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:
Structured Plotting Page:
Freeform Plotting Page:
Brainstorm Page:
Main Character Page #1:
Main Character Page #2:
Main Character Sheet #3:
Main Character Page #4:
Main Character Page #5:
Supporting Character Page:
Blogging Collection
Monthly view:
Weekly View/Checklist:
Blog Ideas Sheet #1:
Blog Ideas Sheet #2
I hope you liked my planners and might find some use for them!
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Thanks for reading, and happy holidays!
39 responses to “Novel / Blogging Planners (Free Printables!)”
Oh my gosh! I have a literature exam tomorrow, and this stuff would be the most helpful thing ever! Thank you so much! I cannot express how thankful I am for this!
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I’m so glad you like it! 🙂
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WoW!!! these will simplify and help organize……awesome!!! 🙂 🙂
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Thank you! ❤
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thank you….for sharing this….. 🙂 🙂
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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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Thank you!
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Very helpful resources. 👍🏼
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Thanks!
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Pleasure
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That blogging planner is simply AMAZING. I’ll totally make sure to mention this in my Blog, and print it out! Thank you so much! And you should do more 😀❤️😀
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Omg, thank YOU! That means so much! ❤
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😀😀
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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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Those are some really great planners – I’m think of printing them out!
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Yay! I’m glad you like them!
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Wow! This can be super helpful! Thank you.
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Thank you 🙂
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No problem ❤
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This is really helpful! Thank you!
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I’m glad it was helpful!
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These planners are fantastic. I’m currently in my iPad, but as soon as I get to my computer I’ll print them out. Thank you so much.
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I’m so happy they’re getting used haha! 🙂
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I really love this idea! Thanks for sharing Vivian. Especially the character development parts of the novel planner, I like those a lot. Thanks again!
Gracie…
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That page was my favorite too! Thanks for reading.
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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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Thank you so much for nominating me! I always wanted to try out bullet journaling- I’m so glad you could use these.
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This was such a helpful post! Thank you 😊😊
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Thank you for reading!
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Thank you 🙂 🙂 these are wonderful ❤ ❤ very helpful x x
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Thanks for checking them out. ❤
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Your most welcome 🙂 🙂 x x
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[…] one inspired for the large part how I developed my characters, so a huge thanks to the creator) or this one (thank you too). However it didn’t really work for me to write it down because it felt […]
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[…] By the way, the lovely “Blog Ideas” printable was created by Vivian, you can get this graphic and more here. […]
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pretty cool! I like your printable.
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Thank you!
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This is so helpful! Thank youuu
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I’m glad it could help!
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