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Want to make a living through writing?

Thought of approaching an agent or publisher but don't know how?

Need a mentor?

You're in the right place. Profwriting.com is an online network for writers looking to brush up their skills, showcase work and have it critiqued by peers and experts. Our expertise has grown out of MA Professional Writing, which we run at University College Falmouth – check out our full and part-time courses; there's more info here.

Our first affordable online writing courses are live and writers are posting novels and scripts for peer-review. We want to hear what you think – critiquing fellow writers is the backbone of our MA. We have agents and literary scouts looking at the site and writers waiting to mentor you.


Members' Room Add your CV, browse job opportunities and pitch new ideas in the Members' Room. Includes advice from industry insiders.
Professional Reviews Commission Professional Reviews from postgraduates and tutors, or try one-to-one mentoring.
Mini Courses Refresh your skills with online Mini Courses from University College Falmouth's MA Professional Writing.
Peer Reviews Post your writing for Peer Review. The best work will be read by publishers and agents.
Writers' Resources You'll find news from the writing world, plus advice on everything from research to funding in our Writers' Resources.
Bloc Bloc is a showcase for new short fiction and non-fiction – why not enter our monthly competition?
Diagnostic Tools Use these simple Tools to find out whether your writing is up to scratch – for free.

Getting Published

What Australia wants

I've just rushed home from the 2010 Sydney Writers' Festival event So you think you can write? This was an opportunity for ten people, picked at random from a crowd of 250, to give a three-minute pitch of their book to two prominent personalities in Australian publishing. By Cynthia Haskell.

Getting Published

Why you need a blog

Publisher insight on how they 'harvest' blogs, with tips to take you from blog to book.

Getting Published

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How I Write

Ian Rankin: lazy novelist

I bet I wasn't the only person at the Ian Rankin interview at this year's London Book Fair who felt reassured by his opening assertion that novelists are lazy. Surely if a world famous bestseller confesses to being lazy then there's hope for us all? Jane Cronin reports.

How I Write

Short fiction

Often viewed as a poor relation of the novel or distant cousin of poetry, short fiction tends to be under-rated, but could it help launch an unpublished author’s career?

How I Write

Industry News

Festival dispatches

Everyday at Port Eliot newcomers to writing recorded their festival news. Mud, mozzies, litter picking and middle-class guilt - listen to it all here.

Industry News

Copywriting today

Helen Gilchrist, Director of Cornwall-based copywriting agency The Stranger Collective, talks to Christopher Ward about what it means to be a copywriter in the current climate.

Industry News

How We Did It

Notes from a novice

New writer Matt Button plucks up enough courage - just about - to read at Port Eliot.

How We Did It

From pen to publication

The Patrick Gale Archive at University College Falmouth is now open to all those interested in how a writer researches, edits and gets an idea down on paper. Sarah Farley reports.