Digital + printable planner for dystopian writers
The Ultimate Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Writing Planner
The world has ended, or it's become something worse. Survive it
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 89-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 Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian novel from the first idea to publication day. The Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Writing Planner is written for Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, collapse, new order, plot, characters, cast, places, write, edit, 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 Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 89 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Collapse6 pages
- The collapse
- Before & after the fall
- Timeline of the fall
New Order5 pages
- The new order
- Power structure
- Rules & punishments
Plot10 pages
- Survival structure
- Plot map & stakes graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Characters9 pages
- Survivor profile
- Antagonist plan & timeline
- The group
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
Places4 pages
- Two key location pages
- Research list & notes
- Key location 1 & 2
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit6 pages
- Genre-specific checklist
- Plot holes & scene changes
- Beta readers & editors
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
Made for Post-Apocalyptic & Dystopian writers
Decide how the world ended
- The collapse: what happened, how fast and how long ago
- A before and after page to show what has been lost
- A timeline of the fall and where your characters were
- Survival resources, threats and a map of the world now
Build the regime they resist
- Who is in charge, how they took power and how they keep it
- A power structure: who rules, who enforces, who obeys
- Rules, punishments and the one your hero breaks
- Surveillance, propaganda, factions and the resistance
Survivors under pressure
- Survival structure beats, a plot map and a stakes graph
- Survivor profile with voice, history, wound and flaw
- Antagonist profile, plan and behind-the-scenes timeline
- The group: who leads, and who will break first
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A genre checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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