The Ultimate Grimdark Fantasy Writing Planner

Plan your Grimdark Fantasy novel from the first idea to publication day. The Grimdark Fantasy Writing Planner is written for Grimdark Fantasy writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, broken world, grey, plot, characters, cast, places, 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: 91-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, 91 pages in the PDF: Idea, Broken World, Grey, Plot, Characters, Cast, Places, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

No heroes, only hard choices

• Plan the impossible choice at the heart of the book
• Four point-of-view character profiles
• Track each act of violence, what it costs and every betrayal
• A corruption arc: who they were and what the world made them

Decide what's rotten

• The Rot: what's broken, who profits and why nobody fixes it
• Four factions: what they want and how far they'll go
• The world, with a map page to sketch it
• Magic system, spells, magical objects, creatures and races

An antihero worth following

• Grimdark Structure beats, plus the three-act structure
• Plot map, stakes graph, scene lists and scene cards
• Antihero, antagonist and companion profiles
• Six cast profiles, a relationship web and a series arc

Write, edit and publish

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

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