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Know where you’re going. Start writing.
Follow a clear, proven path from first idea to a finished, publishing-ready novel.
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A clear path to publishing
Serious guidance for serious writers
Just getting started?
You don't need the perfect idea before you begin, or to wait for inspiration to strike. Ideas grow. Stories emerge from the writing process itself. Writing a novel is about routine and craft. And craft can be learned.
You need method, structure and the right guidance.
At The Novelry, bestselling authors and former Big Five editors teach you how to find your story, develop your characters, and build a foundation for a novel that works for readers.
You know you're a writer. What matters is making a good beginning.
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Want to take your writing to the next level?
Imagine holding your finished novel. Not a draft. Not a half-started idea. A completed manuscript, polished and revised for a page-turning story readers will love.
Novels happen in leaps of bravado — when writers make decisions in favor of the reader's enjoyment. At The Novelry, we can save you a few drafts by bringing the expertise of our team to your storytelling choices. With bestselling authors. With former Big Five editors. If you already have an idea in play or a first draft, we can take you all the way to "The End" and beyond — to major publishing deals.
But don’t shortchange yourself. Do the work. With the right team. And you’ll make it.
Serious writers get serious guidance.
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Keen to get your book in front of agents?
You have a few drafts down, and you might have tried submission to agents, only to face some polite but impenetrable rejections. You’re probably wondering what on earth is wrong with it, or whether publishing is a closed shop. You might have considered self-publishing.
Take a moment. Get some wise advice. If agents are rejecting your work without asking to see it, the diagnosis is quite simply that the story isn't strong enough — so you may need to focus your efforts there and rebuild from the ground up. Or, if they request to see the work, then reject it, you may have some issues in the prose or treatment.
At The Novelry, we regularly and reliably diagnose writers' most common ailments and get their story on track for our recommendation to our literary agency partners. Don't be afraid to build it better. You're becoming a professional.
Welcome to The Novelry. Where writers become authors.
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The Big Idea
Are you writing fiction for the first time? Maybe you're moving from writing short stories, screenplays, or poetry to the longer form of the novel and would like some structure and support. Maybe you've always wanted to write but have not been sure your idea was strong enough. We'll make sure you're packing a great story.
Whether you want to improve your storytelling skills or begin the journey toward becoming a published author, The Big Idea is the writing course that can take you all the way from instinct to idea and onwards to an outline.
The Big Idea walks you, step by step, through the power moves behind the best-loved novels. You’ll see exactly how famous authors found their ideas and built them into stories that moved readers everywhere. By the end, you’ll have a polished outline with a powerful plot. You’ll find your voice. And you’ll leave with the book you were meant to write—a story readers will love.
The Big Write
Started writing but got stuck? More than once or twice?Maybe you’ve got a few thousand words in and stalled. Or, you might havewritten a first draft, but you’re worried your storyline is letting you down.
Take a bold new approach to completing your novel with abestselling author at your side. This time, you will get your story signed off before you make a fresh start on your work-in-progress. Work one-to-one withyour chosen coach in regular sessions to stay on track and finish your book.You're not tied to just one author coach — you can switch and swap to get theright expert advice as your story develops.
If you are ready to radically overhaul your structure andpack some new craft skills to reach publishing standards, The Big Write is the course that will take you all the way to the last draft. Quick smart.
The Big Edit
Have you completed one or maybe more drafts of your novel? Taken The Big Write? Congratulations. Now, it’s time to edit. You will be shownthe insider track to meet the requirements for your chosen fiction genre, torevise, and refine to take your manuscript to the highest publishing standards.
If writing is the heart, editing is the head. With The Big Edit, you’ll betaught all aspects of the process from interrogating the structure and shape ofyour story to developing your technical writing skills on asentence-by-sentence level and learning how to create a pitch-perfect submission package.
You’ll work one-to-one with an expert publishing editor withexperience at one of the Big Five publishers — Penguin Random House, Hachette, HarperCollins, Simon & Schuster, and Macmillan.
The Finished Novel Course
The Finished Novel Course is our comprehensive program tocreate, write, and finish a fiction novel to publishing standards. The programculminates in an in-depth assessment of your manuscript from our editorial team, all of whom have experience at Big Five publishing houses, to help youenter the publishing process.
From coming up with a strong and viable idea, through each important stage of the writing journey to a finished draft, you will work atyour pace to a structured pathway with dedicated personal coaching from ourteam of authors and editors, live classes, and workshops to stay on track anddeliver a publishing-ready novel. Invest in your writing and take the full writing journey at The Novelry. Save over 25% on the cost of the courses and services included. Available in a monthly instalment plan.
What’s included in every course
60+ workshops a month
In addition to your course.
Video masterclasses
From the likes of Kristin Hannah and Yann Martel.
A supportive writing community
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“It’s amazing to see the book on the shelf.”
The Novelry submitted Nazima’s book to our literary agency partner Madeleine Milburn Literary Agency, and Nazima was offered representation. She went on to secure a two-book publishing contract with Simon & Schuster.
“The Novelry was a game changer on how to approach a novel, and turn it into a well-structured, polished piece of work. I learnt so much about the craft of writing. I am so grateful to you all. I feel a mixture of great excitement and a hint of trepidation walking into bookshops. It’s amazing to see the book on the shelf—the joy of that never goes away.”