Digital + printable planner for spy thriller writers
The Ultimate Espionage Thriller Writing Planner
Build the legend, run the operation and hunt the mole
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 105-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 Espionage Thriller novel from the first idea to publication day. The Espionage Thriller Writing Planner is written for Espionage Thriller writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, mission, tradecraft, betrayal, plot, agent, 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.
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Real pages from the Espionage Thriller Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
12 sections, 105 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Spy story & tropes
- Comps & title library
Mission6 pages
- Operation & mission brief
- The target
- Op plan vs reality
Tradecraft8 pages
- Four cover identities
- Eight assets & handlers
- Agencies & command chain
Betrayal6 pages
- The mole & suspect list
- True loyalties
- Double-crosses
Plot14 pages
- Espionage structure
- Plot map & tension graph
- Cat & mouse & set pieces
Agent7 pages
- Agent basics & voice
- Wound & flaw
- The cost of the job
Cast5 pages
- Supporting cast list
- Six cast profiles
- Relationship web
World7 pages
- Tradecraft & tech
- Real vs invented
- Settings & locations
Write7 pages
- Plan of action
- Opening lines
- 100-day word tracker
Edit7 pages
- Espionage checklist
- Loyalty audit
- Plot holes & scene changes
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 Espionage Thriller writers
Run the operation
- The operation and a mission brief for your agent
- A page for the target at the centre of it
- Op plan vs reality, for when the mission goes sideways
- Raise the stakes and set the ticking clock
Trust no one
- Four cover identities and eight assets and handlers
- Agencies, chain of command, comms and safe houses
- The mole, a suspect list and every double-cross
- True loyalties, secrets and lies, and the agent being burned
A spy with something to lose
- Espionage structure, plot map and tension graph
- Cat and mouse, eight set pieces and the endgame
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
- Agent profile: wound, flaw, skills and the cost of the job
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- An Espionage Checklist and a loyalty audit for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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