The Ultimate Cosy Mystery Writing Planner

Plan your Cosy Mystery novel from the first idea to publication day. The Cosy Mystery Writing Planner is written for Cosy Mystery writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, mystery, community, plot, sleuth, 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: 88-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, 88 pages in the PDF: Idea, Mystery, Community, Plot, Sleuth, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

A murder to puzzle over

• The crime, the victim and the culprit
• Suspect boards with room for eight suspects
• A clue tracker and a page of red herrings
• A page to plan the reveal

A village readers return to

• The community, its locals and the hook
• Recipes and extras, plus a series arc
• Why your sleuth gets involved, and the sleuth's circle
• Sleuth profile: voice, history, wound and flaw

Keep the intrigue building

• Cosy Mystery Structure and three-act structure pages
• Plot map, intrigue graph, subplots and chapter hooks
• Scene lists and 12 scene cards
• Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages

Write, edit and publish

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

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