Story planning

One of my most popular posts is for my Romance Beat Sheet, but one of my readers asked if I could create a Scrivener template to go along with the Romance Beat Sheet. Yes! If you're a romance author and use Scrivener for drafting your stories, today's post is for you.

There's a lot of things that you need to consider when writing stories. You can use any of these story outline templates to create a good piece of work.

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Last time, we discussed Blake Snyder’s Save the Cat craft book and how we can use his writing tools to revise our work. His beat sheet points out when story events (beats) should occur in a screenplay, and most of his advice applies to all forms of fiction writing. Whether we dig into the structure of our stories […]

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Using a story planner template is an effective way to ensure a positive short story writing experience for both new writers and established ones alike.

Master story planning worksheet

Two free worksheets which children can use when planning their stories.