An hour a day. You can take the courses at your own pace and spend as much time as you like writing after the lesson of course. Writers LOVE the lessons and binge them, but we suggest one lesson a day, which will take as long as you want to give it. Each lesson is packed with ideas, prompts and exercises to help you develop your story. As a minimum, each lesson would take from 10–20 minutes. The lesson is given by video and text with downloads online and it’s timed to coincide with where you’re at in your writing process. You’ll need to set aside an hour a day for your writing when you begin to put pen to paper. It’s one hour just for you and you’ll come to love this special time. One hour? You deserve it.

The moment you sign up you will enter the wonderful world of The Novelry and you can take your time to explore it and get a warm welcome in our online community too.

You will have time to settle built into your course. Simply head to your course library and tuck into the first cozy lessons.

We would prefer you not to prepare for the course! We like a blank slate so come prepared only to be surprised! You will need a device like a computer or a tablet to access the course online and write. That’s it!

Unlike other courses, we don’t test you or ask you to apply for our courses. We know we can teach! Plus, we do love complete beginners. (No bad habits!)

You’ll work with a writing coach writing in your genre.

You’ll meet when you begin The Ninety Day Novel Course. We’ll guide you on how to create an outline for a novel, and your coach or mentor will look at your planned storyline before you put pen to paper to ensure it’s as strong as it can be before you start writing, so that you can write with confidence.

If you’re unsure who to choose, we’ll advise who would be the best writing coach for you once we see your first plan (it’s all guided inside the course, don’t worry!) You’ll be able to book your coaching sessions at times to suit you. The sessions are 30–45 minutes by Zoom, and you’ll have time to get help with story development and troubleshoot any problems in your story to stay on track. All sessions are recorded for you to keep and we keep abreast of your story progress with our interactive process.

Our coaching begins by ensuring you are writing a great story so that you can write with confidence towards achieving your ambition. Your writing mentor will give you ideas and suggestions for development from your very first session. During your writing, your coaching will ensure the story gets stronger. We keep track of your progress and help troubleshoot any pitfalls and fill plot holes in the coaching sessions.

You can choose how much feedback on your work you want with our ‘build your book your way’ scheme to buy extra feedback on your work as you write. Once you join us for a course, you can simply purchase Paid Feedback Sessions for £299 or $359 for a 5000-word submission to our editorial team as and when you need it. The Paid Feedback sessions allow you to book in with one of our editors for a review and report on 5000 words at a time. You’ll enjoy a 45-minute video debrief where you can ask any questions. We recommend you reserve these sessions for the second half of the year, when you’re more certain of the story and can apply the feedback to written work you know you’re keeping. Use them during the third phase of the year – The Big Edit – to really sharpen and hone your chapters.

The courses are self-paced so you can take the lessons in your own time, your way. You can schedule your coaching sessions to suit you too.

You can pause and resume when you like. You have access for a year but can easily and cheaply extend membership, course access and even your coaching calls from as little as $29.99 or £19.99 a month. Most of our members do because they love writing with The Novelry.

Don’t worry if you need to stop writing for a while during your year. It happens. We have a safety plan for this. You’ll have a writing plan all signed off by our team which acts as a map for you to find your way home to your novel. You’ll have your writing coach ready to get you back on track with a working session to re-boot you and get you back on track too.

We’re here to support you. We’ve got you covered!

No!

Our team are permanent staff, chosen for their known standing in their field, their expertise and experience. They are 100% committed to you and your story. 

The Novelry takes your success seriously, it’s at the heart of what we do, so unlike almost all other writing courses or editorial services, we would never outsource any of our work. Indeed, the focus on you and your story at every step of your path, as overseen by our Founder and Course Director, means nothing goes missing, no opportunity is overlooked.

Almost all other creative writing programs pay their editors or writing coaches on a freelance basis, which means a common understanding of standards can vary and low rates of pay create instability. Don’t trust your precious work to one person’s singular point of view on a part-time basis. Enjoy the benefits of a team proud to be working together to help you achieve your ambition.

We make a personal plan with each and every individual writer when their manuscript is judged ready for submission. We want you to be one of our success stories so we will do all we can to get you there!

We can’t promise to get you published, but what we do is give you all the tools you need to write and edit your novel or memoir to the best possible standard, with help, support and feedback from industry professionals and successfully published authors to aid you in writing a brilliant book. 

Our close relationships with leading literary agencies mean agents read our submissions quickly and with great interest. They know we’ll send them good work. We will only submit your work when it’s ready, but we’ll show you how to reach the required standard every step of the way. You are eligible for our submission service at any time during your membership with us after you have completed The Big Edit phase of your program.

We have a strong track record of getting our members literary agency representation. Read our reviews here. The Novelry has an ‘Excellent’ rating on the independent review site, Trustpilot, and we’re highly regarded and recommended by publishing professionals.

No. We neither ask nor receive any commission from the literary agencies to whom we submit your work with your full prior agreement. Our relationship with our literary agency partners is based on excellent, reputation and trust. Other companies may ask for a commission (check the small print.) We wouldn’t dream of it!

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