Professional Writing Frameworks for Fiction Authors

Practical systems for planning, drafting, and scaling novels with clarity, structure, and defined scope.

Built for genre fiction, deadlines, and long-form projects.

The Novel Production System

Designed to take a single novel from idea to finished draft

Choose this if you’re planning or drafting a single novel and want a clear path from idea to finished draft

What it’s for:
A complete, start-to-finish system for planning and drafting a single novel without stalling, rewriting, or losing structure.

What it solves:

  • Unclear story structure

  • Mid-book sag and pacing drift

  • Endless Act I rewrites

  • Drafts that never quite come together

Includes:

  • Beat Determination Template

  • Beat-to-Chapter Assignment Sheet

  • Chapter-by-Chapter Outline Template

  • Rapid Drafting Framework

Best for:

  • Standalone novels

  • First books

  • Authors drafting under deadlines

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The Series Production & Escalation Toolkit

Designed for authors planning and sustaining multi-book series

Choose this if you’re planning multiple books and need escalation, continuity, and reader momentum across a series.

What it’s for:
A focused toolkit for planning escalation, continuity, and reader-facing positioning across a multi-book series.

What it solves:

  • Book-to-book repetition

  • Weak series escalation

  • Unclear long-term direction

  • Marketing disconnect between books

Includes:

  • Series Planning Template (Book-to-Book Escalation)

  • Blurb Framework / Blurb Kit

Best for:

  • Trilogies and longer series

  • Rapid-release authors

  • Writers planning beyond Book 1

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Most writing advice focuses on creativity, not execution. These frameworks exist to solve the problems that actually stop books from getting finished or scaling—unclear structure, decision fatigue, pacing collapse, and series drift.

Everything here is built from a working author’s perspective, designed for real production constraints.

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Prefer to buy individual tools? Each framework is also available on its own.

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Planning & Structure

A step-by-step system for determining the actual story beats of a novel before outlining or drafting.

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A practical worksheet that converts story beats into a clear chapter map before outlining.

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A draft-ready novel outline template built for clarity, escalation, and momentum.

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Drafting & Execution

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A controlled system for drafting novels quickly without breaking structure or pacing.

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Series & Market Positioning

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A book-to-book escalation framework for planning multi-novel fiction series.

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A repeatable system for writing clear, high-converting book blurbs without guesswork.

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WHO IS THIS FOR?

Good fit if you:

  • Write genre fiction

  • Want structure, pacing, and payoff

  • Prefer defined systems over open-ended advice

  • Plan to finish what you start

Not a good fit if you:

  • Want ghostwritten prose

  • Expect unlimited coaching or feedback

  • Aren’t sure what kind of book you’re writing yet

FORMAT & DELIVERY

  • Instant digital download

  • Editable DOCX + printable PDF

  • No subscriptions

  • Use across your own projects

Want hands-on help instead? I also offer professional outlining and blurb services for authors who prefer done-for-you execution.

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