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Every month, we announce a question that members can answer in their IWSG Day post. These questions may prompt you to share advice, insight, a personal experience or story. Include your answer to the question in your IWSG post or let it inspire your post if you are struggling with something to say. Remember, the question is optional!!
Alex's awesome co-hosts are Jenni Enzor, Jemima Pett, Jamie of Uniquely Maladjusted but Fun, and Kim Lajevardi!
What was the most inspiring feedback you received from readers, including agents, editors, and beta readers?
It's always inspiring for a writer to read uplifting reviews. Lots of long hours and hard work goes into those words, and when a reader, agent, and/or editor gives my story a compliment, it makes me smile.
Are you writing a novel? From June 1, you can take part in The Big Edit Challenge and work with The Novelry’s team of Big 5 editors to elevate your manuscript to publishing standards. Learn more ➡ information is available at www.thenovelry.com/courses/the-big-edit.
The Novelry launches The Big Edit Challenge
Starting June 1, 2026, The Novelry—the international online fiction writing school—is hosting a nine-week editing program that will guide writers through the editing process to confidently take their next steps towards a finished manuscript.The Big Edit Challenge will be delivered by The Novelry’s in-house editorial team, who have all worked for the Big Five publishing houses. The program includes interactive workshops, expert-led study groups, pitching panels, live guest events, and a warm, vibrant community space for support and accountability. Writers will learn how to better edit their own work and experience how editors and writers work together to elevate a novel to publishing standards.The Big Edit Challenge has been designed to complement The Novelry’s editing course, The Big Edit. The challenge is available to all writers who subscribe to one of The Novelry’s courses, and will be most useful for writers with a complete draft ready to edit.The editorial team at The Novelry includes 15 book editors, who—between them—have worked with bestselling authors across every fiction genre at all major publishing houses, including Penguin Random House, Macmillan, HarperCollins, Hachette, and Simon & Schuster.Tash Barsby, Editorial Director at The Novelry, says: “My hope is that The Big Edit Challenge will inspire writers to relish the editorial process—both in terms of building confidence in their own editorial instincts, but also embracing the value of working with an experienced editor and understanding how to interpret feedback in a way that stays true to their vision for their story.
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