Digital + printable planner for poets
The Ultimate Poetry Writing Planner
Write, revise and gather your poems into a collection
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 45-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
Write, revise and gather your poems into a collection. The Poetry Writing Planner has 7 sections: ideas, workshop, collection, submissions, edit, pitch & blurb and publish.
It comes as Goodnotes & PDF, Microsoft Word, Notion template, Scrivener 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 Poetry Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
7 sections, 45 pages in the PDF
Ideas3 pages
- Poem idea bank
- Word & image hoard
- Forms to try
Workshop5 pages
- Poem planners 1 to 8
- Revision passes
- Sound & line
Collection5 pages
- Collection concept
- Poem inventory
- Running order
Submissions5 pages
- Magazines & journals
- Submission trackers
- Competitions & prizes
Edit2 pages
- Poem checklist
- Feedback
- Workshop & group notes
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
Inside the Poetry Writing Planner
Draft, revise, read aloud
- Poem idea bank and a word & image hoard
- Forms to Try: tick the ones you've tried and want to try
- Planners for eight poems: central image, turn and ending
- Revision passes, Sound & Line and a writing practice log
Shape a collection
- Collection Concept: your obsessions, voice and shape
- A poem inventory of every finished poem
- Two running order pages so each poem speaks to the next
- Acknowledgements for where poems first appeared
Find your poems readers
- Magazines & journals, with reading windows, fees and rules
- Two submission tracker pages
- Competitions and pamphlet prizes
- Readings & open mics: what you read and how it went
Polish, pitch and publish
- A Poem Checklist to test each poem before you send it out
- A feedback page for workshops, groups and mentors
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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