Digital + printable planner for PI & noir writers
The Ultimate Private Investigator & Noir Writing Planner
A client with secrets, a case that goes deeper and mean streets
Choose your format
What you get with the Goodnotes & PDF edition
- 89-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 Private Investigator & Noir novel from the first idea to publication day. The Private Investigator & Noir Writing Planner is written for Private Investigator & Noir writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, case, streets, plot, investigator, 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 Private Investigator & Noir Writing Planner, in both designs. Tap a page to see it bigger.
What's inside
11 sections, 89 pages in the PDF
Idea7 pages
- What if? & premise
- Subgenre & tropes
- Comparable titles
Case6 pages
- The client
- The job vs the truth
- Crime, victim & killer
Streets8 pages
- The fatale & the voice
- Informants & contacts
- Eight-suspect board
Plot10 pages
- PI novel structure
- Plot map & tension graph
- Scene lists & scene cards
Investigator6 pages
- Profile, voice & history
- How they work
- 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
- PI & noir 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 Private Investigator & Noir writers
A case that goes deeper
- A page for the client who walks in with secrets
- The job vs the truth: the case behind the case
- The crime, the victim and the killer
- The killer's timeline, so you know what really happened
Walk the mean streets
- The fatale, informants and contacts
- A page for the voice that carries a noir novel
- Suspect boards, clue tracker, red herrings and the reveal
- Investigator profile, how they work and a series arc
A plot that tightens
- PI Novel Structure and three-act structure pages
- Plot map, tension graph, subplots and chapter hooks
- Scene lists and 12 scene cards
- Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages
Write, edit and publish
- Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
- A PI & Noir Checklist for your edit
- Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
- Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief
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