Writer coaching at The Novelry

Our book writing coaches are published authors who positively enjoy working with aspiring authors. They have hit the bestseller lists and been nominated for and won famous awards: they have been hand-picked for The Novelry as gifted writing coaches.

Our writing coaches are an in-house team. Between them, they have experience across the full range of all genres of fiction. They are based in the USA, Canada and the UK and coach online worldwide to a structured program designed to help writers become published authors.

Our coaches have been trained in our positive coaching method, and our one-on-one writer mentoring program is a big part of the reason we’re the world’s best-loved creative writing school.

Your coaching services fit into your course plan as part of our unique interactive process for story development.

Our behind-the-scenes systems allow every book coach to see where a writer student is at any given time and how they are doing at a glance.

A major perk of The Novelry is you have access to the entire team of writing coaches. Feel free to switch and swap to get the right advice for your own work as your story develops. You can choose the writing coach you would like to work with, and you’re not tied to one writing coach for your entire course program.

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. 

As a team, overseen by our course director, we’ll be keeping an eye on your progress to ensure your best chance of success.

Choosing your writing coach

Our book coaches are chosen for their warmth and collaborative coaching style. As an experienced writer, each and every one of them has chosen to work with aspiring writers because they enjoy the coaching process and want to encourage writers to find their story and their unique writing style to find their place in the literary world.

Our book coaching team are on-staff and dedicated to their work at The Novelry outside of their own writing. They find working with writers is a great way to achieve their writing goals and sharpen their own writing skills. Our team dig deep into each writer’s story and give them the emotional support many writers need for the writing journey. They meet with the other writing coaches every week to share notes to ensure they are giving the best practical advice to their writers.

You are free to choose to work with any writing coach you wish at any time, and we will be sure to give you our advice on the right coach for you too.

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.

Your first session begins with one question – what do you want to achieve?

At your first session, your coach will review your idea or ideas and share feedback from the team at The Novelry. If you are aiming to be published, a strong story is the way to go. Different genres and reader audiences have different requirements and working with literary agents in New York and London we know what will fly! The coaching program is carefully structured to develop your storyline through the six sessions to become a stand-out story, and you are welcome to bring your own questions too. You can book any extra sessions as and when you need them.