The Ultimate Picture Book Writing Planner

Plan, storyboard and polish a picture book children ask for again. The Picture Book Writing Planner has 8 sections: idea, character, story, storyboard, manuscript, illustrate, pitch & blurb and publish.

Choose your format below. Each format is an instant download, and every format comes with the Recommended Resources for Authors PDF.

• Goodnotes & PDF: 48-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.
• Microsoft Word: Editable Word document (.docx) with clickable contents; worked examples showing how each page is used; prints on A4 or US Letter.
• Notion template: Notion template you duplicate into your own workspace; linked dashboard and pages, with built-in databases and tracker tables; works on the free Notion plan, on desktop, tablet and phone.
• Scrivener template: Scrivener 3 project template; the planner's pages set up in the binder, beside your manuscript.
• Plottr template: Plottr template (.pltr); How to Use Your Plottr Template guide (PDF).
• E-ink edition: Hyperlinked PDF made for e-ink tablets; larger text and high-contrast pages.

What's inside

8 sections, 48 pages in the PDF: Idea, Character, Story, Storyboard, Manuscript, Illustrate, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Storyboard every spread

• A standard 32-page picture book, spread by spread
• Sketch the picture and draft the words for each spread
• Words & Pictures: what each one tells that the other doesn't
• Illustration notes for your illustrator, or for yourself

Worth hearing again and again

• One simple, strong idea and the heart beneath the fun
• A main character with one clear want and one strong trait
• Picture Book Structure and a page-turn plan
• Refrain & rhythm, plus a spread-by-spread word count trim

From manuscript to artwork

• A read-aloud test and a spread-by-spread manuscript draft
• An illustrator brief and a shortlist to compare
• Questions to settle in writing before work starts
• Art schedule from roughs to final files, plus print specs

Pitch it and publish

• Logline, elevator pitch, hooks and taglines
• Blurb research, workshop, two drafts and a checklist
• Book details and a cover brief
• Amazon keywords, categories and a pre-publish checklist

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