Digital + printable planner for romance writers
The Ultimate Romance Writing Planner
Two people, one impossible obstacle and a happily ever after
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 97-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 Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Romance Writing Planner is written for Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, love story, tropes, plot, leads, cast, world, 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 Romance Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 97 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre, tropes & heat
- Comps & title library
Love Story9 pages
- The couple & chemistry
- Milestones & key scenes
- Grand gesture & HEA
Tropes13 pages
- Your trope mix
- 12 dedicated trope pages
- Enemies to lovers
Plot10 pages
- Romance beat sheet
- Plot map & tension graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Leads6 pages
- Profiles for both leads
- Heart & history
- Before & after arcs
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
World4 pages
- Setting: the big picture
- Specific locations
- Research list & notes
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit6 pages
- Romance 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 Romance writers
Start with the love story
- The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles between them
- Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
- Dual POV tracker, intimate scenes, grand gesture and HEA
- Basics, heart and history, and before and after for each lead
12 tropes, a page for each
- Choose your combination on the Your Trope Mix page
- A page for each of 12 tropes, enemies to lovers to slow burn
- Fake dating, forced proximity, grumpy / sunshine and more
- Second chance, forbidden love and marriage of convenience
Plot every beat of the romance
- The Romance Beat Sheet and three-act structure
- Plot map and romantic tension graph
- Scene lists, 12 scene cards, subplots and chapter hooks
- Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Romance Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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