The Ultimate Horror Writing Planner

Plan your Horror novel from the first idea to publication day. The Horror Writing Planner is written for Horror writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, fear, dread, plot, survivors, cast, world, write, edit, 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: 85-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

11 sections, 85 pages in the PDF: Idea, Fear, Dread, Plot, Survivors, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Give the fear rules

• Define the horror at the heart of your book
• Set the rules, so the fear plays fair
• A monster page, plus its origins and lore
• A fear map matching the horror to each character's fear

Build the dread

• A dread builder for the slow tightening before the scare
• Twelve scares and set pieces to plan
• Isolation: cut your characters off from help
• Who survives, and the final confrontation

Who makes it to the end?

• Horror structure, plot map and a dread graph
• Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks
• Protagonist profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
• The group, and a before and after for your protagonist

Write, edit and publish

• Plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
• A Horror Checklist for your edit
• Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
• Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief

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