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Write fantasy and science fiction to get published. 

 

Our science fiction and fantasy writing course program

Write an outstanding science fiction or fantasy book with our specialist SFF team for adult, middle-grade, and young adult speculative fiction and well help you find a literary agent too.

How do you bring a sense of true wonder to your story? How does your fantasy novel become a bestseller loved by writers of all ages? Where do you start if you want to write an epic fantasy or a fantasy series? How much should remain familiar and how much should be magical or speculative for a transporting but ‘feels real’ reading experience?

If you’re beginning to write in the fantasy, science fiction or speculative genres (SFF) or you have novel in progress, our expert SFF department will help you structure and write your story in manageable chunks to spare you from feeling overwhelmed. 

As Stephen King put it, books are portable magic. Starting with The Classic Course, the first phase of our 3-step program, well show you how to master world-building in fiction. Discover the secrets of world-building used by classic and bestselling authors J.K. Rowling, J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis and Philip Pullman, as well as the contemporary fantasy and science fiction novels shaking the industry.

Your year with us begins with our famous Classic Course to give you a foundation in world-building to develop your plot. Youll write your story with coaching from our team of expert enthusiasts who will be delighted to work with you on all things speculative – whether that’s horror or cyberpunk, magical realism or gothic, classic dystopia or epic fantasy; we love it all. Well bring magic to your science and science to your magic.

Learn with the winner of The World Fantasy Awards 2023 

 

The SFF department

Get coaching and feedback from global bestselling and award-winning SFF authors and the SFF editorial team.

The Classic

Your course begins with the ultimate world-building learning experience.

Worldwide community

A dedicated online SFF writing community with weekly classes and special SFF workshops.

Flexible plans

Self-paced courses and 1-2-1 coaching with instalment payment plans.

One-on-one coaching with bestselling fantasy and science fiction writers

 

Your course program will begin with a deep dive into the fantasy novels that have become some of the most enduring works of fiction ever published and youll learn how to use tropes to engage your reader while avoiding clichés, how to pace your writing, and how to move the story along with conflict as the prime mover of plot.

Enjoy over 40 live writing classes and workshops a month and find your writing tribe with a community of serious SFF writers worldwide.

These are the fantasy and science fiction writing courses with accountability built in. 

 

Enjoy one-to-one mentoring from world-class award-winning writers by Zoom. Choose your writing coach from our authors who have been published to great acclaim in fantasy fiction, science fiction, writing for adults and children.

Well ensure youre writing a pitch-perfect, trope-clever, story from the start and  sign off your storyline before you begin writing. 

When you join us for The Finished Novel program, you’ll write your novel with expert coaching and revise and edit it to publishing standards with our SFF editorial team to qualify for our bespoke literary agency submissions process to make personal introductions and recommendations to our SFF literary agency partners on your behalf when you’re ready. 

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‘I have been writing with The Novelry for the last year, and the difference in my craft is astounding! I’ve loved all I’ve learned as well as the fantastic community. I cannot recommend them highly enough – plus they have an absolute DREAM TEAM of SFF coaches.’ 

 

Dr Mona Tewari, now represented by Jennifer Azantian Literary Agency

 

Our Fantasy and Science Fiction Team

 

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Tasha Suri

Fantasy
Epics
Series, Sagas
Young Adult

 

Tasha Suri is the winner of The World Fantasy Awards 2023 best fantasy novel. She 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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Andrea Stewart

Fantasy
Epics
Series
Speculative Fiction

 

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.

 

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L.R. Lam

Science Fiction
Fantasy

 

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. 

 

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Piers Torday

Middle Grade Fantasy Fiction

 

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.

 

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Katie Khan

Speculative Fiction
Young Adult Fiction

 

Katie Khan is the author of two novels. Her first novel, Hold Back the Stars, was published in the U.K. by Penguin Random House and in the U.S. by Simon & Schuster, and has been translated into twenty-one languages around the world.

 

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Krystle Appiah

Formerly Pan Macmillan

 

Editor. Before joining The Novelry, Krystle Appiah was an Editor at Pan Macmillan, home to authors including Marcus Rashford, Frank Cottrell-Boyce, Tomi Adeyemi and Julia Donaldson.

 

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Craig Leyenaar

Formerly Titan Books, Orion Publishing

 

Senior Editor and Head of SFF Department.

Before joining The Novelry, Craig Leyenaar was a Commissioning Editor at the famous Titan Books, a publisher specialising in science fiction, fantasy, horror, crime and thrillers, and home to authors including Stephen King, V.E. Schwab, James Lovegrove and Mikey Spillane.

 

The Finished Novel Course

 

Sign up for the most comprehensive Fantasy and Science Fiction writing course in the world.

The Finished Novel

$ 3499

  • Membership (1 year)
  • The Classic
  • The Ninety Day Novel
  • Writer Coaching (6 sessions)
  • The Big Edit
  • The Ultimate Manuscript Assessment
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Sign up

The Finished Novel

£ 2750

  • Membership (1 year)
  • The Classic
  • The Ninety Day Novel
  • Writer Coaching (6 sessions)
  • The Big Edit
  • The Ultimate Manuscript Assessment
  •  

Sign up

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

‘Knowledgeable, honest and kind feedback that left me feeling fired up and certain of my next steps.’

 

‘I took The Novelry’s course as a way of breaking out of my comfort zone and elevating my craft. I was keen to explore other genres but lacked the confidence to do so without some external guidance. The Novelry offers an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent approach to writing, and I still have some of the course’s advice stuck to the wall above my desk as a constant reminder! I received feedback from writing coaches Katie Khan and Tasha Suri as I worked through two novels, one of which was Six Wild Crowns. They offered the kind of knowledgeable, honest and kind feedback that left me feeling fired up and certain of my next steps. I’ll be forever grateful to them and to The Novelry.’ —Holly Race, published author of Six Wild Crowns.

‘Knowledgeable, honest and kind feedback that left me feeling fired up and certain of my next steps.’

 

‘I took The Novelry’s course as a way of breaking out of my comfort zone and elevating my craft. I was keen to explore other genres but lacked the confidence to do so without some external guidance. The Novelry offers an incredibly thoughtful and intelligent approach to writing, and I still have some of the course’s advice stuck to the wall above my desk as a constant reminder! I received feedback from writing coaches Katie Khan and Tasha Suri as I worked through two novels, one of which was Six Wild Crowns. They offered the kind of knowledgeable, honest and kind feedback that left me feeling fired up and certain of my next steps. I’ll be forever grateful to them and to The Novelry.’ —Holly Race, published author of Six Wild Crowns.

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