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 rescue. So in this week after the wedding of a…
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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 will guide you to outline the project. Try it here….
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 (it’s our experience that these also go down well), a…
12 ways to help you get your novel finished
Do you want to get your novel finished, but find that your head comes up with excuses that get in the way? We all do this. I sometimes think writing is hard… I’m not in the mood… I haven’t really time now… It will be better to write later, tomorrow, next week, next month, next year… It’s a dangerous pattern because writing a novel takes a lot…
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 NaNoWriMo forums. Many towns and cities have ‘write ins’ in…
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 are giving a free 1-2 page critique for every new…
Essential Apps for Writing
It’s easy to get distracted from writing with constant access to technology and the internet (just how does it have the power to make you lose a solid hour to looking at a baby owl riding a toy animal around the house?) Rather than let this divert your attention from the writing process, why not use it to your advantage instead? Here are eight useful apps to…
Planner vs. Pantser
There are often two kinds of writers: the ones who plan out their stories in advance and know where the characters are going to take the plot, and those who fly by the seat of their pants (the definition of ‘pantser.’) Setting off on the page with nothing more than an idea allows you to discover the story as you write. While this can be exciting,…
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 Was the Universe’ and Yasmin Howard-Spin with ‘Spark,’ they both win…
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. Simply send a screenplay idea outlined using any plan from…