Plotstormers Lite 2025
Start the new year with a bang and get your novel plotted, outlined and ready to go! The same Plotstormers - but streamlined!
Starts Friday 24 January 2025
It's time to get your novel written
Join Plotstormers Lite 2025 and turn your idea into a big chonky outline ready for drafting in just four weeks. It’s the same famous, tried-and-tested Plotstormers method, but streamlined and simplified for a smoother glide path into your novel.
Plotstormers Light 2025 is designed to get you ready and set up for a solid 12 months of novel writing, starting with the idea and getting you to The End.
Led by Sarah WHQ, this course is for anyone with a novel idea, a zero draft, a stalled first draft, or any draft that needs a serious structural makeover.
Plot your novel from beginning to end in four weeks with tailored guidance from a team of writing experts who’ll support you every step of the way.
Why now? Because it’s time. Really it is. Stop fucking about and get that novel written. Join us!
Everyone needs to take this course! It’s a bold statement but I’m pretty sure that without taking this course I would never have got past four chapters of my novel. The tools which I gained allowed me to not only structure my novel in a way that makes sense but to give myself the boundaries within which to really move forward with the book. I’ve written more in the last four months than I’ve written in two years and I’m coming to the end of my first draft now which is something I never thought I’d actually say. I’ve been able to set realistic goals, be disciplined and really see my novel take shape. I would recommend this course to everyone and I couldn’t be more grateful for it!
Kezia Barr
Here’s what you’ll learn
A practical understanding of story structure and plotting
How to build a comprehensive outline of your story
What to do once you've got your outline to make your novel writing fly
Here’s what you get when you join Plotstormers Light 2025
A streamlined four-week programme guiding you from idea to outline.
⏰ Weekly video lessons, using a decade of experience to distill the Plotstormers method into its most important parts, and giving you simple, actionable steps to get your outline written
👩💻 Office hours with Sarah Lewis on the exclusive members’ forum for questions, solutions, and feedback
🔁 Creative coaching, email-style! Regular messages all up in your inbox to keep you on task, pepping you into writerly action, blasting away your doubts and putting that dastardly inner critic to bed.
🌎 Access to the full Plotstormers course, as well as the entire Writers’ HQ catalogue of plotting and characterisation courses and workshops
👭 Peer review of your work. Your own private forum where you can share work, get feedback and offer your own critique.
❤️An awesome community of writers. Writing is a team sport and there’s no better place to find your writing team than Writers’ HQ. Many of our students have gone on to form close friendships and trusted critiquing partnerships. Introverted? Don’t worry! We’re all awkward writer-types here
No binge watching required. Each lesson is bite-sized and practical, designed to fit into your day so you can take action without feeling stuck or overloaded.
After freaking out about the idea of a plot, by end of week 1 I have a plot outline and what’s more- it was fun making it! Really supportive space to create and great to see so many other works in progress. I love the fun, quirky and unpretentious approach of the organisers and the way everything is broken down into manageable bites.
Nancy Pike
Ready to take your writing from ‘meh’ to ‘motivated’?
Here’s how it works:
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You sign up for Plotstormers Light 2025
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We guide you through the creation of a comprehensive outline of your story and a plan for what to do next
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You write your novel, your world is ROCKED and you feel great
What does Writers’ HQ bring to the party?
Experience!
Over a decade of experience supporting writers through their challenges, getting them moving and getting them to love their writing
Magic!
Home to the most special, most magical, most kickass and supportive community of writers this side of the internet!
Writers!
Run by award-winning writers for writers at every stage of their work. We understand the process and we understand that what you need is complex and mutable
Guidance!
Years of know-how in guiding writers through their arghs and blarghs and blocks, and getting them to sit down and write
Track record!
A proven track record of guiding writers through their novels to create something wonderful
Joy!
We focus on the joy. Writing shouldn’t be a chore. We bring the fun, and the rest follows easily (ish)
I can’t believe I have 24 plotted chapters that make sense (as far as I can see). It has been great fun and has really helped me understand who and what the story is about. So excited about my whole project now! Thanks Writers’ HQ. It’s a million Gold Stars from me.
Writers’ HQ member
You want a schedule? We’ve got a schedule!
Course starts Friday 24th January for four weeks
New videos released every Friday
Instructional, motivational emails every Monday and Friday
Deadline to submit work for office hours and peer feedback Thursdays 6pm
Forum office hours every Friday 10am – 12noon
Any questions?
Here’s what fellow writers asked before they enrolled
Nope, although you’ll get access to ALL our writing courses as part of your Gold Star membership, so if you want to dip in and out of other courses as you go that’s totally cool.
We recommend checking out Write A Tiny Novel and Making People.
Everyone works at their own pace in their own way. We’ll be going through the course material in the order it’s written and working with a group will help you along the way, but you do you, you glorious writing beast.
The videos will be released weekly but the larger course material is there for you all the time, and as long as you’re a WHQ Gold Star Member you’ll have access to all of it.
The spice melange innit
You ready? Let’s gooooooo!
Plotstormers Light 2025 is available exclusively for Writers’ HQ Gold Star Members. Click the buttons and secure your spot.
Monthly Gold Star WHQer
The full WHQ shebang for superstar writers
£20/month
- Full access to Plotstormers Light 2025
- Exclusive videos released every week
- Office Hours with Sarah Lewis
- 25 x in-depth creative writing development courses
- Monthly specialised writing masterclasses
- Masterclass video library
- Full access to all WHQ writing festivals
- Cancel any time
Annual Gold Star WHQer
One off payment. Save money. Eat more avocado toast
£190
- Everything in the monthly membership
- Save £50 a year
- Access to every WHQ festival and event year round
- No recurring fees
