Does your plot need rescuing? The Once Upon a Time plan could be the hero you need

It’s still one of the classic ways to begin a story.  If you haven’t started a story with Once Upon a Time… you’ve most certainly read one that did.  Somehow, even as kids, we know immediately what to expect.  There will be heroes, villains, an obstacle to overcome, and in between all that maybe a princess to …

New writing plans to help you make progress with your novel

Story Planner offers the largest collection of novel planning templates online, and we’ve added ten new planning methods. We hope there’s something for everyone. Here’s what’s new. Non-fiction book proposal.  This plan creates a perfectly designed proposal to pitch a book to an agent or publisher. If you have an idea for a non-fiction book this template …

Story Planner: The perfect gift for writers

Finding the perfect gift for writers in your household can be tricky. Sure, they’ll gladly accept a new laptop, or maybe even a retreat to somewhere remote where they can focus on their new novel (or the scenery from the window). But if you’re looking for something a little more useful than a simple notebook …

How to use NaNoWriMo to create a fast but polished first draft

It is nearly time for NaNoWriMo, the famous and popular National Novel Writing Month. Last year 431,626 writers attempted its crazy challenge to write 50,000 words in November. We at Story Planner love the buzz of participating in this writing challenge. Here are a few of the reasons: There is fantastic support  from the writing community at the …

FREE Story Plan critique for Premium members

Story Planner is offering a FREE Story Plan critique for every Premium member selecting a 1 year subscription this October. A year of Story Planner Premium membership costs only $40 and allows full access to our online planning resources to help you create a well structured novel or screenplay. As a limited time offer we …

Our May competition winners

<img class="alignleft size-medium wp-image-154" src="http://blog.storyplanner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000-300×300.jpg" alt="congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000" width="300" height="300" srcset="http://blog.storyplanner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000-300×300.jpg 300w, http://blog.storyplanner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000-150×150 potenzmittel im vergleich cialis bestellen.jpg 150w, http://blog.storyplanner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000-200×200.jpg 200w, http://blog.storyplanner.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/congratulations-typewriter-card-3988-0-1435322087000.jpg 520w” sizes=”(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px” />Congratulations to Alice Russo whose well structured plan for hostage drama ‘Real Eden’ wins our screenwriting competition and a Script Hackr online course.The runners up were Poppy Damon with ‘She …

Simple screenwriting competition – with a great prize!

Our latest Story Planner competition has a screenwriting theme, and a great prize of a downloadable Script Hackr course created by the guys at Script Reader Pro. This screenwriting course teaches the fundamentals of screenwriting in 7 practical modules, and it’s bound to inspire better writing. The competition is as easy as can be and completely free. …