Finish your novel in 12 months.

The Year of the Novel (TYOTN) is Studio Sonder's flagship 12-month guided programme for Creative Rebels who are serious about writing, finishing, and owning their novel.

It's application-only, cohort-based, and built around the infrastructure that actually keeps writers moving: accountability partners, bi-monthly check-in calls, weekly co-writing sessions, guided masterclasses, and a cohort of seriously committed writers doing the same hard thing alongside you.

This isn't a course you buy and forget.

It's a full year of structured, supported novel writing that expects you to show up from blank page to finished draft.

The Year of the Novel is for the busy writer: the one with a job, a family, responsibilities, and a novel that's been living in their head (or their drafts folder) for years.

It's not for writers with infinite time who can procrastinate at their leisure and a perfectly quiet life that they don’t want to be interrupted.

It's for real writers who need real structure to finally bring their novel to life.

If you're a novelist, aspiring novelist, or someone who has always known they had a book in them and just hasn't finished it yet, this is for you.

Because TYOTN only works when every person in the cohort is genuinely ready and genuinely committed.

We're not filling seats, we're building a cohort.

Your accountability partner, your co-writers, your community, they're all counting on you showing up the same way you're counting on them.

The application process is a filter.

It's how we make sure the people around you are as serious as you are.

Most writers don't finish their novels because they're missing three things:

structure, accountability, and community.

TYOTN is built entirely around those three things.

You're not going it alone; you have an accountability partner matched to you from day one, a cohort moving through the same terms at the same pace, bi-monthly check-in calls so you never go quiet for long, and weekly co-writing sessions to keep the words coming.

The programme teaches you how to write a novel.

And it makes sure you actually finish one.

Yes. The Year of the Novel is designed for writers with jobs, families, and real-life commitments. Consistency matters more than volume.

The programme runs across three terms and is bookended with a welcome and graduation week:

Welcome Week

(meet your cohort, find your accountability partner, set your intention)

Term 1: Planning

(8-12 weeks: premise, characters, world, story beats)

Term 2: Drafting

(5 months: your messy first draft with full accountability support)

Term 3: Editing

(4 months: shaping your draft into something real)

Finale Week

(celebrate, showcase, and discover what happens next).

You'll also get access to The Author's Mixer, the shared community across all TYOTN cohorts, and weekly co-writing sessions throughout the entire year.

Let's be honest about what you're actually investing in.

Comparable 12-month novel writing programmes charge $7,000-$10,000+.

TYOTN includes live masterclasses, workshops, bi-monthly check-in calls, weekly co-writing sessions, an accountability partner, a dedicated cohort, and access to The Author's Mixer community for the full year.

But more than any of that, you're investing in the novel you've been putting off.

The one that exists in your head but hasn't made it to the page yet.

If you're the kind of writer who is serious enough to apply, you already know your novel is worth more than the investment.

We've priced it to be accessible to serious writers without underselling what this actually delivers.

Everything in life is an exchange: time, money, energy, effort…

The level of your exchange is directly proportionate to how badly you want to achieve your dream.

So, how badly do you want it?

Yes. You can pay $2997 in full or spread the investment across 3 monthly instalments of $1250 each.

Both options give you full access to everything in the programme from day one.

You’ll also have the option to add one-to-one accountability and coaching sessions with Demi, should you want or need them, but they are not required.

That’s up to you and how much you choose to show up. We can’t force you to write, or do the writing for you, but we can give you the tools, support, and accountability to make your writing process a whole lot easier when you do.

Most writers on the Year of the Novel leave with a complete draft or a novel deep into revision, along with greater confidence and trust in their writing process.

Far from it.

Finale Week is built to celebrate what you've achieved and point you towards what's next.

For rebels with bigger dreams, querying agents, traditional publishing, self-publishing, indie routes, and marketing your work, we're building something just for you. 

What Happens Next? is an expert-led bonus term available exclusively to TYOTN graduates at a discounted rate.

Details are revealed in Finale Week.

But not everyone wants to be published; almost all of our Rebels join first and foremost so they can finally do what they've always said they'd do: write the damn novel.

Applications for the Summer Cohort 2026 close on 30th June at midnight.

The cohort kicks off on 10th July 2026.

To apply, hit the button below: tell us about your novel, where you're at, and why you're ready.

We read every application personally.

If you are successful, you will hear back from us via email on or after June 1st 2026.

To secure your spot, if successful, you will need to complete your payment setup within 7 days; otherwise, your place will be lost.

No payment or credit card details are taken upon application.

No problem at all!

Fire them our way at hello@studiosondercreative.com, and we’ll get back to you as soon as possible. If you're a Studio member, drop Demi a DM anytime!