Creative Writing: Write and Finish Your First Novel
A plain-spoken, practical course for
any author who wants to finish their novel
- Introductory Enrolment Price£
199129- Use early bird code "TCCWWFYFNE" at the checkout before the end of June 2026 to claim your £70 discount
Is This Course for You?
You want to write a novel.
This is where you start.
No writing degree required. No prior experience needed. Just the commitment to see it through.
You've got an idea but don't know where to start
You know you want to write a novel, but the blank page is as far as you've got. This course gives you the framework to begin.
You've started before but never finished
A partial manuscript in a folder. More than one. This course explains exactly why that happens, and how to stop it happening again.
You don't know how to make it all work
Not only will your work become structured, you'll get the knowledge you need to keep the reader interested.
You're busy and need a practical, no-nonsense approach
No filler, no motivational fluff. Just a clear, sequential process you can work through at your own pace.
What You'll Be Able to Do
By the end of this course you'll have:
Planned a novel with a structure that holds together from start to finish
Built characters that feel real and drive your story forward
Written with a consistent voice using craft techniques that work
Navigated the difficult middle of a novel and come out the other side
Revised your first draft into something you're genuinely proud of
Understood what it means to think of yourself as a writer, not just someone trying to be one
What's Inside
Seven sections.
One complete course.
Built as a sequential process, each section builds on the last.
Developing the Habit of Writing
What writing a novel really involves, how this course works, and how to set yourself up to succeed from your very first novel writing session.
Finding Your Ideas
Where good story ideas come from, what makes an idea worth pursuing, and how to develop your premise into something that can sustain a full novel.
Structuring Your Story
How to plan enough to navigate without overplanning yourself into paralysis. Story structure, scene-building, and the planning framework that helps rather than hinders.
Building Characters
What makes a convincing character. How characters interact on the page. Dialogue and speech construction. How to manage your cast.
Setting the Scene
How the setting makes a difference to the story. How to put together a convincing scene and how to ensure the story moves forwards within your chosen environment.
Writing the Draft
How to keep going once you've started. Managing the difficult middle, dealing with momentum, the discipline of drafting, and getting to your completed draft.
Revisions
What revision involves, how to approach it systematically, and the difference between developmental editing, line editing, and proofreading.
And a bonus section
Timers, next steps and other useful supporting information... This section will grow with additional extras over time.
Meet Your Tutor
Martin
Founder of Tweedlecoate
I've been doing this for a very long time. 'This' in my context means I've been writing professionally since the late 1980s, teaching since the early 1990s, and editing in the same timeframes.
And you won't find my name on anything as my work was always behind the scenes making others look good. That meant magazine work, ghostwriting, corporate communications, technical authoring, design work, software and, more recently, I did get my name on the inside of a collaborative project with some health coaches (which I did shoehorn into the lofty heights of Amazon Best Seller when it released).
I've coached plenty of others to their own literary success and now I'm opening that up with a series of courses aimed at helping more of you.
I do have a few book projects of my own on the horizon. There's a healthy lifestyles tome ticking away based on my extensive health science and adventure background and an embryonic stages post-apocalyptic trilogy in the premise development stage (so yes, I'm doing the same activities that you are about to embark on).
On top of that professional resumé you can find me living a life alternating between my publishing and design work and heading off to wherever adventure awaits with my two teenage sons and a loopy dog in tow...
Common Questions
Do I need any writing experience to take this course?
The course is designed for people who are starting from the beginning. If you can write clearly in everyday English, you have everything you need to start.
How long does the course take?
The course is self-paced, so there’s no fixed timeline. You can work through it quickly in a concentrated period, or take it steadily alongside other commitments. You have permanent access, so there’s no pressure to rush.
Having said that, this course takes you through the full process of writing your novel so will include the time you take to complete that work. Expect a minimum of 6 months for most writers.
Is this course just about writing, or does it cover publishing too?
This course is specifically about the writing of your novel. The end result will be your finished manuscript.
A second course covering both traditional and self-publishing in full detail, including the practical steps for each route, is in development.
How long does the introductory price last for?
The standard price of £199 is the full price of the course.
The discount code reducing that price by £70 will last until midnight of June 30th 2026. That’s around 6 weeks from the course launch.
Will I actually finish my novel if I take this course?
A moment of brutal honesty here.
Completion depends on you, not the course.
What this course does is remove every structural and knowledge barrier between you and finishing — the planning, the craft, the process, the discipline.
If you follow the steps and perform the tasks set then completion becomes a process of keeping going. And yes, the course does give you what you need to do exactly that.
What happens after I enrol?
You’ll receive an email with your login details immediately after payment.
All seven sections are available from day one.
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