Digital + printable planner for writers
The Ultimate Author Planner
Plan your year, build your story, write every day and edit well
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 88-page digital planner with clickable tabs, contents and back links
- Two designs: Classic and the colourful Pop design
- Printable US Letter versions of both designs
- Recommended Resources for Authors PDF
A hyperlinked PDF for Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf and other PDF note apps on iPad or Android tablets. Tap the tabs and contents to jump between pages.
About this planner
Plan your year, build your story, write every day and edit well. The Author Planner has 6 sections: plan, story, characters, write, edit and publish.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template and E-ink edition, or as a printed, spiral-bound planner, so you can plan in the app you already use.
Sample pages
Take a look inside
Real pages from the Author Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
6 sections, 88 pages in the PDF
Plan17 pages
- Daily planners, Monday to Sunday
- Monthly, quarterly & yearly goals
- Five-year plan
Story22 pages
- What if?, premise & one-pager
- Plot map & tension graph
- Scene lists, cards & chapter hooks
Characters22 pages
- 10-page protagonist deep-dive
- 5-page antagonist profile
- Supporting cast & 6 cast profiles
Write7 pages
- Plan of action & daily target
- Opening lines
- 100-day word count tracker
Edit5 pages
- Plot holes & scene changes
- Editing notes
- Beta readers
Publish5 pages
- Self-publishing or traditional?
- Book profile
- Hooks & taglines
Section and page counts are for the Goodnotes & PDF edition; the other formats hold the same planning pages, arranged to suit each app.
Highlights
Inside the Author Planner
Plan your writing year
- A daily planner for every day of the week
- Monthly, quarterly and yearly goals
- A five-year plan for your writing life
- Income and expense trackers
Build a story that works
- Ideas: What if?, premise and one-pager
- Three-act structure, plot map and tension graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
- Setting, research, comps and a title library
Characters readers remember
- 10 pages on your protagonist: voice, wound, flaw, motivation
- A 5-page antagonist profile
- Supporting cast list and six cast profiles
- Family tree, life timeline and relationship web
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- Plot holes, scene changes and editing notes
- Beta reader and professional editor trackers
- Hooks, taglines and your book description
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