Novel writing worksheets

Writing your first novel can be daunting. That's where these free novel-writing templates and worksheets can prove handy.

Author Tricia Goyer shares Free Printables for Writing Your Novel. Do you want easy-to-use worksheets to help novel writing? Grab these!

Outlining can be both the most exciting and sometimes the most difficult part of the writing process, especially when you’re trying to draft a novel in only 30 days. So I came up with a solut…

Ready to write that novel but don’t know how to organize your thoughts? Are you a planner/plotter? Do you need meticulous outlines before you start drafting? Are you working with multiple timelines that you need to keep track of? This simple, minimalist four-page Novel Planning Template will help you organize your plot, alongside the timeline and POV for each chapter/section of your novel. You can instantly download the digital print files after your purchase. Both .png and .pdf files will…

Are you writing a fiction novel? Browse the writing tips in this blog post to learn how to outline novel chapters.Click and find out how to outline book chapters! #writingoutline #chapteroutline #writingtips #writingcommunity

This page indexes over 150 free writing worksheets. Members of my Coterie can download each years’ worksheets in one master PDF. Click here to join and access the Coterie library. Story Worksheets Story Problem Story Loops Spark to Story Character Log Character Introductions Protagonist vs. Antagonist The Home World Pep Talks Celebrations Characters Change Character Arc…

Writing Worksheet – Solving a Mystery (PDF) You can use this worksheet to: Brainstorm solutions to a mystery that your story/character/life has graced you with. Work backwards from clues that interest you to develop a mystery. Draw up an overview of your mystery so that you can be sure that all your clues aren’t discovered…

Writing Worksheet – Creating Mood (PDF) I think of mood as being the expression of a setting’s personality. Depending on the narration style, mood will often be created through a character’s experiences with the setting, but it can also remain unmediated. Some of the moodiest creations have deep layers of emotion and richly-detailed and slightly sinister backdrops; Gormenghast and House of Leaves…

Sometimes it’s difficult to decide where to begin telling a story, and “begin at the beginning” isn’t always the best advice. Click here to download this writing worksheet (PDF) The beginning of your story need not take place in your opening scene! The opening scene can be used to… Capture the reader’s attention with an…