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A year of complete guidance and support to write your novel and fulfil your ambition to become an author. We will lead you through the creation of a sound and appealing story idea onto writing a novel, then revising and editing your first draft. You will complete and hold in your hands a manuscript to publishing standard ready to pitch to literary agents with our dedicated support every step of the way to a publishing deal.
Don't leave your success to chance. Write a great story.
With an award-winning author tutor to guide you and keep you on track. You're in safe hands. Start today!
The Best Year of Your Writing Life.
Achievement, achievement, achievement with our 3-step mentored program.
1. Plan your story with the Classic Course.
Month 1 - 2. Start here to create your novel. An adventure into your unique experience and imagination. 45 inspiring creative writing lessons at your own pace. Learn the secrets to the bestseller classics of all time including JK Rowling, and JRR Tolkien. Plan to write a great story. (£259 or $330 if purchased separately.)
2. Write your book with the Ninety Day Novel Course ®
Months 3 - 7. Be guided step by step with daily lessons from the opening sentence through to ‘The End’. Write at a steady pace and be reassured and directed by the live sessions with your tutor every couple of weeks to keep you on track. Includes six live working sessions. (£897 or £1170 if purchased separately.)
3. Revise your novel with The Big Edit to prepare for pitch.
Months 8 - 12. Be confident that you know how to evaluate your manuscript so that every element fulfils the proper role in your story. Includes 2 live sessions with your tutor with feedback on your work and preparation for pitch to our agents. Become a professional author. (£399 or $499 if purchased separately.)
Make This Your Year.
Our comprehensive book writing package is a fully supported program and upon completion you'll receive a personal course certificate which can be added to your professional profile.
The courses are delivered online and available as an app on a beautiful platform with 'speak aloud' translated text in more than 40 languages. Lessons are given by video and text and your personal tutor sessions are given via Zoom live video and available to you as recordings.
All the way from no idea through to the literary agent's desk. The no-fear novel. For writers of any ability, writing in any genre. Start today!
Discover Happy Writing.
We are the home of happy writing. Discover why so many writers call their experience with The Novelry 'life-changing'.
Dip into the community as little or as much as you want. It's here to support you.
Our worldwide community of working novelists is online from Alaska to Adelaide 24/7. We offer a social group, online classes every other Sunday and a writers' workshop.
You'll build confidence and enjoy the support of new writing friends. Happy writing!
Story.
We go hard, heavy and early on story at The Novelry because we know it’s vital to your success. Readers don't buy fiction to be educated, they want stories that move them, excite them and make them feel; to escape reality for a while. So unlike any other course or courses, we bring STORY up the front of our thinking at The Novelry and tackle it once, twice, three times (a lady!)
First, in the Classic course. We start work on the STORY (and plot) showing you The Five F's ® of big stories in the second lesson. Before the course ends, we bring all you have learnt together to show you your plot. (Hello STORY! Well, look at you now!)
Story.
Then, in the Ninety Day Novel course, we begin by hunkering down on the STORY for the first seven days of the course, eyeballing it from every angle. You won’t start writing until you’ve had your first working session with your chosen tutor when we throw the story about and look for exciting opportunities. We tighten it so you're clear what it is that makes this story a cracking read. We get it down to a one-liner for you to pop up on your writing wall (and admire over the coming weeks to keep you on track). This can save a few bad drafts and wasted years wondering! Because we work with literary agents and chat to them most weeks about our writers' stories, we have a keen idea of what’s commercially viable and likely to be a hit.
Story.
But finally, we will always support YOU to write the book you want to write. Think of your tutor as co-pilot and writing buddy. We'll keep you accountable and give you care and support, along with our wonderful writing community who will keep you smiling and reassure you that what you're feeling and doing is - well - more or less normal.
We pull STORY back into sight in the Big Edit course where we streamline it to be a thing of beauty on wheels, that moves fast and will have impact on arrival - when we pitch your work to agents. Enjoy every phase of this magical time and relax, we don’t leave the success of your STORY to chance!
The Book in a Year UK
£1250
Save 20% vs individual course prices
- 9 live sessions with your tutor (one is a new customer welcome call)
- The Classic course
- The Complete Novel course
- The Big Edit
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
The Book in a Year USA
$1650
Save 20% vs individual course prices
- 9 live sessions with your tutor (one is a new customer welcome call)
- The Classic course
- The Complete Novel course
- The Big Edit
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
The Book in a Year Australia
$2375 AUS
Save 20% vs individual course prices
- 9 live sessions with your tutor (one is a new customer welcome call)
- The Classic course
- The Complete Novel course
- The Big Edit
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
Our Creative Writing Scholarship Worth Over £16,500.
'A Year of One's Own.'
The Novelry is offering a scholarship to allow an aspiring author to immerse themselves fully in the writing of a novel through to completion. Our scholar will have the time and space to develop their novel and achieve an MA in Creative Writing with the UEA Faculty of Creative Writing in Norwich, Norfolk. The scholar will have the full support of The Novelry including mentoring throughout the year from the tutor of their choice at The Novelry plus post-MA support to finish the novel to publishing standard and secure literary agent representation. Study at UEA and at home.
DEADLINE NOON (BST) 1st JUNE 2020
The application process will be handled by UEA. The scholar will be chosen by UEA and The Novelry.Open to all UK residents. More details here.
Choose Your Author Tutor.
Work with the experienced, author tutor you choose.
If you're not sure, The Novelry's founder Louise Dean will recommend the best tutor for your book at your welcome session. You will have the very best tutor for your book.
(Feel free to swap tutors for your one-to-one coaching sessions and benefit from their combined professional expertise while you write your book in any genre.)
Got a Novel in Progress?
Or an idea ready to roll? And you'd like to get serious about being published?
Save money and work to a managed timeline with our Novel Development Combi.
Novel Development Combi UK
£995
Save 15% vs individual course prices
- 8 live working sessions with a tutor
- The Intensive Novel course (6 sessions)
- The Big Edit (2 sessions)
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
- Our submission to agents when ready
The Novel Development Combi USA
$1345
Save 15% vs individual course prices
- 8 live working sessions with a tutor
- The Intensive Novel course (6 sessions)
- The Big Edit (2 sessions)
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
- Our submission to agents when ready
Novel Development Combi Australia
$1995 AUS
Save 15% vs individual course prices
- 8 live working sessions with a tutor
- The Intensive Novel course (6 sessions)
- The Big Edit (2 sessions)
- 12 months access and Membership of the worldwide online community of The Novelry
- Our submission to agents when ready
Our Literary Agency Friends.
The Novelry pitches on your behalf to leading global literary agencies looking for novel writing talent. In recognition of the high standard of work coming out of The Novelry they guarantee to respond within 2 weeks of our submission.
We have a stunning success rate. Join us and achieve your ambition to become a published author with a publishing contract.
As Featured In:
“The ultimate productivity hack.” Forbes Magazine.
“One of the top ten creative writing holidays in the world.” The Telegraph.
“A place for writers to develop their work quickly.” The Bookseller.
“The best course to write your novel.” The Bookfox.
Rated 'Excellent' on Trustpilot.
Give the Gift of Writing a Book.
( It's the very best gift you can give them.)
Send the course to someone special. Simply purchase the course, then email us at [email protected] with your friend's email address and we will send a personalised gift card from you to your lucky friend with a password for access to the course.
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