The Ultimate Children's Book Writing Planner

Picture books, early readers, chapter books and middle grade. The Children's Book Writing Planner has 11 sections: idea, picture books, chapter books, plot, hero, 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, Picture Books, Chapter Books, Plot, Hero, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Plan it spread by spread

• Spread planner for a standard 32-page picture book
• The read-aloud: refrain, rhythm and page-turn surprises
• Words and pictures: plan what each one tells
• Illustration notes for your illustrator, or yourself

Kid-sized stakes, big heart

• Kid-sized stakes your hero solves for themselves
• Age check for vocabulary, sentence length and themes
• Chapter planner with word counts and ending hooks
• Fun and heart, plus a series arc for the next adventure

A hero kids want as a friend

• A story structure for 500 words or 50,000
• Plot map and a chapter by chapter excitement graph
• What makes them special: superpower, weakness, catchphrase
• Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages

Write, edit and publish

• Opening lines, daily word counts and a project tracker
• A Children's Book Checklist to revise against
• Blurb research, a workshop and two blurb drafts
• Cover brief, Amazon keywords and a pre-publish checklist

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