The Advanced Class
Master your story
Prepare to write your best novel
Suitable for intermediate or more experienced writers in need of refreshment, refinement or inspiration.
Whether you write professionally, for personal pleasure, or you’re a published author already, The Advanced Writing Class will help elevate your writing game, your confidence, and your chances of success.
Get the inside track
Establish a high-stakes drama for your next best novel yet. With this class, you’ll gain absolute control of your story to outline your plot.
We’ll take an insider’s look under the bonnet of Pulitzer and Booker Prize-winning novels to consider how to bring the best storytelling techniques to adult fiction to find the sweet spot of acclaim and bestseller status.
Your standout story
Why The Advanced Class is the perfect fit for you
Say it with economy and style
With The Advanced Class, you’ll learn who you are (or will be) as an author and how to play to your unique strengths. You’ll hone your writing skills and discover new-to-you techniques. You’ll take absolute control of your plot and its players.
But most importantly, you’ll reignite your passion for prose.
Say hello to your new writing chapter
When you sign up for The Advanced Class, you get far more than an online writing program. You gain a global and supportive community of like-minded writers, editors, publishing professionals and cheerleaders.
In fact, we’re the largest online writing community exclusively for novelists.
Here at The Novelry you’ll find everything (and everyone) you need to write better, and write happy—from workshops, networking opportunities, and annual party get-togethers, to feedback sessions, and safe spaces for sharing the ins and outs and ups and downs of the novelist’s affliction.
Write from the edge of your seat, and people will read from the edge of theirs
Writing for pleasure is one thing. Writing for commercial success quite another.
In The Advanced Class, you’ll learn the trade secrets of the bestseller. And our Story First Method ® will ensure the tale you want to tell has commercial appeal before you begin telling it.
You’ll discover the key ingredients required for readers to stay gripped to each and every word. All before you even put pen to paper.
This saves you a whole lot of time and trouble, so you can hit the page writing, with confidence.
Not all writing classes are created equal
A great online writing class will go beyond general theory or tips and tricks. It’ll help you make smarter progress, faster. A great writing class will:
- Teach tried-and-true technique and invaluable skills that you won’t have encountered yet.
- From an award-winning authors. (Who’s been around the block!)
- Enable you to get your novel done. (And done well.)
- Welcome you to a global and supportive writing community.
- School you in the vital requirements of your genre.
- Put you on a defined path to publishing.
With a great writing class you’ll get all the answers you require, the inspiration you want and the support you need to thrive.
On your terms. At your pace.
‘The Novelry – from the twinkling of an idea through to a publishing-ready novel.’
‘Recommended by leading literary agencies.’
‘All aboard a different kind of writing school.’
‘With The Advanced Class I learned how fun it is to be curious, and see what happens on the page and I learned the practice of ABSOLUTE CONTROL. It’s my world! I’ve slowed down. This has been huge. Sometimes I just sit quietly in the mornings. This morning, as I’m writing this, the fireplace is lit, my dog is snoring on the chair next to me and my half-drunk cup of coffee is waiting to be refilled. I sit with my story and my characters, allowing them to reveal themselves to me instead of trying to fit them into various partial copies of myself. It is these moments when I feel the most content. Thank you for creating this, and creating a place where anyone and everyone feels at home and in safe hands.’
Ashley Redwood
‘I really loved the way the course broke things down. The advice was practical and understandable in a way that I haven’t found in a lot of other writing books and courses. The Advanced Class has given me the knowledge and confidence to be able to handle the problems and crises this new novel is sure to throw at me. It has shown me how to build a strong foundation from the beginning while keeping it flexible enough to grow and change as my novel does.’
Katy Bowman
‘The Advanced Class has really helped me to flesh out my characters and organize my story. I have a better idea of story and chapter structure. I feel like I now have all the tools I need to make my story the best it can be. Before, I felt writing an entire novel sounded too overwhelming. But now I can’t wait to write it!’
Miranda Cameron
Why The Advanced Class?
Progress at your own pace
Course and community access for an entire year.
Stay a little longer
Life. It happens to the best of us.
Money back policy
Our Happy Writing guarantee.
Write with the best in the business
Award-winning authors. Publishing editors. Leading literary agents.
40+ workshops a month
In addition to your class.
Genre expertise
What’s your style?
Video masterclasses
From the likes of Kristin Hannah and Yann Martel.
A supportive writing community
Find your people.
Created by a Booker Prize-listed author
We don’t just talk the talk.
More 5-star reviews
Than any other writing courses.
A clear path to publishing
Yours if you want it. Fine if you don’t.
From awards listings and commercial sales figures to creative fulfilment. Whatever success looks like for you, The Advanced Class will give you the roadmap to get you there faster. And you’ll have fun on the ride too.
Imagine having an award-winning, bestselling author vet your storyline before you start writing.
Your class includes a coaching session with a published, bestselling and award-winning author of your choice. All our authors are experts in their genre. They will be able to advise you on how to make sure your story is the strongest it can be for today’s publishing market.
One-on-one coaching Zoom session
Schedule a time to suit you
Review your outline
Receive tangible and actionable feedback
Session recorded for you to keep
“Thanks to the expert guidance of The Novelry, my manuscript has received interest from a number of agents and was longlisted for an award this year.”
Piers Torday
Piers Torday is the award-winning and bestselling author of seven books for children dubbed ‘the new master of children’s fiction’ by The Times.
Melanie Conklin
Writing coach, Melanie Conklin, is the award-winning author of five middle-grade books for children, and winner of the International Literacy Association Teacher’s Choice Award.
David Solomons
David Solomons is the author of middle-grade children’s novels. His children’s books have won The British Book Industry Best Children’s Book and The Waterstones Children’s Book Prize.
Kate Riordan
Kate Riordan is the bestselling author of six novels, and has been a Richard and Judy Book Club choice. Her novels are published by Penguin Random House.
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Gina Sorell
Gina Sorell is the author of The Wise Women (HarperCollins), a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice, Good Morning America Buzz Book, a People Magazine Best New Book Pick, and Washington Post Summer Selection. Her debut novel Mothers and Other Strangers was a Refinery29 and Self Magazine Best Book Pick.
Mahsuda Snaith
Mahsuda Snaith’s debut novel The Things We Thought We Knew saw her named an Observer ‘New Face of Fiction’.
Emylia Hall
Emylia Hall is the award-winning author of four women’s fiction novels and a six-book cozy crime series. She is a Fellow of the Royal Literary Fund.
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Tara Conklin
Tara Conklin is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, personal essays and short stories. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, the Today Show book club, Barnes & Noble book club, Target book club, as a #1 IndieNext Pick and other accolades. Her work has been translated into 8 languages. She is based in Seattle.
Amanda Reynolds
Amanda Reynolds is the bestselling author of five novels. Her number one ebook bestseller, Close To Me, was recently adapted into a major TV series.
Andrea Stewart
Andrea Stewart is the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author of The Drowning Empire trilogy (The Bone Shard Daughter, The Bone Shard Emperor, and The Bone Shard War) and a finalist for numerous awards, including the Goodreads Choice Award and The British Fantasy Award.
Tasha Suri
Tasha Suri is the award-winning author of The Books of Ambha duology (Empire of Sand and Realm of Ash) and the epic fantasy The Jasmine Throne. Empire of Sand was rated by TIME magazine as one of the best fantasy novels of all time.
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L.R. Lam
El, or L.R. Lam, is the Sunday Times bestselling, award-winning author of nine novels, with three more under contract. Their books include the epic fantasy romance Dragonfall, the beginning of the Dragon Scales trilogy, cyberpunk near-future thrillers, space opera novels and a near-future thriller.
Katie Khan
Katie Khan is the author of two speculative fiction novels, Hold Back the Stars and The Light Between Us, published in the UK by Penguin Random House and in the US by Simon & Schuster. Her debut novel Hold Back the Stars is being adapted for film by the producers of Stranger Things. Katie’s books have been translated into more than twenty languages and nominated for awards. Katie is creative director at The Novelry.
Heather Webb
Heather Webb is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of ten novels with twenty-three years of coaching experience.
Kate Riordan
Kate Riordan is the bestselling author of six novels, and has been a Richard and Judy Book Club choice. Her novels are published by Penguin Random House.
Tara Conklin
Tara Conklin is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, personal essays and short stories. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, the Today Show book club, Barnes & Noble book club, Target book club, as a #1 IndieNext Pick and other accolades. Her work has been translated into 8 languages. She is based in Seattle.
Rachel Joyce
Rachel Joyce is the multi-million copy bestselling, award-winning, Booker Prize-listed author of six novels and short stories. Her novel The Unlikely Pilgrimage of Harold Fry is a major motion movie starring Jim Broadbent and Penelope Wilton, for which Rachel also wrote the screenplay.
Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld is the award-winning author of four novels and a memoir. She is the only novelist ever to have won both the Miles Franklin Award and The Stella Prize for fiction in Australia. She is also the recipient of The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award, the European Union Prize, the Jerwood Fiction Prize and the Encore Award.
Tara Conklin
Tara Conklin is the New York Times bestselling author of three novels, personal essays and short stories. Her books have been selected by Read with Jenna, the Today Show book club, Barnes & Noble book club, Target book club, as a #1 IndieNext Pick and other accolades. Her work has been translated into 8 languages. She is based in Seattle.
Heather Webb
Heather Webb is the USA Today bestselling, award-winning author of ten novels with twenty-three years of coaching experience.
Evie Wyld
Evie Wyld is the award-winning author of four novels and a memoir. She is the only novelist ever to have won both the Miles Franklin Award and The Stella Prize for fiction in Australia. She is also the recipient of The John Llewellyn Rhys Prize, a Betty Trask Award, the European Union Prize, the Jerwood Fiction Prize and the Encore Award.
The story doesn’t end there…
Should you want to take things further, we also offer classes and courses that give you access to our all-star editorial team. Our editors are in conversation with agencies on a weekly basis, so they’re able to tip off literary agents to exciting authors…like you!
Fast-tracked submissions to the top global literary agencies
This year alone, over 60% of our submissions were successful. And typically, we receive replies within days. But we neither ask for nor accept commission; it’s all part of our service to you.
We’re the online writing courses provider most recommended by leading literary agencies.
The Advanced Class
Master your story
Outline your novel to ensure you have a commercially-sound base for a story that readers, literary agents and publishers will love.
Welcome
The Vital Organs
The Working Plan
The Depth Chargers
Magic and Mastery
“Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.”
Ready for your most ambitious fiction adventure yet?
The Advanced Class
- Membership (1 Year)
- The Advanced Class
- A Year’s Access
The Novel Kickstarter Course
- Membership (1 Year)
- The Classic Storytelling Class
- The Ninety Day Novel Class
- 6 Coaching Sessions
The Finished Novel Course
- Welcome Call
- Membership (1 Year)
- The Classic Storytelling Class
- The Ninety Day Novel Class
- 6 Coaching Sessions
- The Big Edit Class
- 2 Editorial Sessions
- The Ultimate Manuscript Assessment
- Course Completion Certificate
From creating your story then writing a polished draft, to publishing your bestselling book. Our classes and courses support you across the whole journey.
Which courseFAQs
If you’re bursting with questions we haven’t answered here, check out our full FAQS page or feel free to get in touch.
In this self-paced class, you will enjoy 30 lessons with videos and text giving you guidance to fully create, outline and plan your next novel. You’ll be guided step-by-step within the course and be served downloads and tools at just the right time for the development of your story plan.
You’ll enjoy a special monthly workshop for those taking the Advanced Class.
You will have access to the class for a year. If you choose the course, you will enjoy six coaching sessions too!
A notebook, a pen and a computer with a decent internet connection for use of our online learning platform and coaching sessions.
Our online learning platform is easy to use, even for the less tech-savvy among us. We are supportive and responsive to our writers, available by email and at our online members’ community around the clock, worldwide, so that you can relax and enjoy your writing.
You can browse our writing coaches and find the author you would most like to work with, then book your coaching session from your Library.
You may wish to book with an author experienced in the genre you are writing.
Another great way to consider who you want to write with is to take a peek inside the first pages of their published books on Amazon and see whose writing style appeals to you most strongly.
The wonderful thing about The Novelry is that you can work with the writing coach of your choice but also book sessions with any other writing coach whenever you wish. So if things change for your story, say you swap genre, or need more help on specialist technical matters from another coach, we’ve got you covered.
Our courses are suitable for people with visual or auditory impairment, dyslexia and for those with English as a second language. We offer an app which translates the course into 99 languages and a speak-aloud option too.
“I’m diving into my next novel feeling more prepared than ever before”
“The Advanced Class not only gave me the crucial accountability I needed to get going, it also helped me to tackle structure, plot and theme, and realise what kind of writer I am. All of these things gave me a huge boost of renewed confidence, allowing me to dive into my next novel feeling more prepared than I ever have done before. I’m feeling hopeful that maybe, just maybe, I could be on to a winner.”
Journalist and author of Five Steps to Happy.