The Writers’ Room
A free half-day of co-working writing sessions with Q&As
Finally carve out the space for deep work, community and accountability for your writing
A free half-day event for people who want light-touch guidance (and the magic of body-doubling) while they write their book.
We combine co-working writing sprints with hot seat book coaching - get all your questions around writing, book deals and self-publishing answered in a supportive community space.
The next one will run in Jan 2027. Subscribe to my email list to get all the joining info for the day - this will also give you access to my monthly free 60 minute sessions (30 mins of co-working with other writers plus a 30 min Q&A).
Get some distraction-free time so you can really savour the writing experience.
Hear from previous attendees:
“I've really found this enjoyable and helpful, so good to have companionship, structure and support. Thank you Sophy, and everyone else for being part of it!” - Esther
“A really productive day - I’ve explored my “why me” and made good progress on that, written a first draft of my blurb, written 500 words of my prologue and discovered a possible structure for my Book Proposal. A huge thank you Sophy. I only came across this a few days ago but it was perfect timing. Lovely to be in community with other writers. Thank you.” - Pip
“I’ve found this very worthwhile - could do with a day like this every month! Good discipline.” - Sally
“Feeling good - making progress :) have sat on this project for over a year!” - Eugenia
“Thank you so much Sophy for hosting this.. It felt like such a luxury to have this dedicated writing time.” Tonya
“It was so helpful to be here with everyone! I got so much more done than I would have alone.” - Robyn
“Thank you so much for this! I've gotten so much done, almost effortlessly.” - Magda
Even though you really want to write your book, actually finding the time to sit down and type can be surprisingly difficult. And it’s so easy to get distracted, start procrasti-cleaning, or abandon your writing session for something that feels more urgent or important.
This is where the protected time of signing up for the Writers’ Room co-working can be so helpful, giving you that tiny touch of structure and accountability that makes it so much easier to keep typing. We’ll do some quick goal-setting at the beginning, and there’ll be regular check-ins, plus a brief end-of-day review.
And Q&A sessions with an experienced book coach and editor add another dimension, helping you to get unstuck, and allowing you the chance to find out more about how the book industry works.
Your guide in the Writers’ Room
Hi, I’m Sophy
I’m a book coach and developmental editor with three decades of experience in the book publishing world. I’ve worked for publishers, literary festivals and book prizes. I’ve worked with hundreds of authors over the years, including Margaret Atwood, Ali Smith, Ian Rankin and Sophie Hannah.
I’ve been working as a book coach for well over a decade and I’m also cross-trained as a Relational Dynamics life coach, which helps me to support you if you’re experiencing imposter syndrome, writer’s block or issues around visibility etc.
Former clients have been published by Penguin Books, Sounds True, Canongate Books, Hodder & Stoughton, Saraband and Harvill Secker and have been shortlisted for the Booker Prize.
The format:
The day will run from 2pm until 6pm UK time with plenty of breaks to avoid Zoom fatigue.
There’ll be a short planning and goal-setting session to begin.
Writing sprints will be an hour long (with 5 mins at the beginning and end of the sprints to share what we’re planning to work on and then to come back and share our progress).
There’ll be a 30 min book coaching Q&A session.
You don’t have to come for the whole time, but most people get the most value by doing so - you can make serious writing progress in one dedicated day!
Sign up to my email list to get all the info to join for free (and also get access to my free 60 min monthly Writers’ Room sessions: