Plot your Romance Fantasy Sci-Fi Mystery Thriller Historical Adventure Non Fiction Women's Fiction Literary Fiction Children's Book Screenplay Video Game Biography Western Memoir LitRPG in a Weekend!
No more sagging middle. Be gone plot holes. Give that character a satisfying arc. Fiction visualized!
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"No software has changed my writing process like Plottr has"
Your 3 Biggest Problems?
Authors—especially new authors—face lots of challenges when outlining their awesome idea, but we know that your 3 biggest problems are:
- Plot Holes
- Sagging Middles
- Going from idea to outline quickly
Plottr has helped thousands of authors overcome those 3 problems in a weekend so you can finally start writing that doggone book!
Visualize Your Plot!
Visually drag 'n' drop your scenes, chapters, and character arcs so you can quickly find your way to the end of your tale — no corkboard required.
- See each plotline & character arc come to life
- Plot holes jump right out at you, so you can fill them
- That sagging middle is all too easy to spot
- Colors make it fun and easy
- Did your character do something unexpected? No problem!
What if you're Still Stuck?
Plottr has your back … or your fingers? Maybe your hands?
Anyway, Plottr has loads of templates that make crafting a satisfying ending for any genre so painless that you’ll want to tell all your friends about it.
But they won’t get it because they aren’t writers, so instead you’ll tell everyone on social media how Plottr saved your book 
Like a certain author who was writing a book about a certain galaxy that was far, far away.
- Hero's Journey 🦸♀️
- Romancing the Beat 🥰
- Story Genius 🧠
- 12 Step Mystery Formula 🔍
- 3 Act Structure
- Story Circle ⭕️
- Horror Beat Sheet 😱
- Many more! 🤩
Start with Proven Templates
You don’t have to start from scratch. Plottr comes with 40+ plot outlining templates based on proven storytelling structures to help move your story from idea to outline to manuscript.
- It's almost as easy as paint-by-number for story telling!
- Use our templates or make your own!
- Writing to market? Use a genre-specific template
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"Plottr saved my writing career"
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Bring it to Life
After you’ve got a killer outline thanks to Plottr’s visual timeline and templates, then you’ll go write the book in your favorite writing app. But Plottr will be by your side the whole time.
But what if you like to write without a plan? That’s called being a discovery writer or a pantser (writing by the seat of your pants 👖)
Don’t you worry, because next I’m going to explain how Plottr is going to help you no matter what type of writer you are. It’s perfect for plotters, pantsers, plantsers, architects, plotsters, gangsters, and unicorns 😵💫 … I may have gotten dizzy with all those and stumbled a bit, but you get the idea.
Export to Word & Scrivener
- Export your outline to either MS Word & Scrivener
- Go from outline to writing in seconds
With You Every Step
While you’re writing, Plottr will be your best friend! Keep it open next to your manuscript to make the task of writing that book the most fun it’s ever been!
- Editing Notes
- Progress Tracking
- Outline "Reference" (you know it'll change)
- Word Count Tracking
- Detail Tracking (even plotters make it up as they go)
You will be tempted to go back and edit what you’ve written, but with Plottr by your side, you can capture those great ideas for draft 2 and keep moving forward. Just write the doggone book and then you can go back and make it perfect later.
Your Writing Companion
- Keep "Editing Notes" as you write
- Track your Progress
- As your story changes, update changes in Plottr
- Character Sheets (right! I need to explain those)
Never Forget A Detail
There’s so many great things about Plottr, I almost forgot to tell you about the Character Sheets. What’s a story without its characters? It’s what we fall in love with, right?
Plottr has the most organized, detailed, searchable, easy to use character sheets you’ll ever use. And yes, there’s templates for characters too! Have a favorite way of thinking about your characters? Goal, motivation, conflict? Snowflake method? Enneagram? How about a Rorschach Inkblot Test? I bet you didn’t think about that one!
- Enneagram, Myers-Briggs, DISC
- Online Dating Profile
- Goal, Motivation, Conflict
- Magic System Blueprint
- Biographical Info
- Story Genius
- Numerology
- DND Character Sheet (yeah, seriously)
- So many more!
Character Sheets
- Organize them all with tags, filters, and search
- Templates for any genre or method
- Or create your own template!
Build Immersive Worlds
As if Plottr didn’t do enough for you already, we’re just getting started. I’m a writer myself and it’s my life mission to serve writers and help them tell the best stories in the world so they can change the world! Because stories do just that. Storytelling changes the world.
One of the most fun parts of writing is creating a whole new world, but you’ve probably realized that it’s also one of the hardest and most disorganized.
Enter visual world building! With Plottr you no longer need excel sheets or scattered documents full of notes about the wizard’s limitations or how the ship’s zero-point energy drive works.
World building no longer needs to be a pain in the rear. Plottr can help you craft:
- Magic Systems
- Cultures, Religions
- Planets, Castles, Haunted Houses
- Languages
- Military Groups, Weapons
- Backstory
Places & Notes
- All the space you need
- Customize Categories
- Drag 'n' drop to organize too
- Tags, filters, and search
Every Book in the Series
But wait … there’s more!
You may be getting tired of this game, but Plottr has even more to offer if you can believe it 🤩 Are you writing a whole series? Stick with me a little longer and you’ll see how not only will Plottr help you for your current book, but it’s also your whole series companion.
Each project in Plottr holds every book in your series. All 3, 10, or 47 of them … or more! All the outlines, characters, places, and notes stay in one central place for the whole series to keep you organized and efficient.
Create Your Series Bible
- All details for the series in 1 project
- Visually organize your characters, places, and notes
- Filter to easily see everything per book
- Series View - a visual of the whole series
What if I need Help?
The Plottr team is ready to serve. We have your back all day, every day. Our Support Team will help you in any way they can (short of writing the book for you 
) to make sure you can go from idea to outline to finished manuscript (and beyond)!
We are a team of writers who understand you. Real people—not AI bots—who will answer your questions, fix your frustrations, and cheer you on as you finish writing that doggone book. We are friendly and kind, and just ask anyone, Plottr is known for having the fastest and best Support there is.
We’re so confident that Plottr is going to help you get your outline figured out within days (instead of weeks) that we give you our Get Your Book Outlined Guarantee!*
Bonuses!
- Backups upon backups (never lose data 😅)
- Cloud sync & real-time collaboration
- Unlimited household licenses
- Visualize 3 Act Structure
- Series arcs & character journeys
- Visual scene mapping
- Friendly community
- Constant new features
Plot. Edit. Series Bible. Best Friend.
Join 40,000+ writers who outline faster & organize smarter with the #1 visual book outlining and series bible software.
"Plottr is my new hero. Highly recommend"
Plottr pays for itself in a weekend, and I’m so confident of that—because countless authors have told us so—that we give you our Get Your Book Outlined Guarantee!*
Check out everything that you get:
- Visual Timeline
- 40+ templates
- Word & Scrivener integration
- Editing Companion
- Character Sheets
- World Building
- Series Bible
- Fast, Friendly, Human, Support
- All the Bonus features above (some come with Pro)
- Unlimited household licenses
- Free Trainings (Live & Recorded)
- Constant updates with the most innovative new features at a breakneck development pace
Do you see why people say “it’s the best purchase I ever made for my writing!“? Get it now and have your outline ready to write before your significant other wakes up in the morning! 😴
*Get Your Book Outlined Guarantee: If you can’t get your book outlined in less than a week but you’ve installed Plottr, used a template, and watched our tutorial videos, we will personally coach you for up to 5 hours until you get that book outlined!
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We’re a small team of 9 people who are eager to serve writers. We’re not a big tech company. We don’t have investors backing us with millions 💰. We have no one to answer to but our dear writers.
I’m Cameron Sutter, and I’ve got 6 kids and live on a few acres in a small rural town in Oklahoma, USA. (If you’re ever in the neighborhood, let me know!)
The Plottr team’s mission is to serve writers with innovative software. We really want you to inspire the world with your writing— contact us for support
Plot. Edit. Series Bible. Best Friend.
Join 40,000+ writers who outline faster & organize smarter with the #1 visual book outlining and series bible software.
"I was able to create to most beautiful, extensive, easy-to-navigate series bible to ever grace my screen"
Try it FREEfor 30 days!
FAQ
Plottr is a visual outlining tool built for published and aspiring writers of all kinds – novelists, screenwriters, playwrights, academics, journalists, writing students, and beyond.
It helps pantsers just as much as plotters. Pantsers will enjoy the series bible and editing capabilities. Trust us, it's really going to help.
Whether you’re an outlining pro or your journey is just beginning, Plottr can help you visually (and creatively) build a plan to write your book!
It helps pantsers just as much as plotters. Pantsers will enjoy the series bible and editing capabilities. Trust me, it's really going to help.
After you write your first draft, you're still going to have to think about the plot and the character arcs and plot holes, etc. and make it all work together. You can do that after your first draft in Plottr just as easily as beforehand.
When you're on book 3 or 7 or 10 of your series, you're just not going to remember what that one character's eye color was, but your readers will. Having a series bible helps you save so much time!
Plottr Pro has all the features of Plottr but also adds cloud-based functionality such as a web app, automatic syncing across platforms (web & desktop), cloud backups, and real-time collaboration.
It is best suited for writers who plan to use Plottr while connected to the internet, don't intend to manage their files locally, and/or need to collaborate with a co-author, coach, or editor.
For Plottr: You can download Plottr on Windows & Mac. Backups are stored on your computer and you can sync files across devices using a 3rd-party storage service (e.g. Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive).
For Plottr Pro: Plottr Pro is available to download for Windows & Mac as well, but you can also use your browser to use Plottr! That means you can use it on a mobile device, Chromebook, Surface Tablets, and any other device with a browser. It backs up to the cloud and syncs instantly between devices just like working with Google Docs.
We provide friendly and sometimes humorous support to all customers from a real, live person via email even on weekends when you need it most. We try to answer within a day, but often it's quicker than that!
We also offer a full suite of educational resources, including:
You can also view (and contribute to) our roadmap here.
Yes. All versions of Plottr are granted unlimited household licenses. You can use it on as many devices as you own!
Lifetime Plottr plans never expire, and you get updates and access to your Plottr projects for life.
Standard (non- Pro) plans: You can keep using Plottr after your plan expires, but you will not receive software updates and bug fixes.
Pro plans: Once your plan expires, you will no longer receive updates and bug fixes or be able to access your projects without renewing your plan. If your Pro plan is set to expire, we recommend downloading/exporting all your projects beforehand.
For Plottr: Backups are stored on your computer as files and it's easy to revert to any stored backup.
For Plottr Pro: Backups are stored in the cloud and you can also save them locally to your device! It's also easy to revert to stored backups.
Both: Backups are made 2x per session per project. The first time is when you open a project for the first time that day. And the second time is when you're finished using a project.
So you will have 2 backups per project for every day that you have worked on it: one before you made any changes that day, and another after your last change.
For Plottr: Backups are stored on your computer as files and we can't access them (not even in the case of a broken computer) though we can help you find them on your computer.
For Plottr Pro: Backups are stored in the cloud and you can also save them locally to your device! We can help you access them and email you a backup file or just show you how to do it yourself.
For Plottr: You can sync files across devices using a 3rd-party storage service (e.g. Dropbox, iCloud, OneDrive).
For Plottr Pro: It syncs to the cloud instantly between devices just like working with Google Docs.
We run many different types of events:
- Genre-specific education
- General Writing Craft education
- Plot analysis
- Networking
- Accountability Groups
- Office Hours
- Writing Craft Book Clubs
- And more!
To see what events are coming up, check out our events page!
The Plottr Community is a private community that we host on Mighty Networks. It's not our Facebook group, though we do have one of those and we do enjoy reaching people on there.
This private community site is where we host all our educational events and let you connect and network. It's moderated so that we can maintain a friendly, supportive atmosphere. You can talk with other writers, learn from our coaches, hear some otter puns, and even group into accountability groups.
For right now, only Plottr customers have access unless you have attended one of our educational events. In the future we will be opening this community up to anyone!
The Plottr Community site is a private community that we host on Mighty Networks. It's not our Facebook group, though we do have one of those and we do enjoy reaching people on there.
This private community site is where we host all our educational events and let you connect and network. It's moderated so that we can maintain a friendly, supportive atmosphere. You can talk with other writers, learn from our coaches, hear some otter puns, and even group into accountability groups.
For right now, only people paying for Pro + Community plans have access unless you have attended one of our educational events. In the future we will be opening this community up to anyone!
If you already have Plottr Pro, you don't need to change anything. You get all the same app features as Pro + Community and Plottr Vault members.
You can try out Plottr for free for 30 long days with the free trial!
This should give you plenty of time to try it and decide that it's right for you. Because of that, we don't give refunds after purchase.
If you cancel your subscription, you will still have access until the end of the subscription period, but we don't give prorated refunds for unused time.
Yes, all subscriptions are auto-renewing and we are not able to turn that off. You can contact support to cancel an active subscription at any time.
Yes. Reach out to Support and they can help you with that!
