Digital + printable planner for steampunk writers
The Ultimate Steampunk Writing Planner
Airships, brass, gaslight and an alternate age of steam
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 91-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 Steampunk novel from the first idea to publication day. The Steampunk Writing Planner is written for Steampunk writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, age of steam, adventure, plot, hero, cast, places, 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 Steampunk Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 91 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Age of Steam5 pages
- The point of divergence
- Inventions & machines
- Society & class
Adventure12 pages
- Eight set pieces
- The threat & ticking clock
- Antagonist plan & timeline
Plot10 pages
- Steampunk structure
- Plot map & stakes graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Hero5 pages
- Hero profile
- Voice & history
- Wound & flaw
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
Places4 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
- Steampunk 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 Steampunk writers
Bend history at one point
- The point of divergence: when your history left ours
- Inventions and machines: how they work and their dangers
- Society and class: who benefits and who pays
- Look and feel, plus a real vs invented tracker
Set pieces built on steam
- Eight set pieces planned around your world's machines
- The threat, the antagonist's plan and their timeline
- Raising the stakes, a ticking clock and cat and mouse
- Twists, reversals, secrets, lies and the climax
Plot the whole adventure
- Steampunk structure beats and a three-act breakdown
- Nine-box plot map and a chapter by chapter stakes graph
- Hero profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
- 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 Steampunk Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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