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The first of a two-part special on Orwell's own development as a writer to greatness.
How did Orwell make the leap from The Clergyman's Daughter to works like Animal Farm and 1984, from more...
Viva La Fiesta!
We had 75 entries from our member writers to the First Line Fiesta, our competition to find the most appealing first line of a novel in progress. (Read some of the most famous...
How do you tell if your writing is sweet, or whether it sucks?
We get word-blind. Over the course of a couple of drafts, the word blindness can get worse. You're clinging to your...
A Member's Story.
From the desk of Cate Guthleben.
How to Start Your Novel?
Some Ideas for Writing the First Line.
If the agent of change in the novel is a person and you’re telling the story as an outside observer.
“In my younger...
To the Battle!
The battle in the classics of Tolkien and others is often a bit of a let down.
There’s a long walk, a lot of fine talk, plenty of awe then either the human hero finds an...
It's crucial to invest in the groundwork of story before going on to potter in prose if you mean business (i.e, to sell books.)
Our 'big story' course - the Classic course, one...
“ I'm afraid, I just didn't warm to Cheryl.”
I get to see a lot of novels-in-waiting as you might imagine. Sometimes my writers will share with me the editorial reports or...
Morning Folks,
Happy is the writer with a habit! If you want to write a book fast, write daily. Routine wins the race. Most of my writers follow the encouragement we give to write first thing,...
Pushkin will publish Susie Bower's children's debut next year.
Susie decided to turn her hand to children's fiction and took the Classic Novel Writing Course at The Novelry. She wrote her...
Louise Tucker has won the...
A year ago, Peters, Fraser + Dunlop contacted me, taking note of the quality of work coming out of The Novelry through our creative writing courses, and asked whether an association might be...
The late Barbara Cartland was a prolific writer, even in her eighties she was writing 23 books a year including A Virgin in Mayfair, Cupid Rides Pillion, The Frightened Bride, The Elusive...
"And now that you don't have to be perfect, you can be good." John Steinbeck.
Many of my beloved writers at The Novelry suffer from a sickness called overachievement - 'the curse of the...
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