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I haven’t set up meta-data fields for different characters or subplots, but you can easily add them yourself, and then view them as columns in the outliner.

You can choose to set up the stages in separate folders, or, if you want to set up your own folder hierarchy, use the label colours to assign each scene to a stage.

You can turn on synopses in the outliner too, but I find it a bit cluttered.

The outliner view gives you a good overview of your scene and stage word counts, while the corkboard view allows you to quickly look through your scene descriptions.

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It includes all of the same information as the spreadsheet novel template, with the advantage that you won’t have to update the word counts manually! Once again I’ve used the NaNoWriMo 50K for the total, but please adjust as your story requires.

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Scrivener is one of my favourite apps ever, and if you use it for your writing, I would recommend that you download this Scrivener novel outline template. The template should be available in the ‘Fiction’ section whenever you need it. In the dialog, click ‘Options > Import templates…’. To use the template unzip it, then go to ‘File > New’.

The One Page Novel Scrivener Template (ZIP) I’ve entered sample scene word counts for NaNoWriMo (to total 50,000), to give you some idea of how the spreadsheet works, but you can update the scene word counts as you go and the totals will be calculated automatically.If you fill in the time/date column, you will have a useful overview of your timeline.If you’re switching between different POVs, you might want to add another column to track which character is assigned to which scene.The spreadsheet has a few extra columns that allow you to plot for multiple main characters side by side, so that you can see when each one hits a particular stage.I’ve included a short summary of each stage to jog your memory, and some sample scenes to get you started.The numbers before the name of each stage represent the plotting order (so, the Resolution comes first, then the Stasis, etc.) For those of you who prefer a more linear approach to plotting, the spreadsheet allows you to enter a short description of each scene, and update their word counts as you write. While I love the tactile three-dimensionality of the One Page Novel format, eventually it’s necessary to transfer your outline from paper to computer. Go to ‘File > Download as…’ to download the spreadsheet, or ‘File > Make a Copy…’ to copy it to your Google Drive. Please note, you don’t need to request access to this document.

Novel Outline Template – Scene Spreadsheet If you’d like to learn more about the One Page Novel method, please read this post. I’ve also provided some headers that can be used in Google Keep! The first novel outline template is a Google Docs spreadsheet, the second is for Scrivener, and the third is for Notion. Here are a few free, blank novel templates I’ve developed to use with the One Page Novel Story Structure.

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