Digital + printable planner for sci-fi writers
The Ultimate Sci-Fi Writing Planner
Imagine the future, build the technology and ask the big questions
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 86-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 Sci-Fi novel from the first idea to publication day. The Sci-Fi Writing Planner is written for Sci-Fi writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, future, places, plot, characters, cast, locations, 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 Sci-Fi Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 86 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Future6 pages
- The big idea
- Technology & science check
- Societies & factions
Places4 pages
- Planets, stations & ships
- Ship or station layout
- Jargon & glossary
Plot10 pages
- Sci-fi structure
- Plot map & stakes graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Characters7 pages
- Protagonist profile
- Antagonist & their plan
- Before & after arc
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
Locations4 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
- Sci-fi 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 Sci-Fi writers
Start with one big idea
- The big idea: the one change that shapes your world
- Four technology cards: what each does, its limits and cost
- A science check for the real science and where you've bent it
- Societies, factions, aliens, AI and a future history
A future that feels lived in
- Planets, stations and ships, each with its own dangers
- A deck plan or map page for your key ship or station
- Jargon and glossary to keep invented words consistent
- Daily life, two key location pages and research notes
Plot it, then raise the stakes
- Sci-fi structure beats and a three-act breakdown
- Nine-box plot map and a chapter by chapter stakes graph
- Protagonist and antagonist profiles, plus the villain's plan
- Six cast profiles, a relationship web and a series arc
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Sci-Fi Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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