Write Your Novel Already!
One Year to Your First Fantasy Novel
You're invited to join the inaugural Write Your Novel Already! cohort
Write Your Novel Already! is a year-long mentorship program that guides you through the process of crafting and completing your fantasy novel. You'll participate in a craft book club to study fantasy literature through the lens of authorship, and will work through four quarterly "intensives" designed to keep you on-track and motivated.
Write Your Novel Already is an annual commitment, relative to the day you register. Choose between an annual registration made all at once or a monthly payment.
Annual registration
Monthly (annual commitment)
Dr. Beth Ball is the author of numerous fantasy novels and acclaimed tabletop roleplaying games
Dr. Beth Ball is a fantasy novelist, tabletop RPG designer, and English professor with over ten years of experience teaching writing. After spending her childhood dreaming of becoming an author, she published her first novel, Buried Heroes, in 2020 and has since published three other novels, earned her PhD, and has three more novels slated for release in 2025, including her first LitRPG under a pen name.
Beth’s approach to teaching writing centers around mindset and personalizing the creative process. She also believes that stories choose their writers for a reason, so if there’s a story pressing on your heart, you are, innately, the person who needs to tell it.
What Beth has found as an instructor and, probably even more, what she’s found as an author, is that the writing journey begins as one of belief—even before we begin weaving tales that captivate readers’ imaginations, we have to first believe in ourselves, that we can be the person to bring the stories of our heart into being, that we have what it takes to real-ize them and share them with the world.
If you’re willing to take that first step of faith, Beth can help you navigate the craft, patience, and process to see your fiction-writing dream come true.
Write Your Novel Already is an annual commitment, relative to the day you register. Choose between an annual registration made all at once or a monthly payment.
Annual registration
Monthly (annual commitment)
A wealth of resources and support
Access to a private community with fellow authors, plus an evolving resource library
Guided quarterly fiction craft book club with live discussions and reading questions
Four quarterly intensive units that include activities and projects
Ongoing mentorship from your instructor, Dr. Beth Ball, and the Storytelling Collective team
Monthly live calls and regularly scheduled writing sprints and coworking opportunities
Worksheets, templates, and resources designed just for you
Full access to Beth's popular course, Cultivating Your Writing Mindset
(Already enrolled in this program? Contact us so we can prorate your 2025 membership)
We'll be reading and studying four acclaimed fiction novels this year
We're happy to answer additional questions about this program. Just email us at [email protected]
The year-long time frame for Write Your Novel Already! begins the day you register! For example, if you enroll on February 2, 2025, you'll be a member until February 2, 2026 (and hopefully you'll decide to continue with us next year!).
All live call recordings will remain available to you in the Program Library, so you can always revisit previous units. Beth and the StoCo team will be on hand to offer support no matter what stage you're on! We're already planning our 2026 intensive topics.
You'll receive mentorship through the private community (where our team will actively answer your questions and share resources with you frequently) and through live calls with Beth and the team. Plus, as you get to know your fellow authors, you'll develop a supportive community!
Currently, mentorship is provided through group calls and the private community; however, if there is enough interest in one-on-one mentorship, we will definitely consider making that available.
The monthly payment option still requires an annual commitment. If you need to leave the program early, please email [email protected] so we can provide you with some options.
We can prorate your first year of Write Your Novel Already! since you enrolled in a course included in the 2025 cohort. Just email us at [email protected] so we can get you sorted. :)
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