Digital + printable planner for western writers
The Ultimate Western Writing Planner
Frontier towns, open range and a showdown at the end of the trail
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 93-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 Western novel from the first idea to publication day. The Western Writing Planner is written for Western writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, frontier, showdown, plot, hero, 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 Western Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 93 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Frontier6 pages
- Town & territory
- Law & lawlessness
- Horses, guns & gear
Showdown12 pages
- The showdown
- Outlaw profile & plan
- Cat & mouse & set pieces
Plot10 pages
- Western structure
- Plot map & stakes graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Hero6 pages
- Hero basics & voice
- Wound & flaw
- Skills & resources
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
World4 pages
- Setting: the big picture
- Setting: specific location
- Research list & notes
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit6 pages
- Western 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 Western writers
A frontier that feels lived in
- The frontier, your town and the territory around it
- Law and lawlessness on one page
- Horses, guns and gear
- History, real events and a page on respectful portrayal
Ride towards the showdown
- The threat, and an outlaw with a plan and a timeline
- Raising the stakes and a ticking clock
- Cat and mouse, eight set pieces, twists and reversals
- Secrets and lies, and the showdown itself
A hero with a past
- Western structure, plot map and a stakes graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
- Hero profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
- Skills and resources, before and after, and a series arc
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Western Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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