Digital + printable planner for thriller writers
The Ultimate Military Thriller Writing Planner
The unit, the mission and the cost of war
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 94-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 Military Thriller novel from the first idea to publication day. The Military Thriller Writing Planner is written for Military Thriller writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, mission, war, plot, soldier, 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
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Real pages from the Military Thriller Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 94 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comps & title library
Mission6 pages
- The unit & operation order
- Weapons, kit & vehicles
- Area of operations
War12 pages
- Threat & enemy commander
- Cat & mouse & set pieces
- The final battle
Plot10 pages
- Military story structure
- Plot map & tension graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Soldier7 pages
- Soldier basics & voice
- Wound & flaw
- Getting it right
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
- Military genre 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 Military Thriller writers
Brief the mission
- Build the unit your story follows
- An operation order for the mission ahead
- Weapons, kit, vehicles and the area of operations
- Rules and orders, casualties and consequences
Know your enemy
- The threat, and an enemy commander with a plan
- A timeline of the enemy commander's moves
- Cat and mouse, eight set pieces and the final battle
- Stakes, a ticking clock, twists, secrets and lies
A soldier worth following
- Military Thriller Structure, plot map and tension graph
- Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
- Soldier profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
- Getting It Right, skills and resources, and a series arc
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A Military Thriller Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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