Digital + printable planner for dark romance writers
The Ultimate Dark Romance Writing Planner
A morally grey lead, a dangerous world, a love that shouldn't happen
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 103-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 Dark Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Dark Romance Writing Planner is written for Dark Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, darkness, 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 Dark Romance Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
12 sections, 103 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre, tropes & heat
- Comps & title library
Darkness5 pages
- Content warnings
- Consent & agency
- The morally grey lead
Love Story8 pages
- The couple & chemistry
- Milestones & key scenes
- Grand gesture & HEA
Tropes11 pages
- Your trope mix
- 10 dedicated trope pages
- Morally grey hero
Plot10 pages
- Dark romance beat sheet
- Danger & desire graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Leads6 pages
- Heroine & dark lead
- Heart & history
- Before & after arcs
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
World7 pages
- The underworld & hierarchy
- Rivals & enemies
- Setting: the big picture
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit6 pages
- Dark 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 Dark Romance writers
Decide how dark it goes
- Content warnings and a page on consent and agency
- The Morally Grey Lead, power dynamics and The Pull
- The Underworld your leads rule, and its chain of command
- Rivals and enemies, plus setting and research pages
A love that shouldn't happen
- The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles
- Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
- Dual POV tracker, grand gesture and HEA
- Heroine and Dark Lead profiles with before and after arcs
10 tropes, danger and desire
- A page for each of 10 tropes, from captive to revenge
- The Dark Romance Beat Sheet
- Plot map and a Danger & Desire Graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Dark Romance Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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