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Take your initial idea and grow it into a whole entire novel outline with a series of courses that breaks down the process, explain how stories work, and help you build something that works for you and your story. 

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Edit your novel

You’ve typed The End, you absolute writing machine. Now what? We take it all apart, smoosh it around, and rebuild it better. Streamline your story and make it everything you want it to be. 

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Get deeper into your niche with specialist courses written by writers in the field

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Novel-writing skills, tools, exercises and expertise. All the things you need to fill up your brain and WIP. Our library of novel writing workshops is always available for you to watch any time. 

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A Beginner’s Guide to the Publishing Industry with Nikki Moore

Peek behind the curtain of the publishing industry and find out what you need to know on the journey to becoming (and staying) a published author.
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Write the Damn Novel: From First to Final Draft with Alice Slater

How do you navigate life and writing? How many drafts is the right number? How the hell do you even write a novel in the first place? Get all your novely questions answered here!
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Wild Draft Support Group 2025 with Sarah Lewis

A mid-month check-in support group type of affair for anyone writing a wild draft in June.
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Making Magic Real with Leone Ross

How do we make magic in stories feel like it could actually happen? How do we suspend readers’ disbelief and help them roll with the weird?
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Making Space for Stories that Hold with Linh S Nguyen

The iconic “hero’s journey” is one way to structure a novel—but it is not the only one. What can Ursula K. Le Guin’s feminist essay “The Carrier Bag Theory of Fiction” tell us about story structure?
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Funny Hats: Characterisation Masterclass with Akshay Gajria

Join us in this part-theory, part-exercise, all-interactive workshop to expand your characters' inner narrative and enhance your story's outer narrative.
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Writing A Wild Draft 2025 with Sarah Lewis

Sometimes you just need to sit down and blat out a whole bunch of words - here's how!
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Editing Your Novel

You’ve reached your word count. Now what? Exercises and techniques so you can organise your book and your mind most effectively. With Emma Healey.
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Crafting a Narrative Driven World

How to create a narrative where the world design is inherent to the story being crafted, rather than standing alongside it as detail. With Ed McDonald.
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5 Ways To Successfully Pants Your Novel

What if you could keep pantsing your novel but do it better? We can help! With Mallika Narayanan
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How To Hook A Reader From Page One with Samuel Burr

From catching the eye of a literary agent to securing a sale from a potential reader, we only get one shot at making a first impression. So let's make it GREAT. With Samuel Burr.
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Desert Island Books with Wiz Wharton

What books does Wiz Wharton credit as her inspiration for becoming the writer she is today? Find out on Desert Island Books!
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Write A Novel In 60 Minutes

An absolutely absurd workshop in which we super speed through your entire novel in one hour. Hilarious, ridiculous, surprisingly helpful.
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Characterisation Workshop with Alice Slater

How can we make our characters three-dimensional, memorable and believable? With Alice Slater
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Get Your Novel Written With The Wild Draft 2024

Celebrate the start of Write A Novel Month with an introduction to the Wild Draft. What is it and how can you get one written?
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Plot Your Novel Like a Pro Workshop with Jo Gatford

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The Writers’ HQ One Month Novel Masterclass

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I took Plotstormers and used it to plot and write my fourth novel. HarperCollins bought it on proposal! Sent it to my editor two months before my deadline and she loved it. Thank you Writers’ HQ. Plotstormers is fabulous!

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Flash Face Off
Guide to Productivity & Write A Tiny Novel
The Get Me Writing Department
–
The Write a Novel Section, including Plotstormers
–
The Flash Fiction Area
–
The Writing as Resistance Syndicate
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Weekly write-alongs and accountability
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Monthly support group Q&As and online retreats
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Access to every festival and writing challenge
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