- Key message
- Empty text
- Target length (chars)
- 8000
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Book manuscript plan
When you decide to write a book such as essays, a how-to guide or a memoir, and set the readers, structure, chapter lengths and deadlines
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Book manuscript plan
- Target length (chars)
- Not set
- First draft deadline
- Not set
- Beta reader
- Not set
Write who your readers are and a one-line pitch, then change the chapter plan list to match your book's structure.
Readers and pitch
1.
Who will read it?
2.
What will be different for readers once they've read it?
3.
One-line pitch
Chapter plan
One line per chapter. In Kanban view, move them through Planning, First draft, Revising and Complete.
Chapter plan
Not set
- Key message
- A last word to readers
- Target length (chars)
- 2000
- Key message
- Empty text
- Target length (chars)
- 8000
- Key message
- Why I wrote this book
- Target length (chars)
- 3000
Planning
First draft
Revising
Complete
Writing schedule
| Day | Time | Target (chars)Number | KeptCheckbox |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monday | 06:00-07:00 | 800 | Unchecked |
| Wednesday | 06:00-07:00 | 800 | Unchecked |
| Saturday | 09:00-12:00 | 2,000 | Unchecked |
- Day
- Monday
- Time
- 06:00-07:00
- Target (chars)
- 800
- Kept
- Unchecked
- Day
- Wednesday
- Time
- 06:00-07:00
- Target (chars)
- 800
- Kept
- Unchecked
- Day
- Saturday
- Time
- 09:00-12:00
- Target (chars)
- 2,000
- Kept
- Unchecked
References
| Materials | Which chapter | ReadCheckbox |
|---|---|---|
| Empty | Empty | Unchecked |
| Empty | Empty | Unchecked |
- Materials
- Empty
- Which chapter
- Empty
- Read
- Unchecked
- Materials
- Empty
- Which chapter
- Empty
- Read
- Unchecked
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Wrote down the readers and a one-line pitch.
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Set a length and deadline for each chapter.
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Stuck to the weekly writing times.