Free writing templates
Blank planning sheets for your own stories, novels and screenplays. Print them and write by hand, or open them in any PDF reader and type straight into the boxes.
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The complete writer’s template kit. PDF, 736 KB.
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Story Outline
Logline, premise, characters, stakes and theme, then every story beat from the hook to the closing image.
2 fill-in pages · PDF, 79 KB
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World-Building
Geography, key locations, senses, society, history and the rules of your world, with their limits and costs.
2 fill-in pages · PDF, 89 KB
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Timeline
A numbered table for dates, events, who's involved and where each moment lands in the manuscript.
2 fill-in pages · PDF, 246 KB
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Characters
A cast list plus a full character profile: voice, want and need, ghost and wound, relationships and arc.
3 fill-in pages · PDF, 194 KB
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Decisions & Open Items
A decision log so you don't second-guess settled choices, and a checklist of open questions and plot holes.
2 fill-in pages · PDF, 184 KB
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Change Log
Track every revision: version, date, what changed, why, and your word count.
2 fill-in pages · PDF, 244 KB
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