Award-winning writer, published novelist & university educator with a PhD — Advanced mentoring in academic, creative & professional writing, scholarship preparation, interview coaching & communication

Deadly! Highly Recommended

I truly respect a professional who has been specialised in one domain area, as with years of learning, research, and teaching, that person definitely can bring in his or her expertise, experience and approaches of learning in the process of teaching. Ruby is the one that I chose for my primary school child.

Ruby is very patient and accountable. She is very willing to listen, and gets to know our needs before the lessons. With our goals in mind, she spends time to prepare and customise the materials and plans well for the lessons. She explains the concepts and approaches in much detail to my child, patiently giving vivid examples and engaging my child very well.

Her lessons are very effective. She actively engages my child in discussions and gives a lot of constructive feedback on the articles on the whole, and also drills down to sentence and word level. These, I believe, will benefit my child in the long run and help my child improve on sensitivity towards word choice, sentence structure, paragraph writing and more. After only a few lessons, I find that my child has already started developing this awareness, and trying to apply these learnings into the writing. It is proven to be much more effective than learning in a big classroom setting.

You will be amazed by her professionalism that has been demonstrated in the details such as the emails and assignments that she has prepared for you. Her lessons cover various text types and topics which greatly help my child to build up good writing skills and prepare for various upcoming examinations.

I would say we are so fortunate to have Ruby Todd as our private teacher for my child and I feel more rest assured since there is someone professional there to provide guidance to my child in the journey of English and Writing learning.

Deadly! Highly recommended — Ruby truly goes above and beyond

I am incredibly grateful for Ruby’s support. She has helped me so much with my essay writing and assignment planning, especially during a really stressful and time-pressured week. Even though my schedule was very tight, Ruby still made time to meet with me and guide me through everything step by step.

Her explanations are clear, thoughtful, and full of insight. She never makes me feel overwhelmed, and she helps me understand not just what to write, but how to think more critically and structure my ideas properly. Thanks to her guidance, my work improved significantly, and I felt much more confident.

Ruby is kind, genuine, and truly committed to helping her students succeed. I’m really thankful for her support and would highly recommend her to anyone needing help with essays or academic writing.

Deadly! Very good understanding, and ability to break lessons down. Ruby develops a completely tailored approach to learning styles and specific needs. As I have sought Ruby's help for my GAMSAT essay writing skills she has been very proactive in accumulating the necessary resources and planning lessons to suit this task.

Deadly! Ruby's deep knowledge of narrative and creative writing has been invaluable in helping me with my university assignments. She has provided me with a way to look at my stories and ask pivotal questions that help to inform my direction and goals, as well as set me up with structure that allows me to stay motivated and get my tasks done. I look forward to working with Ruby more throughout the semester.

Deadly! Ruby was lovely, she has a wealth of knowledge. I will continue you see her.

Deadly! I am content with Ruby on her methodology with junior kids. My son is intrigued by the tailored lesson and various topics Ruby prepared. Following Ruby in the long run I believe it is a great experience to develop his own writing style.

Deadly! Ruby takes the time to explain concepts in a way you can understand and apply it to your assessment or study task

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Deadly! Thorough and knowledgable. Helped me through the process of self-editing a critical analysis.

Deadly! My son Ethan has been learning writing from Ruby this term and it has been a great experience. She is a very thoughtful teacher who puts a lot of thought into how she presents the material. Her lessons were engaging, useful, and she was very patient with my son in class always encouraging my son to try. I would highly recommend her to anyone interested in learning writing.

Deadly! I’m so grateful and blessed to find a literature/creative writing tutor like Ruby. Ruby is intelligent, passionate, intuitive, loving, and wholehearted. She puts a lot of thought and effort into the preparation of the lessons to ensure her students get the most out of the lessons. Her love for literature and creative writing ignites my passion and insights, which also makes her lesson one of the most enjoyable times of my week.

For years I had been looking for a tutor like her but most of my previous attempts were in vain. So when I finally met Ruby, I was so thrilled that I had to share the news with all my family members and close friends. I would not hesitate to recommend her to anyone who is looking for a caring, thoughtful, and professional tutor.

Deadly! Very easygoing and listens to all my concerns and has great advice.