The Ultimate Screenwriting Planner

Plan your feature film or TV pilot, from logline to pitching. The Screenwriting Planner has 7 sections: idea, story, characters, series, write, rewrite and market.

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

• Goodnotes & PDF: 46-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

7 sections, 46 pages in the PDF: Idea, Story, Characters, Series, Write, Rewrite and Market.

From logline to beats

• Logline, premise & theme, genre & format and comps
• A beat sheet for the major beats of your story
• Sequence outline, two scene lists and 12 scene cards
• The First Ten Pages, where readers often decide

Characters who sound different

• Four pages on your protagonist: basics, voice, wound and arc
• A three-page antagonist profile
• Ensemble: every speaking role, their function and want
• Dialogue & Voice: the same situation, each character's way

Build a series engine

• The Series Engine: what generates stories week after week
• Pilot structure: the teaser, each act break and final hook
• Episode ideas for season one, with A and B stories
• Season arc and a series bible checklist

Write, rewrite and pitch

• Plan of action and a 50-day page count tracker
• Rewrite passes, a notes tracker and table read notes
• Competitions & fellowships, agents, managers & producers
• A one-pager and pitch prep for the meeting

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