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We’re a collective of avid writers and creatives.

Some of us are experts, others started this week. It’s not important where you’re at professionally; if you’re passionate about writing, we’d love you to join us.

Learning as a group means we all get the best of each other before heading back into our own heads. Maybe you’re from the same tiny town someone’s basing their story? Maybe they’ve got a reference that’ll make your first chapter brilliant?

Writing has been seen as a solitary pursuit for too long. Not anymore.

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Hear from our professional family to see what’s possible.
If they’ve done it, why can’t you?

Joanna Cannon

Joanna Cannon

Alum

From online writing course to publishing deal

Joanna Cannon started her Writing a Novel course with bags of trepidation and not much self-belief. A few months later she was spotted by one of the hottest agents around, Sue Armstrong at Conville & Walsh, and HarperCollins snapped up the novel she was working on for ‘a high five-figure sum’. Here’s how she went from nervous scribbler to signed author.

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Stephanie Rouse

Stephanie Rouse

Alum

Entertainment and support for writers

Alumna Stephanie Rouse was coming to the end of her Work in Progress novel-writing online course. It was a time of celebration and satisfaction, but she couldn’t help worrying that she’d lose contact with the large, supportive community she’d become part of over the last year. To remedy that, Stephanie began to record Write Club: The Podcast with her writing group, and form her own writerly community.

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Peer reviews

There’s no getting away from regular feedback on your work. And that’s a great thing. You’ll push each other.

Moral support

The antidote to overthinking: other writers on hand for a quick debrief or stress-test. (Check whether your jokes are funny and your references are on point.)

Contacts for after

You’re still part of our community after your course finishes. Loads of our writers stay in touch and keep writing together.