Digital + printable planner for horror writers
The Ultimate Horror Writing Planner
Build the dread, set the rules and unleash the thing in the dark
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 85-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 Horror novel from the first idea to publication day. The Horror Writing Planner is written for Horror writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, fear, dread, plot, survivors, 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 Horror Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 85 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Fear5 pages
- The monster
- The rules
- Fear map
Dread6 pages
- Dread builder
- 12 scares & set pieces
- The final confrontation
Plot10 pages
- Horror structure
- Plot map & dread graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Survivors5 pages
- Protagonist: the basics
- Wound & flaw
- The group
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
- Horror 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 Horror writers
Give the fear rules
- Define the horror at the heart of your book
- Set the rules, so the fear plays fair
- A monster page, plus its origins and lore
- A fear map matching the horror to each character's fear
Build the dread
- A dread builder for the slow tightening before the scare
- Twelve scares and set pieces to plan
- Isolation: cut your characters off from help
- Who survives, and the final confrontation
Who makes it to the end?
- Horror structure, plot map and a dread graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
- Protagonist profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
- The group, and a before and after for your protagonist
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Horror Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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