Video Courses

Join bestselling author Sam Jordison to master the art of creative non-fiction writing. Unlock your storytelling potential and start drafting your book with expert guidance.

Want to craft a page-turning crime novel that keeps readers hooked? Taught by bestselling author and former police chief Graham Bartlett, this is your essential guide to getting started writing compelling crime fiction.

Together, we’ll work on just one scene in your novel, whether it be one you haven’t started yet or one you’re currently revising. Once you’ve perfected that one scene, the practical techniques you learn will apply to every scene in your novel.

Join Harry Bingham as he takes you through the basics of how to write a novel. Over the next 6 weeks you’ll learn how to:

• Plan your novel
• Build 3D characters
• Create your plot outline
• Tighten up your prose
• Explore different POVs and themes
• Feel confident self-editing.

Join expert editor and author Becky Hunter for six modules on the fundamentals of novel-writing, including how to:

• Hone your ideas
• Build the basics of your inciting incident
• Build strong characters
• Structure basic plot points
• Get your pace and tensioning right
• Avoid ‘show don’t tell’ in your work

In this video course, the ‘Godfather’ of Young Adult literature Melvin Burgess takes us through the novel writing process in full. This course is perfect for anyone writing young protagonists.
Learn to:

• Understand what it means to write for your audience
• Build plots, characters and stories that young people will engage with
• Become confident in self-editing

Learn the foundations of plot, character, prose, self-editing and more in this 22 module course. At the end of the course you will have learned to:

• Identify your best novel ideas
• Tighten up your prose
• Cut out any cliches
• Create lifelike characters
• Elevate your plots
• Eradicate plot holes

Join author, editor, and creative writing tutor Debi Alper to get to grips with the basics of self-editing your novel. Get past that messy first draft stage and start working towards a publishable manuscript.

Guided by bestselling author and Head of Membership at Jericho Writers Becca Day, learn the basics of how to get a literary agent to represent your book.

With guidance from Jericho Writers founder and author Harry Bingham, this six part course will teach you how to improve your novel, taking it from pretty good to great!

By the end of this course, you’ll have everything you need to start your self-publishing career, including:

• How to get your manuscript ready for release
• How to get your book cover to sparkle
• Identifying core markets for your work
• Establishing your author brand
• Creating a fool proof launch plan
• Getting to grips with self-publishing via Amazon.

In this course, you’ll learn the fundamentals of Amazon Ads and you’ll have the core foundational skills to build to maore advanced levels and jump even deeper down the Amazon Ads rabbithole (if that’s what you want!).

• Navigate the Amazon Ads portal
• Understand the key metrics of success
• Work out what category you are going to target
• How keywords work
• How to build your adverts
• Manage, track, and refine your adverts

Learn from influential US agent Quressa Robinson all the elements you need to but together a US submission package and learn to:

• Produce a strong query letter
• Find the right agent for you
• Craft a clear synopsis
• Prepare your sample pages
• Pitch your work effectively