The Only Plotting Workbook You'll Ever Need: Your Story Arc Journal

by T.M. Holladay

This fourth (and highly requested!) installment of Series Bibles for Writers contains everything you need to map out the plot to your novel or screenplay. Plan your story through the lens of 10 different plotting methods and see it in real time in the worksheets, timelines, calendars, and scene maps provided. Think of this as your plot journal, to brainstorm and store all of your plotting information, and to refer back to as you're writing to keep every plot thread, goal, conflict, timeline, and climax accounted for. Contents (All sections and methods are padded with a scratch note buffer page, so if you decide to rip out any pages that are unnecessary to your story, you won't be ripping out vital information on the back side as well.) This workbook is prompted enough to guide your plot into a satisfying arc, yet free-form enough to handle whatever direction your story needs to go. Use this before you write to build direction. Use this during your writing to keep on track, and to craft scenes ahead of time to cut out dreaded writer's block. And when you're finished , use this workbook during the editing process to audit your plot & scenes, so the final product is a story you can be incredibly proud of. For more Series Bibles for Writers, look for "The Only Character Workbook You'll Ever Need," "The Only World Building Workbook You'll Ever Need," and "The Only Fantasy Workbook You'll Ever Need."

Genres: Writing

161 pages, Paperback

Published March 9, 2023

About the author

In a letter to Mrs. Broyles, my third grade teacher, my eight-year-old-self declared I would be a writer. That desire was shadowed by other dreams and goals, and by college was forgotten. In my last few semesters, while in an elective creative writing course, I started writing Haelo, a rough draft that still makes me blush.

I graduated with a Bachelors from BYU-Hawai’i in World Music Studies, studying composition (the surprisingly useful hippie degree), and then an MPA in Public Policy from Grand Canyon University (the practical degree).

Though writing novels is my go-to creative outlet, life stays pretty busy with motherhood to my three minions, various music endeavors, church service, and home renovating. I live in my dear home state of Arizona with my incredible husband and three kids, and only sometimes wish we were back in Hawai'i. 

My dream job, (besides writing novels from a hammock in the forest, of course) would be movie score composing. I'm a total fan girl for Hans Zimmer and Martin Phipps.

I'm also a sucker for watermelon, chips & salsa, and a great pair of aviator sunglasses.

Hunt me down for loads of Haelo extras on my website tmholladay.com, Instagram, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter!

Reviews

[✨Kaitlyn ❢☞⛧"Kaitlyn The Wordsmith"⛧☞❢ Bishop✨ · Rating 5 out of 5]

For my story, the Plotting Method sections were just not useful because of how my book is headed, but the Timelines & Threads, the Calenders section, & the Scene Sheets are AWESOME. I can't even describe how much I love the three calender sections and how much they've helped me organize my story in a way that is more visual and easier to check at a glance and such. All the outlines are well-designed, the instructions are helpful but minimal, and the amount of details in the scene sheets is amazing! I love this book; for sure my fave writing workbook, and I have about 2 dozen lol. Highly recommend to all writers out there!

[Luna Jordan · Rating 4 out of 5]

This is incredibly helpful, absolutely, but I could've used a bit more guidance within the book, so I wouldn't have to Google things I was uncertain of. Nonetheless, I’ve been using it for my original works; so far, so good, plotting out my works is going relatively well. I’m excited for the future of my indie works.