The Ultimate Christmas & Holiday Romance Writing Planner

Plan your Christmas & Holiday Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Christmas & Holiday Romance Writing Planner is written for Christmas & Holiday Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, holiday, love story, tropes, plot, leads, 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: 101-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

12 sections, 101 pages in the PDF: Idea, Holiday, Love Story, Tropes, Plot, Leads, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Make the holiday matter

• Build your holiday setting
• A holiday countdown to give the romance a deadline
• Traditions, set pieces and the festive cast
• Plan your length and release date for the season

A couple worth rooting for

• The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles
• Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
• Dual POV tracker, grand gesture and HEA
• Full profiles and arcs for both leads

10 tropes and a beat sheet

• A page for each of 10 tropes, from fake dating to only one bed
• The Holiday Romance Beat Sheet
• Plot map and romantic tension graph
• Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks

Write, edit and publish

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

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