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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 professional standard ready to pitch to literary agents. 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. Start today.
The Best Year of Your Writing Life.
The Book in a Year Plan ®
Achievement, achievement, achievement with our 3-step mentored program.
Choose the courses voted 'best' in the world by The Bookfox.
Make This Your Year.
Our comprehensive book writing package is a fully mentored program and on completion you'll receive a course certificate for your professional profile.
The courses are delivered online and available 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 via live video and available to you as recordings.
For writers of any ability, writing in any genre. Beginners warmly welcomed.
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. (£747 or $957 if purchased separately.)
3. Revise your novel to publishing standard with The Big Edit.
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.)
“You don't put your life into your books, you find it there.”
Alan Bennett
A Fully Supported Year of Writing.
The Book in a Year ® Plan.
Immediate access to all the lessons for all 3 courses to take at your own speed!
Enjoy 6 coaching calls while writing your novel, and 2 calls with feedback during the Big Edit. You have a year with us to enjoy the lessons and mentoring. Relax!
“I write to be happy.”
Orhan Pamuk, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, 2006.
Choose Your Author Mentor.
Work with the experienced, author tutor you choose.
(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?
The Novel Development Plan.
Or an idea ready to roll? And you'd like to get serious about being published?
Enjoy a 15% discount on the two novel development courses when purchased together as a bundle here.
Enjoy 6 coaching calls while writing your novel, and 2 calls with feedback on to complete your work with the Big Edit.
Want to Create a Story and Write a Novel?
The Novel Kickstarter.
You're a writer in search of a big idea and you want to get it written!
A 15% discount on our foundation course for story development The Classic course and our Ninety Day Novel course.
Enjoy 6 coaching calls while writing the first draft of your novel.
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. We pitch only when we've done a lot of hard work with you on your novel to meet publishing standards and we're confident of your success and we're often right.
Join us and achieve your ambition to become a published author with a publishing contract.
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“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.)
Send a course to someone special.
We will send a personalised gift card from you to your lucky friend and you can choose when they receive it, either instantly or name your date. Find out more at our gift shop here.
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