Digital + printable planner for short story writers
The Ultimate Short Story Writing Planner
Write, polish and place your short stories, from spark to collection
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 54-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
Write, polish and place your short stories, from spark to collection. The Short Story Writing Planner has 8 sections: ideas, craft, submissions, collection, 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 Short Story Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
8 sections, 54 pages in the PDF
Ideas3 pages
- Idea bank
- Story seeds
- Prompts & themes
Craft6 pages
- Story planners 1 to 3
- Short story structure
- Flash fiction planner
Submissions6 pages
- Submission trackers
- Competition calendar
- Markets & magazines
Collection3 pages
- Collection concept
- Running order
- Two running order pages
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit3 pages
- Short story checklist
- Beta readers
- Editing notes
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 Short Story Writing Planner
Send your stories out
- Markets & Magazines to research where to send your work
- A competition calendar so you never miss a deadline
- Two submission tracker pages
- Results & feedback, plus published stories & rights
From spark to last line
- Idea bank, story seeds, prompts and competition themes
- Three story planner pages
- Short Story Structure and a flash fiction planner
- A page just for The Ending
Gather them into a collection
- Collection Concept: what ties your stories together
- Two running order pages to put the stories in sequence
- Logline, hooks and taglines for the finished book
- Blurb research, workshop, two drafts and a checklist
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- Opening lines and a Short Story Checklist
- Beta readers and editing notes
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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