The Ultimate Traditional Publishing Planner

Get your manuscript ready, pitch it and find the right agent. The Traditional Publishing Planner has 7 sections: ready, pitch, agents, submissions, the offer, published and plan & wellbeing.

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

• Goodnotes & PDF: 49-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.
• E-ink edition: Hyperlinked PDF made for e-ink tablets; larger text and high-contrast pages.

What's inside

7 sections, 49 pages in the PDF: Ready, Pitch, Agents, Submissions, The Offer, Published and Plan & Wellbeing.

Polish your pitch

• An honest readiness check before you send a single query
• Logline, elevator pitch and a part-by-part query builder
• Two full query drafts, a synopsis planner and a bio page
• Genre, word count and comps checked against the market

Find the right agent

• Decide what you want from a long-term business partner
• Three pages of agent research, with what each one asks for
• Wishlist matches to personalise every query
• A tiered shortlist: dream agents, strong fits and good fits

Query in small batches

• A batch planner, so early feedback improves the next round
• Two submission trackers with response times and follow-ups
• Log partial and full requests, rejections and feedback
• A query health check to show what needs changing

From the call to publication

• Questions for the call and a side-by-side offer comparison
• Contract questions to go through with your agent
• Deal to publication timeline, advances and royalties
• A monthly planner, the next book and a wins log

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