W. I. P. - Advanced System for Novel Writers

Manage multiple novel writing projects completely in Notion

Description:

As an advanced expansion to the minimal Writer template, this template allows you to manage all aspects of multiple writing projects in Notion – including research, world-building, character building, storyboarding, tasks, revisioning and editing.

Read how I personally use this template for novel writing

Features:

• Designed for light mode
• View a dashboard overview of multiple writing projects
• Track your daily word count, match against your daily word goals, view word count progress bars
• Flesh out characters and relate them to specific projects
• Manage research and notes related to specific projects
• Storyboard your chapters using plot cards
• Use the Lexicon to build your own custom reference dictionary
• Click into the project from the dashboard to view items related to that specific project:
  • Project meta
  • Goal length (words)
  • Goal date
  • Words per day to meet goal
  • Estimated number of pages
  • Average reading time
  • Progress bar
  • Chapters
  • Characters
  • Storyboard (plot cards)
  • Tasks
  • Project stages
• Manage the multiple phases of your project. Easily move chapters to the next phase using a kanban board:
  • Planning
  • Draft
  • Revision
  • Edit
  • Final
• Formula calculates total pages and reading time for your novel
• The word count target and target date for all projects that are marked as “Active” will dynamically determine your daily word count goal. No need to set daily goals manually
• Use the pre-built templates to create new projects and chapters to auto-link the project-specific sub-content
• Write chapters directly in Notion
  • Chapter pages display the Lexicon and Plot Cards in the sidebars
• Archive projects upon completion to drop them out of the Active view

Keywords: writing, authors, novel, projects, tasks, revision, editing, storyboarding, plotting, draft, character building, world building, word count, tracker, goals, dictionary, chapters, story, book, reading

How to duplicate the template:

1. Log into your free Notion account
2. Open the template link
3. Click "Duplicate" in the top right corner of the template to copy it into your workspace
4. Customize as needed, and enjoy!

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