3-Act Story Structure Template

Take the guesswork out of storytelling with this 3-Act Story Structure Template! Map out your plot, build momentum, and keep your characters moving toward a powerful resolution. Whether you’re drafting or refining, this template helps you shape a story that flows—without the overwhelm.

Beat Sheet/Scene Card Template

Take the chaos out of writing with our Beat Sheet/Scene Card Template! Easily map out key moments, track character arcs, the importance of each scene, where it happens, and ultimately keep your story flowing smoothly. Whether you’re a planner or a seat-of-the-pants writer, this template helps you stay on track––one scene at a time.

One-Sentence Novel Descriptor (logline) Template

Nail your story’s core concept with the One-Sentence Novel Descriptor Template and worksheet! This template will help you craft a clear, compelling pitch that captures your novel’s essence in just one sentence. Whether you’re drafting or refining, this template makes it easy to distil your story into a killer elevator pitch.

Novel Timeline Template (Excel)

Stay on top of your story’s timeline with the Novel Timeline of Events Template! Track key moments before, during, and after your novel, all in one place. This simple, easy-to-use Excel template helps you keep every crucial event organised––so you never miss a beat.

Novel Timeline Template (Canva)

Stay on top of your story’s timeline with the Novel Timeline of Events Template! Track key moments before, during, and after your novel all in one place. This simple, easy-to-use Canva template helps you keep every crucial event organised – so you never miss a beat.

Inkarnate – Online Map Maker

Bring your fantasy world to life with Inkarnate, the ultimate online map maker for writers! Easily create detailed, stunning maps that help you visualise and navigate your story’s world. Whether you’re building kingdoms, cities, or landscapes, Inkarnate lets you design the perfect map to complement your fantasy novel.

Canva

We love using Canva for our character profiles, mood boards, and setting descriptions. It’s also great for creating plot outlines, chapter headers, and fun promotional materials, including book covers. Canva is free to use, but the paid version has so many extra perks that are worth exploring. It’s a handy tool for all your writing and author needs!

Writing Prompts eBook

Staring at a blank page and waiting for inspiration to magically appear? We’ve all been there. This eBook is packed with 120 writing prompts designed to get your brain moving, spark new ideas and help you actually put some words on the page. Whether you’re looking for a new story idea, want to practise your writing or simply need a little creative kick up the bum, there’s something in here for you.

Character Profile Sheet Template

Create fully fleshed-out characters with ease using our Character Profile Sheet Template! Get a simple, quick overview of everything from backstory to quirks, so you can keep your characters consistent and compelling. Perfect for when you need all the details in one place––without the stress.

Character Instagram Page Template

Step into your character’s world with the Instagram Account Template. This worksheet helps you imagine how your character would show up online—what they’d post, who they’d follow, and how they’d present themselves to the world. A fun, insightful way to deepen voice, personality, and modern authenticity.

Character Favourite Template

Get to know your characters on a deeper level with the Character Favourites Template! This simple, fun worksheet helps you uncover the little things your character loves—from comfort memories to guilty pleasures—giving them more heart, voice, and authenticity on the page.

Morning & Night Routines

Build richer, more believable characters with the Morning & Night Routine Template. This downloadable worksheet guides you through your character’s daily rhythms—what they do first thing in the morning and last thing at night—giving you insight into their mindset, priorities, and inner world.

Scrivener

My absolute go-to for actually writing my books. Scrivener gives you everything you need to keep your manuscript, research, notes, character details, and chapter outlines together in one place, without forcing you to work in one giant document. You can break your manuscript into individual scenes and chapters, rearrange them easily, set writing targets and keep all your supporting material right alongside your draft.

Best for: writers who want a proper home for their manuscript, especially if you’re working on a longer or more complex book and want to keep everything organised.

Campfire

If you’re writing fantasy, sci-fi or anything with a LOT of worldbuilding, Campfire is one you’ll want to know about. It gives you dedicated spaces to build your world, including characters, locations, maps, timelines, cultures, religions, magic systems and more, so all those little details don’t end up scattered across 15 different notebooks and Google Docs.

Best for: writers working on complex worlds, especially fantasy and sci-fi writers who need somewhere to keep track of all the lore and make sure everything stays consistent.

Reedsy

Reedsy is basically a one-stop shop for writers, with tools and resources to help you take your book from idea to finished manuscript. You can use their free Book Editor to write and format your manuscript, find professional editors and designers, and access a huge library of writing resources and guides.

Best for: writers who are self-publishing or want a professional-looking book without having to figure out every single step of the publishing process yourself.

Obsidian

If your brain is constantly jumping between character ideas, random plot twists, worldbuilding notes and scenes you definitely don’t want to forget, Obsidian is a brilliant place to keep it all. It’s a flexible note-taking tool that lets you link ideas together, create character and worldbuilding databases, organise research and build a whole little digital brain for your book.

Best for: writers working on complex stories, series, worldbuilding-heavy projects, or anyone who wants somewhere to dump and organise all their book-related thoughts without being restricted by a rigid system.

ProWritingAid

Think of this as having a little writing assistant sitting beside you while you edit. ProWritingAid analyses your writing and flags things like repetition, pacing, sentence structure, readability, dialogue and overused words, giving you plenty to consider during your editing process.

Best for: writers who want to strengthen their prose and catch patterns they might not notice when reading their own work.

Plottr

If you’re the kind of writer who has 47 ideas floating around in your head but no idea how they’re supposed to fit together, Plottr is going to be your best friend. It’s a visual planning tool where you can map out your plot, organise chapters and scenes, develop your characters, track timelines and see your whole story laid out in one place.

Best for: writers who love to plan, plotters who want a clear roadmap before they start drafting, or anyone whose manuscript has become a little chaotic and needs some serious organisation.

Atticus

If you’re self-publishing, Atticus is one of those tools that can make the whole formatting process feel a LOT less intimidating. You can write, edit and format your book all in one place, then export a professional-looking file ready for print or ebook publication.

Best for: self-published authors who want beautiful, professional book formatting without having to become a formatting expert themselves.

Vellum

If you’re self-publishing and want your book to look polished and professional without spending hours fighting with formatting, Vellum is a fantastic option. It’s designed specifically for creating beautiful ebooks and print books, with templates that make the whole process much easier.

Best for: self-published authors who want gorgeous, professional book formatting without needing to learn complicated design software. It is Mac-only, though!

The Novel Project

Not sure where to start with your book? This is a brilliant step-by-step guide to taking an idea and turning it into a full manuscript. It walks you through everything from planning and developing your story to actually getting those words on the page—perfect if you’re feeling a little overwhelmed by the whole “how do I write an entire book?!” thing.

Save the Cat! Write’s A Novel

If you’ve ever wondered “what the heck is supposed to happen next?” while writing your book, this one is for you. It breaks down the classic Save the Cat! 3-ACT story structure into an easy-to-follow guide for novelists, helping you understand pacing, plot beats and how to keep your story moving. If there’s one book every writer needs, it’s this one!!

Story Genius

If you know what happens in your story but can’t quite figure out why it matters, this is the book for you. It focuses on your character’s internal journey and helps you build a story around what your protagonist believes, wants and needs to change. Such a good one for creating stories that actually mean something beyond the plot.

Understanding Show, Don’t Tell: And Really Getting It

If “show, don’t tell” is one of those writing rules you’ve heard a million times but still don’t totally understand… this book will show you exactly what it means. It breaks down what showing actually looks like on the page, when telling is perfectly fine, and how to spot the difference in your own writing.

The Emotion Thesaurus

Struggling to show what your character is feeling without constantly writing “she felt sad”? This is one of those resources you’ll reach for over and over again. It gives you loads of physical and emotional cues for different emotions, helping you write more nuanced reactions and bring your characters to life.

The Emotional Wound Thesaurus

Want to create characters with more emotional depth? This book is a great resource for understanding how past trauma and painful experiences can shape your characters’ beliefs, behaviours, fears and relationships. It’s especially helpful when you know your character has a deeper emotional wound, but aren’t quite sure how to weave it into the story.

The Occupation Thesaurus

Struggling to come up with the perfect job for your character? This book is packed with 120+ occupations, including the skills, responsibilities, challenges and personality traits that come with each one. It’s such a handy resource for making your characters’ careers feel intentional and adding extra depth to your story.

The Rural Setting Thesaurus: A Writer’s Guide to Personal and Natural Places

Writing a story set in the country but struggling to make the setting feel real? This is such a handy resource for bringing rural locations to life. It’s packed with sensory details, descriptions and ideas to help you create settings that feel immersive rather than just saying, “they were in a field.”

The Urban Setting Thesaurus

Struggling to make your city setting feel like more than just a backdrop? This is such a useful resource for adding sensory detail and bringing urban locations to life. It gives you ideas for sights, sounds, smells, textures and atmosphere, helping you create settings your readers can actually picture.

The Emotion Amplifier Thesaurus

Need to make your character’s emotions hit a little harder? This book helps you move beyond simply naming an emotion and instead build it through physical reactions, thoughts, behaviours and sensory details. It’s a great resource for those moments when a scene feels emotionally flat, and you need to turn up the intensity.

The Conflict Thesaurus

Struggling to create conflict that feels natural rather than forced? This is a brilliant resource for finding fresh sources of tension and giving your characters believable problems to deal with. It’s especially handy when you know your story needs more conflict but have absolutely no idea what to throw at your characters next.

The Negative Trait Thesaurus

Want to create characters who feel like actual people rather than perfect little angels? This is a great resource for developing believable flaws, weaknesses and negative traits. It can help you explore where those traits come from, how they affect your character’s behaviour and, most importantly, how they can create conflict within your story.

The Fear Thesaurus

Want to create characters who feel like actual people rather than perfect little angels? This is such a handy resource for developing believable flaws, weaknesses and negative traits, while helping you understand how they shape your character’s behaviour and create conflict throughout your story.

Romancing the Beat: Story Structure for Romance Novels: Volume 1

Writing a romance but not sure how to structure the love story? This is a super practical guide to the beats and turning points that make a romance work, from the first spark to the happily ever after. Perfect if you want a romance that feels satisfying without having to reinvent the wheel.