Digital + printable planner for romance writers
The Ultimate Sports Romance Writing Planner
The big game, the locker room and a love story played for keeps
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 102-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 Sports Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Sports Romance Writing Planner is written for Sports Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, the game, 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 Sports Romance Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
12 sections, 102 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre, tropes & heat
- Comps & title library
The Game6 pages
- The sport & the team
- The roster, 1 to 12
- The season & career stakes
Love Story9 pages
- The couple & chemistry
- Milestones & key scenes
- Grand gesture & HEA
Tropes11 pages
- Your trope mix
- 10 dedicated trope pages
- Rivals, fake dating…
Plot10 pages
- Sports 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
- Sports 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 Sports Romance writers
Get the game right
- Choose the sport and build the team around it
- Map out the season your love story plays across
- Two roster pages, with room for 12
- Getting the Sport Right, plus a page for career stakes
A couple playing for keeps
- The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles between them
- Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
- Dual POV tracker, grand gesture and HEA
- Full profiles and before and after arcs for both leads
Tropes and a winning plot
- A page for each of 10 tropes, from rivals to friends to lovers
- The Sports Romance Beat Sheet
- Plot map and romantic tension graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Sports Romance Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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