The Ultimate Romance Writing Planner

Plan your Romance novel from the first idea to publication day. The Romance Writing Planner is written for Romance writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, 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: 97-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, 97 pages in the PDF: Idea, Love Story, Tropes, Plot, Leads, Cast, World, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Start with the love story

• The couple, their chemistry and the obstacles between them
• Relationship milestones and key romantic scenes
• Dual POV tracker, intimate scenes, grand gesture and HEA
• Basics, heart and history, and before and after for each lead

12 tropes, a page for each

• Choose your combination on the Your Trope Mix page
• A page for each of 12 tropes, enemies to lovers to slow burn
• Fake dating, forced proximity, grumpy / sunshine and more
• Second chance, forbidden love and marriage of convenience

Plot every beat of the romance

• The Romance Beat Sheet and three-act structure
• Plot map and romantic tension graph
• Scene lists, 12 scene cards, subplots and chapter hooks
• Six cast profiles, a relationship web and setting pages

Write, edit and publish

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

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