Free Live Training · The 9-5 Novelist
How to Finally Finish Your Novel
A free live training for working writers
Sunday 14th June 2026
13:00 BST · 14:00 CET · 09:00 EDT
Live on Zoom · 90 minutes
Can't make it live? A replay will be available for 48 hours.
This session is for you if you've been trying to finish your novel for a while and can't quite get there. We'll uncover what's really been holding you back, and you'll take practical steps to move past it.
What you'll learn
- Why finishing your novel isn't about writing well — and what it's actually about
- How to build a story spine in three sentences, without having your entire plot worked out
- A live writing exercise that proves imperfect forward motion is the only thing that matters
- How to design a writing system that works around your actual life
Stay until the end to receive your free Preparing Your Novel workbook, to keep and work through at your own pace.
Your host
I'm Patricia Marques — author of the Inspector Reis series, published by Hodder & Stoughton, and represented by AM Heath. I wrote four novels and completed an MA in Creative Writing at City University London, all while working full-time.
I know how hard it can be to balance your writing with everything else in life. In this session, I'll show you the same approach that helped me finish my novels, so you can finally make steady progress on yours.
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