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The Big Edit

Edit your book to publishing standards.

 

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Editing your manuscript 

You’ve been working relentlessly on your first draft, enjoying the writing process, watching your word count slowly rise and seeing those magic words – THE END – coming into view. Have you completed the first draft of your story? If so, it’s time to congratulate yourself and take a breath. And then? It’s time to start the self-editing process.

When you learn how to edit your own work, you take the all-important big step from being a writer to becoming a published author. The skills you’ll learn with our self-editing course will make you a better writer for life. 

 

The Big Edit is the course with a structured process for writers to revise and polish their manuscripts to the highest standards. What’s more, when your book is edited and ready, we will be delighted to make a plan for submission to our trusted literary agencies.

You’ll work with a professional book editor, formerly an acquiring editor for a major global publishing company. Our editorial team will oversee your progress from a first planning session to management of the literary agency submission process on your behalf. Our success rate at submission is very high but we won’t submit until your book is ready, and the Big Edit course contains all the lessons you need to take the last step to a final draft. Youre in safe hands. Sign up to take your next step towards becoming published.

Edit your last draft

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Step-by-step guidance

50 lessons structured to edit a novel.

Professional editors

2 sessions to prepare and polish.

Constructive feedback

Live classes with publishing professionals and an online beta-reader workshop.

World-class literary agencies

Get a literary agent with our bespoke submissions service.

Course overview         

50 self-paced lessons

2 editorial sessions

Videos, tools and downloads

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Course Overview

50 self-paced lessons

2 editorial sessions

Videos, tools and downloads

 

With professional editor sessions

Your editorial team were formerly publishing editors from the Big Five publishers with experience editing bestsellers. Our team will guide your revision process and oversee your submissions package for literary agency representation. 

  • 2 in-depth live editorial sessions of 45 minutes
  • A feedback report on your submissions package
  • A bespoke submissions process when your manuscript is ready
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With professional editor sessions

Whats included in membership?         

40+ writing classes a month

100+ recorded masterclasses 

24/7 online community for novelists

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What’s included in membership?

40+ writing classes a month

100+ recorded masterclasses 

24/7 online community for novelists

Sign up
 

Edit your novel with professionals 

Sign up to take the next step to last draft.

You have our 7-day money-back Happy Writing guarantee should you change your mind.

The Big Edit

$ 999

  • Membership (1 year)
  • The Big Edit (50 lessons)
  • Editorial Sessions (2 sessions)
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$ 999

The Big Edit

£ 799

  • Membership (1 year)
  • The Big Edit (50 lessons)
  • Editorial Sessions (2 sessions)
  •  

£ 799
‘Highly recommended’ 

The writing course with rave reviews

editing a novel

Absolutely recommended. My editor was incredibly thorough and gave constructive criticism in a kind manner. Having the constructive feedback of a professional editor was tremendously helpful. A pitch is so challenging that an editor’s take on it has been instrumental.

—Jennifer Stein

how to edit a book

The Big Edit is chock-full of smart, actionable advice, but my editor took my submission package to the next level. She gave me the perfect premise line, went over my first three chapters with her brilliant editorial eye, and gave masterful advice on how to reorganize my book’s timeline to jack up suspense. She then handpicked the perfect agents and gave me the benefit of her industry wisdom throughout the entire submission process. I couldn’t recommend The Novelry more highly.’

—Helena Echlin

editing your novel

Joining The Novelry is the best thing I have ever done for my writing. The courses are quality, the support both warm and effective. My novel is now in editing before submission to agents and I have learned so much. Highly recommended.’

—Verity McLellan

For your success story

 

The best decision for my book. The course materials offered the tools to excavate the layers and plumb the depths of the story. It made me interrogate why I was writing the story, what drove me and my characters, and what I wanted to convey to the reader. As I worked through the lessons, I learnt more about the tensions driving me as an author, things I cared about deeply and how I saw the world. These steps helped create an aliveness to the story. The Novelry’s vibrant writerly community was another lifeline in what we all know to be a solitary enterprise. Whenever I was stuck, the fabulous team at The Novelry – tutors, writers and editors – were brilliant at cutting through to the heart of the problem, and their suggestions on the text helped me understand the nitty-gritty of creating on the page.’ —Shylashri Shankar, now represented by Watson Little after submission by The Novelry.

Achieve your ambition for your novel with The Big Edit.

For your success story

 

The best decision for my book. The course materials offered the tools to excavate the layers and plumb the depths of the story. The Novelry’s vibrant writerly community was another lifeline in what we all know to be a solitary enterprise. Whenever I was stuck, the fabulous team at The Novelry – tutors, writers and editors – were brilliant at cutting through to the heart of the problem, and their suggestions on the text helped me understand the nitty-gritty of creating on the page.’ —Shylashri Shankar, now represented by Watson Little after submission by The Novelry.

Achieve your ambition for your novel with The Big Edit.

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