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If you are serious about writing a novel, this is the school to help make it a reality. At age 65, I decided to try and write a book. I had always wanted to, but I never thought I could do it. A year later, I have it written and am on the Big Edit course. I never would have been able to accomplish this with any other program. I didn't know how to write a chapter, much less forty-four of them! If you are willing to do the work, the Novelry will help you accomplish your dreams.

I just completed the Classics course, and couldn't have loved the experience more. Yes, I learned all the fundamentals about storytelling, but the course is about so much more than that. For me, it was part instruction, part therapy and part inspiration. Not only do I have the nuts and bolts of my story prepped and ready to go, I feel emotionally ready to confront the blank page! Very grateful to Louise and the team at the Novelry, for understanding what writers really need to start writing. Thanks for a joyful ride!

The editors at The Novelry are fantastic! I worked with the amazing Tash Barsby, whose expertise and encouragement are unparalleled. I’ve been writing for many years, but I learned important things from this consummate professional. Incorporating Tash’s insights helped me nudge my manuscript forward—and into a publishing contract! I am so grateful! From this moment on, I will share every single manuscript with Tash before submitting to my publisher. Thank you, thank you to the pros at The Novelry! You helped me make my dreams reality!

The support from tutors, who are themselves bestselling authors (and also incredibly kind), is for me, what makes the Novelry so special. Most of the Novelry's courses include tutor chats, and being able to chat with someone in the industry, who is themselves published, makes so much difference. Any time I felt stuck, felt my confidence waining, or if I wanted to run plot/character ideas past someone who 'got' my story, I'd book a tutor chat. The support from tutors (and Louise herself), always made me feel they truly believed in my novel, and me as a writer, and genuinely want me to succeed. The Novelry has become my writing home - a place I feel safe and supported. As well as tutor chats, the Novelry offers the opportunity to have your manuscript read by an editor who has worked in the publishing industry acquiring novels - these editors have worked with HUGE bestselling authors, and through the Novelry, little old me had the ability to chat with them about my novel! This is game changing. The feedback I've been given from a former Penguin editor is insightful and encouraging, and should, I hope, allow me to take my novel to the next level, something I may not have been able to do alone. No matter how much or how little you know about the craft of writing, the Novelry has a course for you, and a community that you will likely cherish being a part of, I know I do. Joining the Novelry was the best decision I've made in my writing journey. If I could give them 100 stars I would :)

The Novelry writing courses cut out a lot of the overwhelm and isolation of being a novice writer. Their tools-not-rules approach is incredibly helpful to finding your own journey with expert guidance. The one-on-one coaching, story clinics, sessions with published authors and agents, and vibrant community all helped me level-up my writing and create something I'm incredibly proud of.

The Novelry is outrageously brilliant. The first thing they do is convince you, most convincingly, that you are already a storyteller who can be taught to be a writer. Then, without much further ado, they start to prove it. By the end of "The Classic" course, I am as convinced as they are. Now, as I continue with "The Ninety Day Novel" course, I feel I am in close partnership with The Novelry learning to write well - to my full potential - with the clear longer term aim of convincing others: publishers, literary agents, readers, my family, friends, anyone we can, really, that I have become a writer. This feels really, really great. In fact, ironically enough, words can hardly express how great this feels.

I'm blown away by the Novelry. I spent quite a long time looking for the right course for me and the Novelry has exceeded all expectations. It's wonderfully structured so that you're kept on track but also able to go at your own pace when you need to. You work through your individual course material and exercises online at your own speed, but you're also invited to join the community space immediately. This includes groups for the module you're currently working on and an open invitation to join any or all community spaces for all the different genres (e.g. crime and suspense / science fiction and fantasy, young adult writing etc). At the moment, each genre group holds monthly workshops (all welcome!), there are weekly story clinics (these are basically tutorial groups led by one of the writer coaches), and there are regular guest events with writers, literary agents or publishers. On top of all of this, there's a quiet writing hour every weekday, spaces for sharing resources or finding writer buddies, and apparently there's also a summer party! Really looking forward to starting my coaching and feedback sessions with the fantastic author coaches and editors that I've met so far, and hopefully produce an actual finished novel! Thank you, Novelry team, for all your support, encouragement and inspiration so far.

The Novelry gave me the community, accountability, and insights I needed to actually sit down and write a first draft of my novel—something I've been wanting to accomplish for years. From the incredible coaching sessions that helped reinvigorate my writing and support me when I felt doubtful to the wisdom in each day's lesson (and the vlogs from Louise—you will feel like you're chatting with a true friend!) this course was one of the best gifts I could give myself as a writer. Looking forward to the next course, The Big Edit!