The Ultimate Memoir Writing Planner

Turn your memories into a story readers can't put down. The Memoir Writing Planner has 9 sections: idea, memory, structure, people, truth, 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: 63-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

9 sections, 63 pages in the PDF: Idea, Memory, Structure, People, Truth, Write, Edit, Pitch & Blurb and Publish.

Mine your memories

• A life timeline across two pages
• Memory Mining: recall a place or moment sense by sense
• Photos, letters and objects to jog your memory
• Key Moments: choose the ones the book is built on

Shape a life into a story

• Why This Story? and The Slice of Life to find your focus
• The Narrative Arc and a page of structure options
• Chapter maps and 12 scene cards
• Then & Now, your reader, comparable memoirs and titles

Real people, handled with care

• Your Cast list, plus People Profiles for the key figures
• A page on writing about real people
• Permissions & Conversations: who you asked, what you agreed
• Research list, research notes and a fact-check log

Write, edit and publish

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

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