The Ultimate Steampunk Writing Planner

Plan your Steampunk novel from the first idea to publication day. The Steampunk Writing Planner is written for Steampunk writers, so its prompts, examples and story structure fit the book you are writing. Its 11 sections cover idea, age of steam, adventure, plot, hero, cast, places, 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: 91-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, 91 pages in the PDF: Idea, Age of Steam, Adventure, Plot, Hero, Cast, Places, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Bend history at one point

• The point of divergence: when your history left ours
• Inventions and machines: how they work and their dangers
• Society and class: who benefits and who pays
• Look and feel, plus a real vs invented tracker

Set pieces built on steam

• Eight set pieces planned around your world's machines
• The threat, the antagonist's plan and their timeline
• Raising the stakes, a ticking clock and cat and mouse
• Twists, reversals, secrets, lies and the climax

Plot the whole adventure

• Steampunk structure beats and a three-act breakdown
• Nine-box plot map and a chapter by chapter stakes graph
• Hero profile: voice, history, wound and flaw
• Six cast profiles, a relationship web and a series arc

Write, edit and publish

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

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