Reply from The NovelryJul 16, 2026
Dear Deb,
This was a sad review to receive from a writer we've so enjoyed writing with.
Congratulations again on finishing your first draft, you've come a long way. Let me address your comments as they're important to us, as a small team:
On access: no writing school offers perpetual access — every program, everywhere, runs for a defined term, and ours is a full year. Where we differ is that our writers can keep everything beyond that year — every course, every live class — for £49 a month or £499 a year, which comes to around £1.37 a day. We couldn't price it lower for our much-valued member writers and keep the provision live, and the provision is the point: this summer's Big Edit Challenge alone has brought 21 events — panels with our team and with external agents and editors, eleven study group sessions, the Pitch Party — plus The Line Editing Bootcamp, 20 entirely new lessons added to The Big Edit at no extra cost.
On revision: every writer making this journey faces more than a few drafts. All of us at The Novelry have been there ourselves, and we teach from that experience. The vitals of craft bear repeating, and we return to them deliberately, because that's how they sink in. When it all comes together, you'll have the way through to a publishing-standard novel as an author, for life.
I am glad to see your feedback on your very recent editorial session left you with clear direction.
I do hope you'll take heart and take the next step with this draft. You can do this. We're at [email protected] anytime you need us.
We wish you all the very best, Deb, always.
Warmly,
Louise
