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Digital + printable planner for LGBTQ+ romance writers

The Ultimate LGBTQ+ Romance Writing Planner

MM, sapphic and queer love stories with joy, heart and authenticity

Choose your format

$5.99Goodnotes & PDF

What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition

  • 101-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 LGBTQ+ Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The LGBTQ+ Romance Writing Planner is written for LGBTQ+ Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, identity, 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.

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Real pages from the LGBTQ+ Romance Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.

What's inside

12 sections, 101 pages in the PDF

Idea7 pages

  • What if? & premise
  • Subgenre, tropes & heat
  • Comps & title library

Identity5 pages

  • Identity & representation
  • Who knows?
  • Chosen family

Love Story9 pages

  • The couple & chemistry
  • Milestones & key scenes
  • Grand gesture & HEA

Tropes11 pages

  • Your trope mix
  • 10 dedicated trope pages
  • Coming out & late bloomer

Plot10 pages

  • LGBTQ+ romance beat sheet
  • Plot map & tension graph
  • Scene lists & scene cards

Leads6 pages

  • Profiles for both leads
  • Heart & history
  • Before & after arcs

Cast5 pages

  • Supporting cast list
  • Six cast profiles
  • Relationship web

World4 pages

  • Setting: the big picture
  • Specific locations
  • Research list & notes

Write7 pages

  • Plan of action
  • Opening lines
  • 100-day word tracker

Edit6 pages

  • LGBTQ+ 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 LGBTQ+ Romance writers

Write it with authenticity

  • Identity and representation for your leads
  • Who Knows? Track who is out, and to whom
  • Chosen family, community and setting
  • An authenticity check to track sensitivity reader feedback

Queer love, told with joy

  • The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles
  • Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
  • Dual POV tracker, grand gesture and HEA
  • Full profiles and before and after arcs for both leads

10 tropes and a beat sheet

  • A page for each of 10 tropes, coming out to found family
  • The LGBTQ+ Romance Beat Sheet
  • Plot map and romantic tension graph
  • Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks

Write, edit and publish

  • Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
  • An LGBTQ+ Romance Checklist for your edit
  • Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
  • Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief

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