Seventh Stories.
Seventh Stories is a creative hub for writers seeking experience, opportunity, and community. Through courses, workshops, and collaborations with publishing professionals, we help writers develop their craft and gain meaningful insight into the publishing process.
From editorial development to submission readiness, our programmes are designed to support writers at every stage of their journey. Previous programmes have included The Literary Lab, offering professional editorial insight for fiction writers preparing to query, and a four-week publishing course with Macmillan Publishing Director Clare Hey, exploring how manuscripts are read, evaluated, and strengthened for submission.
At Seventh Stories, our aim is not simply to teach writing, but to create spaces where writers can better understand their work, engage with industry perspectives, and build the confidence to take their next creative step. Whether developing a manuscript, preparing to submit, or connecting with a wider literary community, we support writers with practical insight, thoughtful guidance, and opportunities for long-term growth.
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Testimonials
“Excellent value for money and so great to meet other writers, all writing in different genres and at different stages of their individual journeys. Really helpful editorial evaluation from Seventh agency. Highly recommend!”
— AmandaSeventh Stories provided me with some of the highest-quality, most useful feedback I have ever had in my writing career to date. I have published stories and poetry worldwide and have had a lot of feedback, yet Seventh Stories stands out as being pragmatic, systematic, commercial, objective and mindful.
— Kapu“The manuscript assessment was very clear, constructive and helpful. Some good encouragement and welcome tips on how to improve my writing. The course itself was very insightful about the industry with good practical sessions.”
— John“The feedback I received on my extract was exactly what I needed moving forwards onto the next step of my querying journey. It provided actionable steps to take and clear, concise information as well as insight into the market and where my work would sit. More than worth the investment.”
— Helen“Seventh Stories lifted the curtain of the publishing industry, with direct access to a successful editor to answer the flurry of questions I had. The feedback on my first two chapters has helped me better understand how to polish my work, ready to query agents. Thank you, Clare Hey and Seventh Stories!”
— Faye“I found the evaluation on my work really excellent. It was thoughtful, empathetic, with an astute understanding of the genre and content. There was great expertise demonstrated in observations about the genre of the novel, references to similar novels, and advice on approaches to agents. A very positive and inspiring experience.”
— John