With 2016 coming to an end, I’ve started looking into new planners. And while there were many beautiful options for normal planners, I found that there weren’t many specialized organizers for literary projects that I wanted to work on. So, I created both a novel planner and a blogging planner to share with you all!

Novel Planner:

The novel collection contains a front page, where you can write your WIP’s title and a brief blurb. (In my opinion, those are the two hardest things to write in the planning stages, so good luck with that!) Then, there are two plotting pages– a structured sheet that guides you in mapping out a beginning, rising action, climax, and falling action, and a sheet that just lets you outline. (And hey, if you’re a pantser, you could just ignore this section all together.) There’s also a brainstorming page, where you can jot some ideas down. Then, there are the character pages. There are five pages for main characters: An appearance/general info page, a personality/relationship page, a history/sketching page (does anyone else find it fun to try to draw their characters?) a page of likes, and a page of dislikes. This is pretty long, and by the time you finish, you’re going to know your character pretty well! Finally, there’s a page for supporting characters, which is a really condensed version of everything in the main character pages.

You can use the novel planner for mapping out a new idea or for re-organizing yourself on a project you’ve already started. I sometimes map out my main characters on the extended information sheets even in pieces I’ve already been working on for a while, to remind myself of exactly who they are.

Blogging Planner:

The blogging collection contains a calendar that you can fill out the days on and use for any month to track events and blog posts. It also has a weekly planner, which includes daily planning, a weekly checklist, and a section for notes. Finally, it has two large pages for blogging ideas, because it always helps to have back-up ideas for a blog post, in case you can’t figure out what to write.

The blogging collection is perfect for any blogger!

To use either planner, just copy the images, paste them into a google/word/page document, and print! (In the case of the Novel Planner, just print out how many pages of each you need- you might need many main character pages!) I usually keep mine together using a binder clip, but staples would also work. I make page dividers using sticky notes so I can easily flip to a page.

Novel Collection:

Front Page:

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Structured Plotting Page:

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Freeform Plotting Page:

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Brainstorm Page:

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Main Character Page #1:

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Main Character Page #2:

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Main Character Sheet #3:

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Main Character Page #4:

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Main Character Page #5:

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Supporting Character Page:

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Blogging Collection

Monthly view:

blog-calendar

Weekly View/Checklist:

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Blog Ideas Sheet #1:

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Blog Ideas Sheet #2

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I hope you liked my planners and might find some use for them!

Recently, I received 1,000 follows on my instagram account, Writing With Style. I’m so appreciative to all those on Insta who helped me! I wanted to give a shoutout to people who inspired me along the way. If you want to follow a bookstagram/writing account, these are the people you should find:

1. Inspired To Write

2. Hundred Acre Books

3. Em’s Book Corner

4. Chrissy Adam Writes

Thanks for reading, and happy holidays!

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  3. I love the novel and blog planner! I’ve also been looking into planners and such and I’ve mixed and matched pages from different free printables and I will definitely fit some of your pages in!

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  6. In planning keep this in mind: “The idea that the future is unpredictable is undermined every day by the ease with which the past is explained.” (Thinking Slow)

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  13. Oh my goodness these are so pretty!! I use a bullet journal and I will most definetely be printing these out to put in- they will be so useful!! Thank you!!
    By the way, I nominated you for the ‘Sunshine Blogger Award’ because your blog posts and articles are amazing! The article is here: https://utterlywrite.wordpress.com/2016/12/24/sunshine-blogger-award-part-one/ and it has all the information for if you want to do it 🙂

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