A cohort studio for novelists
Write with AIwithout losing your voice.
Irving's Human Verse is a six-week cohort that turns your own prose into an AI writing engine — so you draft faster and still sound like the author your readers love.
350
novelists in the founding cohorts
Why we're different
Not another everything-course.
The big platforms teach a thousand skills to a million people. We do one thing for one kind of writer — and go deep.
Maven & Section run one-off webinars for every skill under the sun.
We run one deep track — novelists writing with AI — and nothing else.
Generic "AI for everyone" courses hand you prompts and wish you luck.
You leave with a personal Voice Engine tuned to how you actually write.
Skool communities are noisy feeds where your work scrolls away.
A small cohort, a real editor, and drafts that stay in your studio.
The method
Three moves from blank page to shipped draft.
Capture your voice
Paste a passage you're proud of. We break down your rhythm, diction, and instincts — the fingerprint editors recognize.
Draft with your engine
Your Voice Studio generates scenes in your register, not a chatbot's. Faster pages that still sound unmistakably like you.
Ship inside a cohort
Six weeks, a fixed group, live critique. You finish with momentum and readers instead of another abandoned draft.
The curriculum
Six weeks. One finished draft you're proud of.
Live sessions, weekly critique, and a Voice Studio that gets sharper every time you use it.
The Voice Audit
Name what makes your prose yours before you automate anything.
Prompting for Prose
Craft-first prompting that resists the generic AI cadence.
Scene Machines
Generate, cut, and revise scenes at pace without losing tension.
Revision at Scale
Use AI as a ruthless first-pass editor — and know when to overrule it.
Continuity & Craft
Hold character, arc, and world together across a full manuscript.
Ship & Submit
Polish, package, and plan your query or self-publish path.
Your instructor
“AI won't replace novelists. Novelists who keep their voice — and move faster — will replace the ones who don't.”
Iona Irving spent a decade as a commissioning editor before publishing three novels of her own. She built Human Verse after watching brilliant writers either fear AI or let it flatten their style. This is the middle path she wished existed.
- Former commissioning editor, 10+ years
- Three published literary novels
- Mentored 350+ writers to a finished draft
Upcoming cohorts
Find your start date.
First Draft, Faster — Foundations
A 4-week on-ramp for novelists brand new to writing with AI.
August 25, 2026
4 weeks · 19 seats left
$499
The Human Verse — Fall Cohort
8 weeks to write faster with AI, without losing the voice readers came for.
September 14, 2026
8 weeks · 13 seats left
$499
The Revision Room — Masterclass
For finished-first-drafters: use AI to revise a whole manuscript without flattening it.
October 5, 2026
10 weeks · 0 seats left
$499
Pricing
One fee to join. A small monthly to stay.
Accessible upskilling for creatives anywhere in the world — no subscription required to take the cohort.
The Cohort
$499 one-time
- Six weeks of live cohort teaching
- Your personal Voice Studio (AI drafting)
- Weekly critique from Iona & peers
- Lifetime access to your studio & drafts
Alumni Community
$19 / month
- Optional — add it after your cohort
- Monthly live salons & guest editors
- Ongoing Voice Studio updates
- A private circle of shipping novelists
Your next draft is waiting.
Next cohort begins August 25, 2026. Seats are limited by design.
Enroll for $499