs, and I found the discussions and writing exercises very helpful. I have since attended a number of his workshops and each one has resulted in some improvement in my writing. I have also sent him short stories and more recently chapters from my novel for editing and general writing help. Ross is very kind, supportive, and his editorial writing notes are thorough. With his editing services he also includes a zoom call before reading the manuscript. During the zoom call he asked questions and took notes on the issues that were of concern to me about my novel. In his editorial notes he attended to those alongside any other writing issues. I am grateful for his help. He is one of those teachers that has a good balance of challenging me as a writer, but being kind and enthusiastic about my writing, so that I always leave the discussions inspired to write more (and better). I highly recommend him for any writer looking to improve.
I highly recommend Ross as an English tutor for anyone looking to excel in GCSE English. His deep knowledge of the syllabus has been invaluable, helping me explore the content in much greater depth. Thanks to his guidance, I’ve already seen dramatic improvement, though I know there’s still a way to go. I’m confident that, with Ross’s support, I’ll be able to overcome every challenge. His expertise and dedication make him an excellent choice as a teacher!
Deborah (who works with Ross) tutored my son brilliantly. My son loves to read and being more scientific found interpreting how to answer his English GCSE papers tricky. Deborah patiently taught him a logical way to approach his GCSE and the results speak for themselves - he gained a 6 at GCSE (having achieved a 2 in his mock). Thank you. Would recommend.
Enthusiastic, thorough, extremely knowledgeable in English language and engaging. Ross provided targeted support to my daughter during her A Level in English Langusge.
Having not been very experienced at writing essays, Ross helped me complete my dissertation to a level where I feel brilliant about what I have produced. He has a massive amount of understanding in everything related to writing, and a manner that allows him to communicate that to you in a way that helps you understand it too. Using his services was invaluable to my dissertation and I would highly recommend him to anyone needing help with work, writing in general, or a course you’re on
Amazing support with my undergraduate dissertation. Provided proofreading, editing and suggestions, ensuring even the bibliography was up to his excellence standard. I was extremely pleased with his service even on such short notice. Would recommend him for any academic support required in whatever field. My dissertation was in the field of economics. Definitely would've used his support earlier in my degree if I had known.
Ross is an amazing tutor. I wanted someone to help my son through his GCSE English. My son is dyslexic and autistic so he does struggle with GCSE writing and reading.
Ross has made such a difference. I’m feeling confident about my son’s exams, but, far more importantly, Robert is enjoying writing much more than he used to. His creative expression and communication of emotions in writing has improved so much. I feel tremendously grateful to Ross for this, and so delighted to see Robert’s progress. I cannot recommend Ross more highly.Ross is an excellent English tutor who has helped my son improve by 2 grades in his creative writing and Analytical writing in less than 6 months. He is very patient and full of knowledge We highly recommend him and couldn't ask for a better tutor. Thank you, Ross.
When I came to the new school, the English lesson there was very hard for me. I was averaging a percentage of 40% and frankly, I was one of the worst English student in my class. Now, after learning with Ross, I was awarded a 93% English result in my year 8 end-of-the-year test. His help to me is massive and I wouldn't have done it without him. To anybody that want a better English result, I would recommend Ross to you.
I highly recommend Ross as one of the best English language and literature teachers I have come across. He approached my son's preparation professionally and responsibly, organizing the materials and going beyond the usual knowledge. As a father, I was extremely pleased with his transparency, thoroughness, and friendliness.
Amazing. He helped me with the development of my professional writing assignments in my professional development course. His feed back was well worth the expense. You can not find better with regards to professional writing.
After some attempts, I was lucky enough to find Ross as my son's English teacher. A lot of people can teach English, but not all people will give you professional guidance to benefit you quickly. Ross is a trusted teacher. He is very knowledgeable and comprehensive. My son has been exposed to different types of writing styles during his studying with Ross which has broadened his vision and thinking. Ross has a unique teaching style and system teaching plan, which ensures that the quality of learning is very efficient. Ross is very responsible, he will give specific instructions on every assignment, from article structure, grammar use, vocabulary, and even punctuation. My son tells me that this class is very valuable for him.
As a professional, Grammar has always been an area I knew needed refinement - particularly when preparing documentation and the like.
Ross has been incredibly helpful and patient with tutoring me and helping me improve my writing style. The resources and knowledge he has are brilliant and have made a noticeable difference in my work.
The sessions are carefully planned and tailored to the student, which makes each one very valuable!
I would highly recommend Ross as a Tutor.Ross was superb with my dissertation, his advice was great throughout the whole process and really helped me. He answered every query I had! I would highly recommend him to anyone.
I thoroughly enjoyed learning from Prof. Ross. In a short amount of time, he went above and beyond to cater to my needs, revisiting my queries repeatedly, which I especially appreciate. He was sincere and reassuring, qualities I admire in a teacher. Highly recommended!
Returning to education after quite some years, I soon became aware my approach to academic writing was lacking. Ross's professional, patient, enthusiastic and client-specific approach, is invaluable in understanding how to prepare, structure and complete my work, utilising grammar, in a succinct fashion. My weekly sessions with Ross have boosted my understanding, confidence and skill set. Altogether an experience I have found very helpful and highly recommend.
It is my pleasure to recommend Ross as a tutor: he is simply AMAZING! He is very professional, knowledgeable and helpful; he supported me immensely with A star equivalent exam. I found Ross not only to be very engaging but also an inspirational educator. Ross was able to understand what I needed to do in order to achieve my goal, so he carefully designed and planned each lesson and each homework to meet my needs. I found every session interesting and I was motivated to further challenge myself implementing what we discussed. He is an expert in English Language and he is passionate to share his love for the subject. I have greatly benefitted from his help.Thank you Ross! I will be back.
Ross has been of invaluable help to me with my Creative Writing MA. From laying out academic essays to fine-tuning and perfecting my creative pieces, Ross has been an incredible support. He's professional, friendly, and I thoroughly recommend him.
I have now engaged Ross on both professional and personal levels. Professionally to work with a non-native English speaker to improve her written English, and personally to help my daughter prepare for her GCSEs. At all time I have found him to be extremely professional and capable, and the feedback from the staff member and my daughter has been very positive.
Ross is an AMAZING tutor, his expertise is so helpful in ensuring your essay is to the highest standard against the grading criteria. Ross takes pride in what he does and gives the most constructive, helpful, and supportive feedback. He has helped me immensely, in my writing ability and confidence. Ross, spends numerous hours looking thoroughly through your work, and provides insightful and informative sessions to discuss the feedback, and is always available and contactable for further help. I couldn't recommend Ross enough, he has been so supportive in my academic writing. Thankyou Ross.
Ross is outstanding. Professional, efficient and has a brilliant way with explaining complex writing and grammar issues in a clear and simple way. We are a Chinese background family, we keen to have a good English tutor to help my son in his writing and improve his English. My son's progression has been impressive since we started tutoring with Ross 3 months ago. He has a detailed plan of what needs to be achieved and how fast we should go, setting challenging homework to help push my son on a weekly basis.
Ross is very much in demand so if you can secure a place with him don't hesitate to make the most of it.
AliceRoss is a fantastic tutor, from beginning to end he was there every step of the way. He evaluates your piece of writing carefully and all comments/feedback he gives are well explained. He notices details that you would otherwise miss. As well as suggesting improvements, he also highlights parts of your writing that he enjoys/appreciates, encouraging you to continue with that style. Ross is extremely personable, you really get to know him as a person on the other side of technology. He also makes you feel that your piece of work or project is just as important to him as it is to you. His professionalism, expertise and personable nature all mean that I would recommend him time and time again. In fact, he is the only person I would turn to when needing help with a project.
It’s a great experience for me to have proofreading with Ross! He is very friendly and professional. My work has been carefully edited before our sessions. He was also open to listen to my ideas while we went through my work together in the session. Looking forward to working with Ross again.
Ross is a great teacher, he explains everything in detail and make sure you understands everything clearly!! Ross is also very responsive and very reliable at all times I would highly recommend him as a tutor!
I am so glad that I picked Ross to help me through my dissertation because he is very supportive and helpful. He is always there when needed and he is very good at editing and he is very patient too. I highly recommend him.
Ross has been incredibly helpful and professional. I asked for his help because, even though I am a published author, I have been suffering from writer's block for several years.
After a couple of weeks of tutoring my confidence has been restored and I am writing again. I highly recommend him as a tutor.Helped me out when starting on my book. Proof reading, adjustments and some great ideas. Tutored me brilliantly and continues to do so. Would highly recommend!
Ross has guided me in my ambition to write my first novel. It is a work in progress and he continues to help me as I develop my style and creative skills. He has a natural ability to impart knowledge and his enthusiasm and obvious love of language translates easily into increased confidence and motivation in his student.
Ross has the gift of being an informative and insightful tutor. His experience and enthusiasm combine in a unique way, putting students or peers at ease. Ross is passionate about his tutoring and certainly a trustworthy tutor in my opinion.
Ross is an amazing source of study support. Always willing to read over completed work, proofreading it thoroughly, pushing me to improve and ensuring I understand any needed changes. His wide range of knowledge and experience has enabled me to develop my writing style with each piece of work I write.
Ross is an amazing, helpful peer at University. He is definitely my go to guy whenever I have a question or am stuck on anything. He has read through my poetry and prose several times to help me improve. I a billion percent recommend him!
I believe Ross is a trustworthy tutor as he is extremely dedicated to his craft and has great pride in helping others to achieve the best work they can.
He's patient, knowledgeable and always knows how to assist someone.Ross is an excellent writer with lots of knowledge of the creative writing industry. I always trust his judgement when it comes to great quality writing.
Ross is a fellow student in my poetry workshop at the University of Gloucestershire. When I get my work edited by Ross, I always receive helpful and detailed notes about how I can improve it, and I can always rely on him to give me honest and reliable feedback. I would recommend Ross if you need an unbiased and professional analysis of your work.
Ross is an absolutely great tutor! He’s helped edit and annotate my work and goes through feedback with me so that I understand and know what to do to improve. He’s patient, calm and friendly and he’s made such a difference in my work. I’d say a lot of my higher grades and achievements are down to him. Ross is the one to go to if you need help and support
Ross is incredibly patient when teaching and will also make sure I understand where my errors are. He doesnt just correct them for me but makes sure I know why its wrong. He is also very good at making suggestions to allow me to grow in my writing and not just change things for me. He always goes in depth when editing and never leaves anything unread. Would 100% recommend.
If you are looking for someone that is totally in control of your learning and offers support and guidance along the way, then look no further than Ross. We have studied together for three years and he is my absolute ‘go-to’ person for every aspect of the written word. Snap this guy up while you can.
Ross is incredibly patient and very approachable. He is great at editing, and giving tips and advice on written pieces.
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Rates
Rate
- $88
Pack rates
- 5h: $407
- 10h: $746
online
- $88/h
Travel
- + $$20
free lessons
This first lesson offered with Ross will allow you to get to know each other and clearly specify your needs for your next lessons.
- 1hr
Details
Writers are welcome to travel to me (no cost), or to have workshops via webcam (no cost - most popular option). I am happy to travel to writers; a £20 travel cost will apply to writers who live up to 10 miles away, with an additional £2.50 for every 5 miles thereafter. Block of 5 workshops, paid in advance, £60/hour – total £300. Block of 10 workshops, paid in advance, £55/hour – total £550. Daily rate (where applicable) £350/day.
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