What is The Process?

» Click here to see pricing for The Process and Lifetime membership that includes all the benefits and features covered on this page. For more on our fiction editing services and author coaching and writing courses, please see their dedicated pages.

» There are light group coaching elements (interactive webinar Q&A segments, first page panels). You can work privately with Now Novel's writing coaches in a coaching plan that includes the above membership benefits, or join the Group Coaching program.

» As a premium Now Novel member you get writing feedback once per week from an editor in our online writing groups, which is private to our free-to-join community. If you would like longer inline private feedback, you can choose between editing services charged per word (including manuscript assessments, developmental editing, copy-editing and proofreading) and monthly or annual private story coaching.

» We like to think so - we’ve been running since 2012. If you’d like to know what our members say, read non-moderated, paid members’ and customers’ reviews on TrustSpot.

» For $30 per month or $49 for lifetime Now Novel membership (that never expires) you get a lot of value, from regular writing feedback (for The Process members) to hour-long tutorials with published authors and editors and story outlining tools that Now Novel has invested (and continues to invest) time and money to create and maintain.

If you would like free resources, read more on our blog and please join our free-to-participate, diverse critique community.

» We do not have a standalone app (and are not affiliated with NovelNow which we predate). You can use Now Novel on a tablet or mobile device (though we recommend desktop use for the best experience and enhanced features such as drag-and-drop scene organizing in the Scene Builder).

» All memberships are protected by our 30-day money back guarantee (to which our fair use terms apply). You can self-cancel a subscription plan from your profile when signed into Now Novel, and lifetime membership never expires (but is non-refundable after your thirty-day guarantee period).

» In ten years of service, we have never once received a report from a member that another member has stolen their creative work. In sharing your work anywhere (including in-person writing groups) you run a risk of others copying your ideas, but authors do copy and recycle ideas and end up giving them their own unique stamp. Rags to riches, voyage and return - the same story archetypes have many versions.

You control what other members can read by what you choose to share for critique, and you can unpublish a shared critique submission at any time or share a submission to a specific group on the website only. You also retain all copyright of writing shared on Now Novel. If you have concerns over copyright, consult with your national copyright authority's resources on how best to safeguard your intellectual property. Read our full TOS here.