The Ultimate Thriller Writing Planner

Plan your thriller from the first idea to publication day. The Thriller Writing Planner is written for thriller writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you're writing: build the threat, set the clock ticking and keep readers up all night.

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

• Goodnotes & PDF: an 89-page hyperlinked planner for Goodnotes, Notability, Noteshelf and other PDF apps, in two designs (Classic and Pop), plus printable US Letter versions of both.
• Microsoft Word: an editable .docx with clickable contents and worked examples. Prints on A4 or US Letter.
• Notion: a template you duplicate into your own workspace, with a linked dashboard, pages and trackers. Works on the free Notion plan.
• Scrivener: a Scrivener 3 project template with the planner's pages in the binder, beside your manuscript.
• Plottr: a Plottr template with thriller structure, beats and character and place prompts on the timeline, plus a how-to guide.
• E-ink: a hyperlinked PDF with larger text and high-contrast pages, made for e-ink tablets that read PDFs.

What's inside

11 sections: Idea, Threat, Action, Plot, Hero, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

• Define the threat and the stakes, with an antagonist profile, their plan and a ticking clock
• Cat and mouse, eight set pieces, twists and reversals, and the climax
• Thriller structure, a plot map, tension graph, scene lists and scene cards
• Hero profile, skills, wound and flaw, six cast profiles and a relationship web
• Settings, tradecraft and tech, and a research list
• A plan of action and a 100-day word count tracker
• A thriller edit checklist, plot holes and beta reader pages
• Logline, hooks, taglines and a blurb workshop
• Amazon keywords, categories and a cover brief

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