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Write happy

  

With the world’s best-loved fiction writing school.

 

Always wanted to write a book?

 

Discover the joy of writing fiction and craft your book step-by-step with courses, coaching and community at The Novelry. We have taken complete beginners through to publishing deals on both sides of the Atlantic. Created by a Booker Prize-listed award-winning author to fast-track fiction writing, this is the new way to write a book.

Unlock your creativity and indulge your love of fiction with the inspiring interactive program of our unique courses taking you from coming up with a great story idea through to a finished novel. Plus, heres your chance to work one-on-one with a successful, currently published bestselling author. 

With live writing classes and workshops every week and a buzzing online community of fiction writers, you can enjoy the writing life from home in your own time.

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We offer a warm welcome to writers at every stage of their journey, especially beginners. Theres no waiting for next term to start either! You can start a new chapter of your life today.

 

 

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We offer a warm welcome to writers at every stage of their journey, especially beginners.

 

There’s no waiting around for next term to begin, either: you can start this exciting new chapter of your life today.

 

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The creative writing course program from an award-winning author

With coaching from bestselling authors and publishing editors and live classes

Start your adventure in storytelling today!

 

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Our most popular fiction writing course plans

 

The Novelry is the only writing school with the complete career path to create, write and complete a novel to get published.

 

The Novelry is the world’s best-loved creative writing school. Recommended by writers and trusted by literary agents for the complete path to becoming an author. 

Our most popular writing course plans

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The Novel Kickstarter

Come up with the big idea! Create the world of your story and write a first draft.

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Novel Development Plan

Complete that first draft of your novel! Then, edit to publishing standards.

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The Finished Novel

The complete career path to publishing. From a viable idea through writing and revising a pitch-perfect manuscript.

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We Grow Writers

 

Meet your expert writing team – the special forces of fiction. We will get your story straight from the start so you can write with confidence in the direction of your ambitions. We’ll share with you the secrets of a successful story, revealing what readers and publishers want from a book before you put pen to paper, signing off a simple but deadly one-page writing plan. You’ll be working with bestselling authors and professional editors from Penguin Random House and the Big Five publishing houses. Our team are based in the USA, Canada and the UK and we work across all time zones worldwide. We have taken complete beginners through to literary agent representation and publishing deals and we love a story with a happy ending.

Becoming a published author

You are a writer the moment you enter the halls of The Novelry. Enjoy your writing; that’s the principle! We can jumpstart your writing career with our bespoke submission service for course graduates. We introduce our writers to a range of world-class literary agents for representation based in New York and London.

At The Novelry, you improve your chances of getting published by working with experienced editors formerly of the major publishing houses. When your work is ready, the team will act on your behalf to make personal introductions to the literary agencies that represent bestselling authors like Meg Wollitzer, Madeleine Miller, Liane Moriarty, Celeste Ng, Michael Ondaatje, Richard Osman, Marilynne Robinson, Philip Pullman, Tess Gerritsen, Andrew Sean Greer and Tom Clancy.

Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency
WME
David Higham Associates
Mushens Entertainment
United Agents
Trident Media Group
The Book Group
Peters, Fraser + Dunlop
Janklow & Nesbit Associates
The Soho Agency
Jane Rotrosen Agency, NYC
Inkwell Management
A.M. Heath
DHH Literary Agency
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Watson, Little
Bell Lomax Moreton
Eve White Literary Agency
Aevitas Creative Management
Johnson & Alcock
Greene & Heaton
42
Hardman & Swainson
Trellis Literary
The Blair Partnership

Success stories

Join us for the creative writing courses so many writers describe as ‘life-changing’.

Becky Hunter

Atlantic imprint Corvus has signed One Moment, the ‘heart-wrenching and uplifting’ debut novel by Becky Hunter.

US rights were sold to Grand Central, Hachette, in a significant six-figure two-book pre-empt while German rights have gone to Droemer Knaur in a four-way auction. Publishing director Sarah Hodgson at Corvus acquired UK and Commonwealth rights as part of a two-book deal. 

Rebecca Ley

Orion Books

 

Rebecca Ley is the author of two novels published by Orion, Hachette.

‘Wonderfully assured.’ The Times
‘Pass the tissues...’
 Evening Standard
‘Beautifully written.’
 The Sun
‘Prepare for heartbreak.’
 Woman & Home
‘Brilliant.’ 
Bella

 

 

Lucy Barker

Fourth Estate
HarperCollins

 

Fourth Estate has scooped the debut novel The Other Side of Mrs Wood from Lucy Barker in a ‘significant’ two-book deal. US rights were sold to HarperCollins, which will publish in June 2023. 

Katie Bowden, editorial director, said, ‘The Other Side of Mrs Wood is one of the warmest, wisest, funniest novels I have ever read. Lucy Barker is a refreshingly original new voice in the historical fiction market and we are thrilled that she has chosen to make Fourth Estate her publishing home.’ 

Success stories

With courses, coaching and community

The online writing courses created by a Booker-listed award-winning author. With personal coaching from bestselling published authors and publishing editors. A worldwide community with live fiction writing classes and workshops every week.

 

 

We grow writers

Success Stories

Becky Hunter

Grand Central, Hachette USA has signed One Moment, the ‘heart-wrenching and uplifting’ debut novel by Becky Hunter in a significant six-figure two-book pre-empt. UK and Commonwealth rights went to Publishing director Sarah Hodgson at Corvus as part of a two-book deal and  German rights have gone to Droemer Knaur in a four-way auction.

 

Rebecca Ley

Rebecca Ley is the author of two novels published by Orion, Hachette.

‘Wonderfully assured.’ The Times
‘Pass the tissues...’
 Evening Standard
‘Beautifully written.’
 The Sun
‘Prepare for heartbreak.’
 Woman & Home
‘Brilliant.’ 
Bella

 

Lucy Barker

US rights were sold to HarperCollins. In the UK, Fourth Estate has scooped the debut novel The Other Side of Mrs Wood from Lucy Barker in a ‘significant’ two-book deal. 

Katie Bowden, editorial director, said, ‘The Other Side of Mrs Wood is one of the warmest, wisest, funniest novels I have ever read. Lucy Barker is a refreshingly original new voice in the historical fiction market and we are thrilled that she has chosen to make Fourth Estate her publishing home.’ 

 

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