The Ultimate Sci-Fi Writing Planner

Plan your Sci-Fi novel from the first idea to publication day. The Sci-Fi Writing Planner is written for Sci-Fi writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, future, places, plot, characters, cast, locations, 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: 86-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, 86 pages in the PDF: Idea, Future, Places, Plot, Characters, Cast, Locations, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Start with one big idea

• The big idea: the one change that shapes your world
• Four technology cards: what each does, its limits and cost
• A science check for the real science and where you've bent it
• Societies, factions, aliens, AI and a future history

A future that feels lived in

• Planets, stations and ships, each with its own dangers
• A deck plan or map page for your key ship or station
• Jargon and glossary to keep invented words consistent
• Daily life, two key location pages and research notes

Plot it, then raise the stakes

• Sci-fi structure beats and a three-act breakdown
• Nine-box plot map and a chapter by chapter stakes graph
• Protagonist and antagonist profiles, plus the villain's plan
• 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 Sci-Fi Checklist for your edit
• Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
• Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief

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