Digital + printable planner for literary novelists
The Ultimate Literary Fiction Writing Planner
Character, voice, theme and the question at the heart of your story
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 81-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 Literary Fiction novel from the first idea to publication day. The Literary Fiction Writing Planner is written for Literary Fiction writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, heart, craft, plot, protagonist, 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 Literary Fiction Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 81 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & themes
- Comps & title library
Heart4 pages
- The question at the heart
- Interior life
- Themes, motifs & images
Craft4 pages
- Structure & form
- Voice & style
- Style choices sheet
Plot10 pages
- Story shape
- Plot map & intensity graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Protagonist4 pages
- Protagonist profile
- Voice & history
- Wound & flaw
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
- Literary fiction 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 Literary Fiction writers
Find the question at its heart
- The question the book asks, and the scenes that test it
- Interior life: what your protagonist thinks but never says
- Track motifs and images and how their meaning shifts
- Subtext: what's said, what's meant, what the reader senses
Tune the voice on every page
- Structure and form, starting with point of view and tense
- Describe the voice, then write a sample paragraph
- A personal style sheet: dialogue, imagery, pacing and more
- The ending: what's resolved, what isn't, the final image
Give the story its shape
- Story shape beats to use loosely, plus three-act structure
- Plot map and an emotional intensity graph
- Protagonist profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
- Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Literary Fiction Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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