Writers' HQ Academy

Find out what you *really* know, and how you can use that to make your writing bigger, better and even more real.

An online course for writers exploring the environmental crisis

A short, three-part video series with Sarah and Jo discussing the Writers' HQ origin story and how you can write around your children without going mad.

Set your brain to work and become a story making machine. In just seven days you can learn to see, hear and think like a writer.

Prepare your manuscript and find the best agent match for you and your work

Edit your novel like a boss

Learn how to write small words with big impact.

How to plot a novel from beginning to end in six weeks.

Nail your query letter and get the literary agent of your dreams.

Learn how to craft a small but perfectly formed synopsis and impress prospective agents

The Writers' HQ characterisation masterclass. Learn how to write people who are original, real and memorable.

Sometimes the toughest part about writing is finding the time and space to do it. Let us help.

Make every writing session count. A free course to help you put rocket boosters under your bum (metaphorically).

Kick start 2020 with a chapter-by-chapter, scene-by-scene outline of your novel, and an amazing community to write alongside.

Get your first draft written with our epic hand-holding six month long course

Sometimes the toughest part about writing is finding the time and space to do it. Let us help.

A quick intro to big little stories

Write a thing. Submit a thing. Get published. Yes.

Stuck as a pig in a poke? Unstick thyself and finish your book.