The Features You Need To Plan Your Books... Fast!
Yes, All of These Features are Included in Plottr!
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Visual Timelines
Like a digital corkboard, Plottr's easy-to-use drag & drop visual timelines let you create eye-pleasing plots that are built to help you outline better, faster.
Scene Cards
Visually organize your project with cards to link story details, characters, places, and tags.
Custom Templates
Use proven starter templates to plan your story, or simply create and save your own.
Unlimited Plotlines
Setup your main plot alongside subplots, character arcs and more to track your entire story.
Colors Galore
Color-coordinate your plotlines and scene cards to keep things organized the way you like it.
Story Filters
Filter your story by multiple criteria to easily see who's doing what, where, and when!
Multiple Views
Flip the timeline, zoom out, and more to visualize your narrative the way you like it.
Scene Attributes
Track individual details at the scene level, including POV, character goals, and more.
Scene Stacks
Create stacks of scenes within your chapters or beats – just like using index cards.
Story Bibles
It's time to ditch the index cards. Use Plottr to track your characters and places. Brainstorm with notes and stay organized with tags.
Characters
Create a full character bio customized to your story. Sort and filter by your custom attributes.
Notes
Keep all your notes in one place. Build your world and brainstorm what's important to your story.
Places
Save all the important details of your locations so you can easily reference them when writing
Tags
Create tags to organize specific story elements — actions, emotions, or anything you imagine.
Custom Attributes
Add as many custom fields as you need to track specific details of your characters and places.
Sort & Filter
Quickly filter and sort your characters, places, and notes by a wide range of criteria.
Images
Add images of your characters and places that inspire your writing process.
Series View
Writing a whole series? Create a timeline and outline for the series as well as each individual book.
Starter Templates
Plottr comes with 14 templates (and counting!) based on proven storytelling structures to help you kickstart your writing project.
The Hero's Journey
Based on the classic writings of scholar Joseph Campbell.
Shōnen Manga
The most popular and bestselling form of manga (e.g. Dragon Ball.)
Romancing the Beat
A popular romance plot structure based on the book by Gwen Hayes
Story Circle
Plot theory by Dan Harmon, creator of “Community” & “Rick and Morty.”
12 Chapter Mystery
The classic formula for writing scintillating mystery novels.
And More!
That's not all, folks! Download Plottr to discover all our templates.
Time-Saving Tools
Spend more time writing and less time worrying about everything else. These tools take the headache out of outlining.
Automated Outlines
Plottr automatically generates an outline for you based on the content of your visual timelines.
Export to Word & Scrivener
Export the outline and all your notes to a Word doc that can easily be imported to Scrivener.
Character Templates
Create characters based on a variety of established character sheets — or build your own templates!
Autosave
Your files are automatically saved locally so you never lose a thing — and native cloud syncing is on the way!
Actively Developed
Plottr is actively developed by its team. We're proud to work with the author community and look forward to growing with you!
Always Evolving
We're always adding new features to Plottr based on the feedback we receive from the community.
Autoupdate Enabled
Whenever a new version is released, you'll receive it automatically while you have an active license.
Helpful Support
We aim to respond to all questions, feedback, and support requests within 24 hours — or less!
Intuitive Design
We've built Plottr with ease of use in mind, and all development decisions are guided by that principle.
Feedback Friendly
With Plottr, your feedback is always a top priority. Vote on our roadmap and let us know what you want!
Facebook Group
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