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Your writing coach
Trained in our Positive Coaching Method™. Every one a working author.
Writer coaching at The Novelry
You know you're a writer. What matters now is finishing — learning the craft properly, from a trusted guide, and seeing your novel through.
Our coaches are bestselling and award-winning authors, based in the U.S.A., Canada, and the U.K., with experience across the full range of fiction genres and memoir. They coach online worldwide, following a structured program that takes writers from first idea to a publishing-ready manuscript.
Each coach is hand-picked and trained in our Positive Coaching Method™ — the structured coaching pathway we developed to take writers all the way to an exceptional finished novel. They will believe in you and your story on the days you don’t. As a team, we meet regularly to review our writers’ storylines and keep an eye on your progress. We take professional pride in your achievement.
Bespoke one-on-one coaching
Your coach works with you in 45-minute sessions, live and online, to develop your story and keep your writing on track. Every session is built around your novel, your ambitions, and where you are in the process.
Flexible scheduling and global availability
The coaching program operates in all time zones, catering to writers from all over the world. You can arrange your personal online coaching sessions at times that are convenient to you.
Access to a diverse team of coaches
You can access the entire coaching team, switching and swapping as your story evolves or to benefit from a particular coach's expertise. Every coach is familiar with your storyline — we track and share your progress across the team so you and your coach can hit the ground running in every session.
Integrated editorial insights and industry connections
The coaching team works in close collaboration with our editorial team, consulting them regularly on your story. Our writers receive the latest publishing industry advice at every stage of the process.
Our coaching team
Their books have hit the New York Times and Sunday Times bestseller lists and have been adapted for screen and optioned for major motion pictures.
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‘The ability to chat with authors and editors, who I feel really care about my writing success, is what makes The Novelry so special.’
Published working authors
New York Times, USA Today, and Sunday Times bestselling and award-winning authors who have published books with the major publishing houses worldwide.
Based in the U.S.A., Canada, and the U.K., our coaches offer sessions across all time zones. When you work with a coach at The Novelry, you work with a writer who has been where you’re sitting — and knows what it takes to finish. They bring the standards of professional publishing into every session.
A proven method. Smart thinking for smart writing. Serious guidance for serious writers.
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Get your story straight from the start
Our coaches use our Story First Method™ to identify exactly what your story needs before you commit to a full draft. You’ll get your story signed off — premise, narrative structure, point of view and treatment — so that when you write, you write with confidence. All the way to “The End.”
Your coach will guide you through each stage of development, keeping you on track and perfecting a writing practice — one that takes you from inspiration to routine. A discipline that navigates the ups and downs of the process, brings your experience and insights to the page, and helps you master self-doubt. Making leaps of progress, you will deliver a story you love.
Start writing with an accomplished author at your side.
What makes a good mentor?
A good writing coach is a working writer — someone who has navigated the publishing industry, agents and contracts, and has books on shelves to show for it. They understand the process. Plus they know that to make the grade as an author, you need a couple of essential personal qualities—willpower and a sense of humor. Your coach will keep you smiling, and help you get a sense of perspective. Every book is a product, and you will need to be able to find the right emotional distance from the work to see it through to a publishing-standard reading experience.
At The Novelry, every coach is an active, working, published author in their genre. They bring professional standards to every session — not blithe encouragement for its own sake, but the kind of frank, expert guidance that moves your story forward in the right direction. Our team members are trained to keep you on point, and challenge the storyline to get you the best result. They know what publishers want. The best mentoring relationship is one where both writer and coach take the work seriously. That’s what we offer at The Novelry.
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Coaching to finish your novel
‘I found The Novelry at a time when I was ready to give up. I was feeling very low on confidence and knew I’d be my own worst enemy if left to my own devices. The sessions with Emylia, my writing coach, were a real highlight—she always made me feel like she genuinely cared about my novel, and I was constantly amazed at the way she engaged with the story and the creative suggestions she brought forward. The sessions kept me on track and helped me work through plot kinks along the way and I felt like I had a real champion through the whole process.’
—Becky Hunter, now with a major two-book publishing contract in the U.S.A. and the U.K.
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