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The World’s Favourite Online Creative Writing Courses
Have you got a book in you? But you’re not sure where to start? Perhaps you started writing but somewhere in the middle you lost the plot? Do you struggle with structure? Do you find it difficult to find time for your writing? How do you know when your book is ready to send out, and to who? How do you break into the traditional publishing world? You know you can write, so why are you getting rejections?
If only writing was about the writing! Becoming a published author is not so much about your writing style, your life experience, education or contacts, it’s about storytelling.
Story, story, story.
So if you’re seeking to write a book readers will love or to become a published author, our radical approach can help you find your way to The End and beyond. Because we put story first, up-ending the process, leaving nothing to chance, meaning that when you write with us, you're writing with confidence, knowing you've writing a great story.
Whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced writer, The Novelry offers the complete writing journey. We can help you get a world-class literary agent and see your book on the shelves of bookstores. Our ‘life-changing’ approach has earned us more five star reviews from our writers than any other online creative writing school.
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Our Five Star Creative Writing Courses
The Novelry is the creative writing school recommended by the world-leading literary agencies in the USA and the UK representing the biggest names in fiction.
Our online creative writing courses will help you develop expert fiction writing skills while holding down the day job. You'll learn from an award winning author on a state of the art learning platform, with self paced step by step lessons including videos, text, downloads and interactive tools. Discover our one hour-a-day creative writing method. We offer world-class resources covering all aspects of writing fiction in every genre with the motivational support of regular coaching to help you stay on track. We are the creative writing school with constructive new approach to writing a book with our game-changing courses, coaching and community.
Happy Writing at The Novelry
Courses
Develop your writing skills by creating, writing and completing a novel with the creative writing courses created by a Booker Prize-listed author.
Coaching
Progress your writing with one-to-one coaching by Zoom from bestselling and award-winning authors and editors.
Community
Join the lively community with online group discussions with fellow students, author and agent guest events, and online writing classes every week.
Feedback
Access in-depth feedback and support for your writing from successful published authors and publishing professionals.
Publishing Editors
Prepare for the publishing process with professional editors formerly of Penguin Random House and other Big 5 publishing houses.
Literary Agents Fast-track
Achieve your creative writing ambitions and secure world-class literary agency representation with our fast-track submission service.
Courses
Get your words flowing with the creative writing courses created and directed by an award winning, Booker Prize-listed author, Louise Dean. Our Founder oversees every writer’s writing journey from idea through to submission to our literary agency partners.
Our courses are fully online with exciting and inspiring original and practical lessons, directed writing tasks, and step-by-step guidance delivered by text, video and downloads on a beautiful interactive platform. You’ll learn the secrets of storytelling and the creative writing techniques of experienced writers and famous authors. Our carefully structured, self-paced program gives you the right lesson at the right time for the development of your book. You’ll get incredible tools to help you plan and plot your novel and our impressive learning platform means we can keep track of your progress as you write. The combination of courses with coaching means you get dedicated support. What’s more our candid, real-life approach to creative writing is serious fun. You’ll look forward to each and every lesson.
Discover the courses writers call ‘life-changing’ today.
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Coaching
So much more than an online course, when you join The Novelry you get courses, coaching and community for comprehensive care. So you’ll enjoy our inspiring courses in good company and you’ll work closely with a successful writer to reach your creative writing goals. Think of it as an amazing apprenticeship. The development of your aims, your ideas, your story, will happen on your terms within a relationship of trust where your personal experience and unique voice is valued.
In your one-to-one coaching sessions, your writing coach will suggest reading material, and help you with important matters like character development. The writing mentor of your choice will teach you from their experience, and share their own fiction writing process and skills, helping you put the building blocks of your story in place step by step.
One of the unique features of our creative writing program, our one-to-one coaching means that unlike many courses, you’re working on your own writing and we’re working on it too!
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When you join us for a creative writing course you’ll be eligible to join other students of one of the best online writing communities in the world. We pride ourselves on a safe and supportive space where serious writing is fun. You’ll have immediate access to our online writing community where you can share your creative writing goals, post questions and share your writing to get constructive feedback from the best beta readers – writers – in a supportive environment. Sign up for weekly creative writing classes. Join our guest sessions to find out more about the creative writing process of bestselling authors. Enjoy sessions with publishing industry professionals and literary agents to learn about the fiction market today. All part of a lively program of online creative writing classes and events to help you develop your creative writing skills.
Explore our vast collection of writing resources, short courses and recorded creative writing classes with bestselling authors on a range of subjects at our members’ community and Catch Up TV area. Watch masterclasses with the big names of fiction like Meg Rosoff, Paula Hawkins, Sophie Kinsella, David Nicholls, Jessie Burton, Tess Gerritsen, Val McDermid, Piers Torday, Katherine Arden, Stacey Halls, Kendare Blake, Katherine Arden, Harriet Tyce, Rachel Joyce, and so many more.
Like the ultimate writing university open to all!
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Choose your creative writing course.
We offer a range of self-paced courses for you to explore the many forms of fiction, learn creative writing, and write a compelling story. Because we teach to an exceptionally high standard, whether you’re a complete beginner or an experienced writer, our online courses will give you the edge when it comes to entering the world of publishing. What’s the start date? Today! We’ll begin with the creative writing superpower, storytelling, to get your story started.
Simply choose from our online courses, available in instalment payment plans, worldwide in all major currencies. Sign up and start today.
The next chapter of your life begins right here. Join us today.
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The online writing course with more five star reviews than any other. What’s it like to take a course with us?
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“These courses have changed my writing life and I can’t recommend them highly enough. I secured a two-book deal and it has been optioned for development into a six-part TV series.”
— Tracey Emerson
“As I clicked on the opening video for the course, it felt like I’d come home... It took me 66 years to get an agent. And it’s been worth the wait.”
— Susie Bower
“I’m grateful to The Novelry for great advice when I was stuck in the first draft. I’d recommend wholeheartedly to anyone at any stage of their career.”
— Helen Callaghan
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