Digital + printable planner for picture book writers
The Ultimate Picture Book Writing Planner
Plan, storyboard and polish a picture book children ask for again
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 48-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, storyboard and polish a picture book children ask for again. The Picture Book Writing Planner has 8 sections: idea, character, story, storyboard, manuscript, illustrate, pitch & blurb and publish.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template, Scrivener template, Plottr 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 Picture Book Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
8 sections, 48 pages in the PDF
Idea4 pages
- The big idea
- Two readers
- The heart of the story
Character2 pages
- Main character
- Character sketches
- One want, one strong trait
Story4 pages
- Picture book structure
- Page-turn plan
- Refrain & rhythm
Storyboard4 pages
- 32-page storyboard
- Words & pictures
- Illustration notes
Manuscript3 pages
- Read-aloud test
- Manuscript draft
- Beta readers
Illustrate5 pages
- Illustrator brief
- Illustrator shortlist
- Agreement questions
Pitch & Blurb7 pages
- Logline & elevator pitch
- Hooks & taglines
- Blurb workshop & drafts
Publish7 pages
- Book details & cover brief
- Amazon keywords
- Categories & checklist
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 Picture Book Writing Planner
Storyboard every spread
- A standard 32-page picture book, spread by spread
- Sketch the picture and draft the words for each spread
- Words & Pictures: what each one tells that the other doesn't
- Illustration notes for your illustrator, or for yourself
Worth hearing again and again
- One simple, strong idea and the heart beneath the fun
- A main character with one clear want and one strong trait
- Picture Book Structure and a page-turn plan
- Refrain & rhythm, plus a spread-by-spread word count trim
From manuscript to artwork
- A read-aloud test and a spread-by-spread manuscript draft
- An illustrator brief and a shortlist to compare
- Questions to settle in writing before work starts
- Art schedule from roughs to final files, plus print specs
Pitch it and publish
- Logline, elevator pitch, hooks and taglines
- Blurb research, workshop, two drafts and a checklist
- Book details and a cover brief
- Amazon keywords, categories and a pre-publish checklist
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