The Ultimate Dark Romance Writing Planner

Plan your Dark Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Dark Romance Writing Planner is written for Dark Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 12 sections cover idea, darkness, 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: 103-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, 103 pages in the PDF: Idea, Darkness, Love Story, Tropes, Plot, Leads, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Decide how dark it goes

• Content warnings and a page on consent and agency
• The Morally Grey Lead, power dynamics and The Pull
• The Underworld your leads rule, and its chain of command
• Rivals and enemies, plus setting and research pages

A love that shouldn't happen

• The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles
• Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
• Dual POV tracker, grand gesture and HEA
• Heroine and Dark Lead profiles with before and after arcs

10 tropes, danger and desire

• A page for each of 10 tropes, from captive to revenge
• The Dark Romance Beat Sheet
• Plot map and a Danger & Desire Graph
• Scene lists, scene cards and chapter hooks

Write, edit and publish

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

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