Digital + printable planner for screenwriters
The Ultimate Screenwriting Planner
Plan your feature film or TV pilot, from logline to pitching
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 46-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 feature film or TV pilot, from logline to pitching. The Screenwriting Planner has 7 sections: idea, story, characters, series, write, rewrite and market.
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 Screenwriting Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
7 sections, 46 pages in the PDF
Idea4 pages
- Logline
- Premise & theme
- Genre & format
Story7 pages
- Beat sheet
- Sequence outline
- Scene lists & scene cards
Characters9 pages
- 4-page protagonist profile
- 3-page antagonist profile
- Ensemble, dialogue & voice
Series5 pages
- The series engine
- Pilot structure
- Episode ideas & season arc
Write3 pages
- Plan of action
- 50-day page count tracker
- Page count & deadline
Rewrite3 pages
- Rewrite passes
- Notes tracker
- Table read notes
Market4 pages
- Competitions & fellowships
- Agents & producers tracker
- One-pager
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 Screenwriting Planner
From logline to beats
- Logline, premise & theme, genre & format and comps
- A beat sheet for the major beats of your story
- Sequence outline, two scene lists and 12 scene cards
- The First Ten Pages, where readers often decide
Characters who sound different
- Four pages on your protagonist: basics, voice, wound and arc
- A three-page antagonist profile
- Ensemble: every speaking role, their function and want
- Dialogue & Voice: the same situation, each character's way
Build a series engine
- The Series Engine: what generates stories week after week
- Pilot structure: the teaser, each act break and final hook
- Episode ideas for season one, with A and B stories
- Season arc and a series bible checklist
Write, rewrite and pitch
- Plan of action and a 50-day page count tracker
- Rewrite passes, a notes tracker and table read notes
- Competitions & fellowships, agents, managers & producers
- A one-pager and pitch prep for the meeting
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