7 Writer's Tools: Worksheets & More

We all work differently, and different stories need different types and levels of planning for our novels. There's no right way and no wrong way, but sometimes it's good to mix things up.

If you aren't completely satisfied with your story planning process, check out some of the planning tools below.

Synopsis
http://www.lew-port.com/107220411101324183/lib/107220411101324183/_Files/synopsis_wksht.pdf
http://www.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/graphic-organizers/story-elements/story-elements-graphic-organizer.pdf
http://www.writingfix.com/PDFs/Writing_Tools/Same_Theme_Worksheet.pdf

Plot
http://www.writersdigest.com/upload/images/BIAM_Worksheets.pdf
http://www.docstoc.com/docs/8835958/5-Elements-of-the-Plot-Worksheet/
http://www.readwritethink.org/files/resources/lesson_images/lesson374/plot-tree.pdf

Character Development
http://www.pameladowd.com/Adobe/CharacterDevelopmentChart.PDF
http://anneolwin.com/images/design/free%20stuff/Character%20Development%20Worksheet.pdf
http://www.jennymeyerhoff.com/CharacterWorksheet.pdf
http://www.havefunteaching.com/worksheets/graphic-organizers/story-elements/major-minor-characters-graphic-organizer.pdf

Setting
http://www.the-writers-craft.com/support-files/setting.pdf

Scene
http://www.the-writers-craft.com/support-files/scene.pdf

Happy planning,

Martina

About the Author

Martina Boone is the author of Compulsion and Persuasion, out now in the romantic Southern Gothic Heirs of Watson Island trilogy from Simon & Schuster, Simon Pulse. Illusion, the final book, will be out in October of 2016. Martina is also the founder of AdventuresInYAPublishing.com, a three-time Writer's Digest 101 Best Websites for Writers Site, and YASeriesInsiders.com, a site dedicated to encouraging literacy and reader engagement through a celebration of series literature. She's on the Board of the Literacy Council of Northern Virginia and runs the CompulsionForReading.com program to distribute books to underfunded schools and libraries.