Description
Turn that first spark of an idea into a story you’re ready to write.
The Complete Story Planning Workbook for Writers guides you through the process of developing an entire story—from the first what if? to the final resolution.
This comprehensive 28-page printable workbook gives you one place to develop and track the characters, setting, conflict, plot, subplots, stakes, turning points, timeline, resolution, and all the other pieces that bring a story together.
Use it to plan and develop:
• Your story seed and working premise
• Genre, tone, theme, and reader expectations
• Story world, setting, locations, and research
• Your protagonist, antagonist, and supporting cast
• Character relationships and story roles
• Goals, motivation, and conflict
• Internal and external conflict
• Stakes, urgency, and consequences
• Subplots and supporting storylines
• Beginning, middle, and end
• Escalation and major turning points
• Climax and resolution
• Story timeline and continuity
• Secrets, clues, foreshadowing, and payoffs
• Loose ends and unanswered questions
• Your complete story at a glance
Works beautifully with The Complete Character Development Cheat Sheet for Writers.
The Story Planning Workbook helps you see how your characters function within the entire story, while the Character Development sheets let you explore each major character in depth. Use one Story Planning Workbook for your book and a separate Character Development set for each character you want to develop more fully.
Whether you’re a dedicated plotter, a discovery writer who just needs a little direction, or somewhere in between, use as much—or as little—of the workbook as your writing process requires.
Your story plan isn’t a contract. It’s a map—and writers are allowed to take detours.
DIGITAL PRODUCT — 28 printable 8.5″ × 11″ PDF pages. No physical product will be shipped.
