Why do you need a writing coach?

If you’re aiming to get published, you need a good writing mentor to develop your story faster and with more depth. Almost all professionals benefit from a mentoring relationship to develop their skills and in every other walk of life an apprenticeship is considered a wise idea.

Even writers with extensive experience and strong writing skills can benefit from new ideas from a writing coach and ongoing support.

In the literary world and publishing industry, most well-known published authors have studied with other writers and continue their writing journey with feedback from a trusted mentor over the course of their career.

Imagine if you had access to not only one great coach but the benefits of a coaching team. Imagine being able to hop on a Zoom with a successful author with particular experience of your kind of story or technical skills you need to borrow at any stage of your writing? Now, you can. At The Novelry we work with you one on one and also collaboratively as a team to ensure we are giving you our combined advice.

What makes a good mentor?

An aspiring writer will want to consider a potential writing mentor carefully to choose an experienced writer who has navigated the publishing industry successfully, with a proven track record, who has standing and recognition in the literary world and the publishing industry.

A good mentor is someone who loves learning and who understands that they too, as a writer, are always learning; that way the one-on-one mentoring relationship becomes a mutually fulfilling and exciting experience, open to new ideas and feedback that flows naturally both ways. 

To choose your potential coach, consider the writing coach’s work.  Have they been published recently? Do they write in your genre? Do they understand the book publishing process? Have they got teaching experience? Do they belong to professional organisations? That they belong to a writing community and are willing and able to work generously with other writers is an important test.

The writing coach relationship 

Your writing coach at The Novelry will be cheering you on every step of the way, delighted as you tick off your writing goals, develop your skills, complete a first draft, submit your manuscript to literary agents and achieve your ambition to get a book deal. You’ll not only have a mentor you can return to again and again as you enter the book publishing process, you’ll have a friend and cheerleader in the writing community.

 You’ll find your sessions with your writing coach are fun, lively and inspiring. We help you grow as a writer and build your confidence. We’ll shine a light on what’s working and help you solve problems. We get far better results this way. We know writers because we are writers! Each and every one of us.

At the heart of The Novelry is a warm-hearted writing community. We offer a collaborative environment, not a competitive environment.

At The Novelry, you can enjoy access to the experience of all of our writing coaching team on your terms in coaching sessions of 45 minutes recorded and sent to you to keep for your reference.

You can schedule your personal online coaching sessions at times convenient to you and we operate in all time zones with our writers coming from the USA, Canada, the UK, the Middle East, Australia and New Zealand. Publishing is global and so are we.

You can choose the writing coach you would like to work with, and you’re not tied to one coach for your entire course program. Feel free to switch and swap to get the right advice for you as your story develops.

As a team, overseen by your course director, we’ll be keeping an eye on your progress.

Our state-of-the-art systems allow for a smooth handover. Our writing coaching team work hand in glove with our editorial team and get the latest publishing industry advice from experienced professionals connected to the world’s leading literary agencies, and go to former Big Five publishing editors for their thoughts on your story’s success.