#notion for authors

[just-a-local-dreamer]

Organizing writing documents is hard.

I used to have 9+ google documents per a single project, and at one point it just got too much. Lucky for me, I found an alternative -- Notion.

Notion is a free website that lets you make customized pages for anything you need, and makes writing and organizing and plotting so much easier.

That said, the learning curve can be steep and I recommend you start out with a template (you can find some on their website or on the internet).

And these templates look hella cute!

Here's some that I've made:

Just try it, trust me.

(My templates are available on Etsy).

[2soulscollide]

[FREE] Notion Template for WRITERS

hello hello, it's me again!

as you can read in the title, today I'm bringing you a FREE notion template where you can organize all your writing!

i've posted two of these before, however, I think this one is way better and more aesthetic. for now, I've picked the dark academia theme, but I'm thinking of bringing other versions of it such as cottage core, light academia, etc.

the real question is, what is inside the template?

main dashboard with a wide view of your novels, inspo, ideas, and resources you save to read later. also, there's a side column with your info and social media, where you can manage your follower count and see your growth!

novel management: a full menu with everything you need to write your novel (brainstorm, plot, synopsis, characters, scenes, world building and, of course, writing)

to-do list

playlist

gallery view of your characters

word count

snowflake method

character building template

let's see the template

(don't worry, you'll get the empty version)

get your template here!

[child-of-hurin]

Part of what charms and compels me in Jeyne Poole's arc is her reaction to her predicament. All the female POVs in this book are dealing with a lot of gendered violence, and they all deal in different but dignified forms... Jeyne is not a POV character and she is absolutely not dignified lol. She cries and begs, she is utterly helpless. But unlike most women in this book who are utterly helpless, she survives. It's frustrating how fans refuse to celebrate that, simply because there is no glory in it.

[longagoitwastuesday]

I keep thinking that this Gojo is just like Sukuna. I truly don't see much of a difference between them beyond the human/curse point of view

[prolibytherium]

Kind of niche but stories where a character is a horrible misogynist and emotionally/verbally/sexually abuses the women in his life but the reader is like, assured that he would never HIT a woman (with the angle that this is supposed to be a redeeming quality) are so funny to me. Like it has the exact opposite effect. The chivalry angle kinda just makes it worse if anything.

[popomerrygamz]

Sorry for the Homestuck 2 hot take, but I really like James Roach’s new direction for the project. You can really feel the joy behind it, makes it feel fun again.

[mtreebeardiles]

Thinking about that one post that was like “Spacer/War Hero/Paragon” is the most privileged of the Shepard origins and I gotta say… hard disagree.

Spacer/War Hero/Renegade is

[telomirage]

@ficwip's word of the week is shore:

[Redacted] wonders how guilt feels. How it tastes. He stumbles in the surf and hears a cry of alarm from the shore.

[solveprogrammingproblems]

Notion Template for Psychologists ( Anxiety Management Plan )

[20001541]

maybe if we get an ending where afos humanity is fully on display and he makes peace with yoichi it'll finally put an end to the "afo was born evil and will always be pure evil no matter what" takes that are STILL persistent even after 407 dropped.

[just-a-local-dreamer]

Dark Academia Notion Writing template

Notion is free and 100% customisable. If you haven't tried it yet, I really recommend. It has completely changed my writing process. No more messy google documents, no thousands of phone memos -- it all fits within one Notion page.

I'm so excited about this one! It is the most comprehensive template I've made thus far, and it covers every step of the novel writing process, from brainstorming and plotting to writing "The End" and doing revisions.

GET THE TEMPLATE HERE

[2soulscollide]

How to write a novel using Notion

Hello, hello! Hope you're doing well.

Today I'm bringing you a step-by-step tutorial on how to get your novel done with this free notion template I've created.

So, first of all, imagine you have a bright idea. That's the first step.

Have a Bright Idea

There are many plot generators available out there for you to explore new ideas.

For this post, I'll be using RanGen.

Now that I've generated a couple of ideas, I will write them down in the section "inspo & ideas", to, later on, pick the one that suits me the best.

After picking an idea, it's time to start developing it.

Brainstorm

On Notion, go to the section "my novels" and create a new one.

Go to the menu, inside the novel tab, and open "brainstorm". Now, you'll write small phrases and topics about your main idea. After you've done that, you'll brainstorm some possible titles, character names, and plot twists. Also, I've included a place for you to add images to create some sort of inspiration board - this will be helpful to keep you inspired and to visualize the type of vibe of your novel.

Here are my results so far:

Good, let's head out to the plot!

Plot

The plot page is divided into 10 questions, which will help you understand better how your story will develop. This method is called The Snowflake Method and was created by Randy Ingermanson. It consists in writing down a sentence that describes your main idea and slowly developing it until you have almost every detail to start writing the first draft.

Note: I didn't fill out everything in this questionnaire, since I am doing this as an example for the tutorial.

After finishing the Snowflake Method, you'll have almost every character developed, as well as the main scenes of the story. If you need to add something else, feel free to go to the section "characters" to create another character, "scenes" if you want to create a full outline of your book, or "world building" if you need to add places that will take huge importance in the plot.

When you feel satisfied, it's time to start writing your first draft, based on the "scenes" database.



That's everything for today!

Thanks for reading, I hope this was helpful or inspiring!

Get your free Notion template here!

Note:

If you're using my template to develop your story and feel like sharing it, feel free to tag me on your post or use the tag #AuthorsCornerTemplate so that I can see <3

[apprentice-alwyn]

So I read the new Asra Tale “The Lost Spell” on Dorian and uh....that was...Not Great.

There were a lot of issues and I ended up thinking about what I would have done differently/how I would change the story while still trying to stick to more or less the core concept of it, and I figured I would share those musings here.

First things first, I would have made this story a more...personal one for Asra and MC involving Asra’s past and his parents. A story where Asra and MC are trying to retrieve something that was lost to his parents...I would have made this story not about a missing spell, but instead about lost alchemical research. Alchemy being the field of expertise for Asra’s parents, blending science and magic, and a field that Asra himself is most likely more unfamiliar with. (You could still make reference to this material/lost alchemical research being relevant to the current efforts to fix Vesuvia’s water system with a mention of how it could have been helpful I dunno)

This ends up being what leads Asra and MC to seek out The Magician for help  after digging for information in the palace records and library havent turned up anything and Asra’s attempts to track via magic havent been fruitful. Thus leading to the hint that what they seek can be found in Asra’s memories.

Instead of skipping straight to being told where to go to find the information, it could have been fun to have Asra and MC searching through the pools in Asra’s gate to find the right memory, giving us fragmentary moments from Asra’s past to witness as a result. Perhaps moments from, for example, when Asra and MC first met, a memory of Asra’s time on the streets with Muriel, the argument Asra and MC had during the plague, etc...until eventually they come across the memory they are looking for...one that is so old as to have been long forgotten by Asra, something a little raw and bittersweet...a memory from when Asra was a small child before he was separated from his parents. In this memory they find the alchemical research they had been searching for in the Alnazar home.

I dunno something along those lines could have been nice, while sticking to the idea of searching for some lost knowledge/magic.

[axissymmetrics-blog]

When in doubt of what object to assign to an OC, search Notion's icon list lmao.

[pigeonflavouredcake]

In 2024 I want to further distance myself from Amazon so I'm looking for alternative book trackers to Goodreads.

I'm mad autistic for lists and data collection so that's what I look for the most but the social aspect is also ok. Currently thinking of Storygraph, I heard that one mentioned a lot.

[aroaessidhe]

2023 reads // twitter thread

We’ll Never Tell

YA thriller

a group of teens with a successful anonymous youtube channel where they explore abandoned buildings take on one more before they leave for uni - a hollywood mansion that was the site of a infamous murder

but something goes wrong, and in the aftermath they have to figure out what happened without being caught and charged with more than just breaking and entering

sapphic & achillean