The Writer's Path
like no other
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Most writers don't quit because they lack ideas
They don't have a path forward.
This template gives you the steps, Plottr gives you the space to follow them.
It's the perfect path.
Step-by-step
- A protagonist with complete arc
- Character motivations
- Your story's central conflict
- Major plot points
- A scene-by-scene outline
- A complete 1st draft!
You’ll be learning and doing in the same space, same tool, same screen. Before you know it, you’ll have a powerful story.
Your story is already laid out
Learn
This template holds your hand by breaking it down into small, easy steps to help you think through characters, motivations, arcs, plot problem, world building (and more!)
Write
The space to write your assignment is within each step or within the space for your story itself. Clear guidance helps you learn the process of writing as you write.
Education & Writing Tool
A first of its kind, this is a writing course within the writing tool! You’ll see how Plottr will be your best writing tool for your whole writing career step-by-step at the same time you learn to write your first book.
Information is Cheap. Transformation is still hard.
Not only will you finish your first draft, you’ll be learning the skills and building the muscles to become a writer! Here’s some of the things you’ll learn:
- How to deal with Writer's Block
- Story Architecture & Framing Scenes
- Digging into Why
- How to use Rubber Ducks
- How to drop bombs of information on your reader
- Understanding Word Count
- The 3 Layers of Storytelling
- Finding your Voice
- How to handle when your character does something unexpected
- How to use Plottr to plan, write, and edit
- And More!
Made by Cameron Sutter
It took me a year of thinking and crafting to make this template while writing my current book (Pizza Planet 2). Using a step-by-step template gave me focus and helped me push through when I was unsure or stuck.
Is it going to be a Best Seller? Nope! But this will be my 4th published book and I’m building the muscles to become a powerful storyteller.
I know that if I keep going like this and keep writing, keep telling stories that I love, I’ll eventually become what I’m striving for.
And you can too! 🎉
Tool & Step-by-Step Template. Together
If you do just 3 baby steps per week, you can finish the template in about 3 months, and you’ll be well on your way to finishing your novel.
But you can go faster or slower. It’s up to you!
You get a lifetime license to Plottr!
You also get these downloadable files that you can keep forever (and download again from your account if you lose it):
- The step-by-step template file (a Plottr file)
- Printable quick reference PDF
- Advice For New Writers (ebook)
- An instruction video for how to use these files if you get stuck
You’ll write a few scenes within Plottr but the bulk of the manuscript you’ll write in your favorite writing tool.
The assignments, character building, character arcs, sub plots, etc. will all be done in Plottr.
This template is definitely for you, if you are:
- New to writing,
- Hoping to write your first book,
- Writing your first book,
- OR ready to throw out your first (or current) book
then this template/course is for you.
BUT I will say that the process of creating this template has changed my writing career forever, so even if you’ve written multiple books in the past, this might just be your next leap forward.
Who is it not for? If you’ve already written a dozen or more books, you probably won’t find much value in this course.
This is not a specific formula or structure, so if you are writing a romance or mystery with very specific beats, this may not be what you are looking for.
It could still work, but it’s not meant to hit those exact beats or audience expectations of rigid formulas.
Otherwise, this will work for any type of story you want to tell, even screenplays or short stories.
We’ve got a friendly team that really wants to serve writers. Real people will answer your support emails, and you can ask anyone in our Discord community.
In addition, you can watch me, Cameron, go through this process! I recorded myself doing the process that turned into this template for my current book and the whole thing is on YouTube here:
No one can guarantee your book will become a Best Seller unless they are using dubious methods (which do exist).
This template doesn’t aim to make you a Best Seller.
It isn’t meant to teach you how to write the most amazing story you’ve ever written.
I’m trying to give you a path to build the muscles of a writer so that someday you’ll be able to write your magnum opus and change the world.
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Learn to Write.
Learn & Write.
A course and a guide.
Learning and doing.