Resources

Writing Resources

Guides written by the editors who read submissions all day - practical, specific and free.

Structuring a first draft

A practical scaffold for getting from premise to finished manuscript without stalling at the midpoint.

Writing a query letter

What agents actually read, in what order, and the three lines that decide everything.

Self-editing checklist

Twenty passes to run before a manuscript goes anywhere near a professional editor.

Building a reader newsletter

How to grow an audience that buys the second book as well as the first.

Writing something right now?

Our craft lab meets fortnightly to workshop members' work in progress.

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