Novel Writing Workbook

Plan and edit your novel with Shawn Coyne's Story Grid — the Five Commandments of Storytelling, one guided page each, built for GoodNotes and print.

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A story-foundation page for your premise, logline, and theme

5 commandment pages with guided questions and generous writing space

A commandment calculator and a two-page chapter planner

Character and worldbuilding sections

Side tabs and clickable links for fast navigation in GoodNotes

Instant digital download — no physical item is shipped.

About this tool

This is a structural workbook, not a fill-in-the-blanks worksheet. Each commandment gets its own page — what it is, where it lands in your story, and four guided questions to answer in your own words. A commandment calculator maps every commandment to the right chapter for your novel's length, and a full chapter planner ties it all together.

Designed for GoodNotes and print alike: crisp A4 pages in the warm Daelin Parchment palette. Drop it onto your tablet or run it through a printer and start planning today.

Novel Writing Workbook

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