Author Resources
Plenty of authors can keep track of all the moving parts of their story in a single journal notebook, Scrivener or Word file, or even in Excel or Google Sheets. These free resources are geared toward those who may need to separate specific revision changes before they can combine everything.
Here, you’ll find simple and short worksheets to help with that very concept. This list is ever-growing, so more resources will be added as time passes.
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Quickly locate the major beats in your draft and see whether they’re doing enough work. Use this checklist to mark each turning point—inciting incident through climax—and test if the next scene must change as a result. If not, you know what to revise.
Make sure your hook, midpoint, and climax actually change your story’s trajectory. Use this audit to check each major beat for on-page consequences and follow-through in the next scene—whether you’re writing romance, thriller, or fantasy—and revise before sending pages to beta readers.
Stop wondering if a chapter is really pulling its weight. Drop each scene into this grid to clarify its purpose, pinpoint the driving beat and decision-price combination, and confirm what it must lead to so that your novel doesn’t meander when it shouldn’t.
See exactly how your revisions are changing the story on the page. Use this mini survey to compare a “before” scene and its rewritten version, track the new decision and price, and update the following opener so the fallout actually sticks.
Reflecting On Your Story One Word At A Time!