Romance Made Easy

The #1 visual plotting software meets the ultimate romance plot engine. 

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Your Engine + Your Map

The visual timeline that lets you see your story. Drag and drop scenes, track character arcs, and organize your Story Bible. No more lost notes.

7 specialized beat sheets that tell you exactly what needs to happen and why. It’s like having a romance coach whispering in your ear.

Scene Cards

Visually organize your project with scene cards to track story details, characters, places, and more.

Scene Stacks

Create stacks of scenes within your chapters or beats – just like using index cards.

Custom Structure

Setup your project in chapters, episodes, scenes, use your own idea, or try our Act Structure beta.

Plotlines

Setup your main plot alongside subplots, character arcs and more to visualize your narrative.

Scene Attributes

Track individual details at the scene level, including POV, character goals, and conflicts.

Views & Filters

Flip the timeline, zoom out, and filter your story to easily see who's doing what, where, and when!

Plot Templates

Use proven plot templates to kickstart your story planning, or create and save your own.

Scene Templates

Use proven templates to help you piece together your scenes, or create and save your own.

Colors Galore

Color-coordinate your plotlines and scene cards to keep things organized the way you like it.

Romance Templates That Actually Understand Romance

These aren't generic hero journey beats with a love interest slapped on.

Each template is built from the ground up for its specific subgenre, with the psychological architecture that makes romance work.

Story Beats

15-20 beats per template with 70-100 scene cards with Goals, Key Points, Traps (common mistakes), and Pivots for each track

Character Archetypes

Genre-specific character profiles with the exact fields you need, wounds, lies, masks, and more

Plot Engines

Stuck on your external plot? Plug-and-play engines give you instant story scaffolding

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7 Subgenres. 7 Complete Systems.

The foundational romance structure. Covers Rom-Com, Workplace, Enemies-to-Lovers, Friends-to-Lovers, and any contemporary story where two people must overcome internal walls to find each other.

Includes:

  • Story beats across 4 lanes
  • Character archetypes (Lovers, Rival, Truth-Teller, etc.)
  • Location archetypes
  • 4 external plot engines (Competition, Project, Journey, Secret)

Romance with a body count (or the threat of one). Interleaved danger and intimacy beats with a dedicated Villain timeline.

Includes:

  • Multi-track structure (Romance + Suspense)
  • Villain arc with escalation beats
  • Trust/betrayal cycle built into the romance lane
  • Danger-specific place archetypes

The Core Conflict: Spirit vs. Cynicism

The Hallmark structure, perfected. A condensed timeline with specific beats for The Event, the Cynic’s transformation, and the Believer’s breakdown.

Includes:

  • Story beats across 5 lanes (Atmosphere, Believer, Cynic, Event, Obstacle)
  • Character archetypes (The Cynic, The Believer, The Old World, etc.)
  • Place archetypes (Glass Tower, Haven, Pressure Cooker, etc.)
  • Plot engines (The Event, The Inheritance, The Return, etc.)

For fated mates, magical bonds, and “I didn’t choose this but now I can’t live without you.” The Adhesion is biological or magical, not choice-based.

Includes:

  • Fated Mates beat structure
  • Magical/biological bond escalation
  • Pack/Coven dynamics
  • Paranormal-specific world-building notes

The drawing room romance where social rules are the antagonist. Built for prejudice, propriety, and the slow burn of two people who can’t admit what they feel.

Includes:

  • Story beats across 5 lanes (Society, Protagonist, Challenger, Events, Antagonist)
  • Character archetypes (Protagonist, Challenger, Schemer, Buffoon, etc.)
  • Place archetypes (Assembly, Drawing Room, Estate, Walk, etc.)
  • External plot engines (The Season, The Entail, The Scandal, etc.)

They loved. They lost. Now they’re back. The Meet-Cute is replaced by The Re-Wounding. Requires flashback integration.

Includes:

  • Dual timeline structure (Past + Present)
  • The Re-Wounding beat (replaces Meet-Cute)
  • Flashback placement guide
  • Forgiveness arc beats

The morally grey (or morally black) hero. Inverts traditional romance logic. The hero IS the danger. Requires specific redemption architecture.

Includes:

  • Anti-hero arc structure
  • Power dynamic beats
  • Captive/captor variation notes
  • Redemption (or acceptance) pathways

Everything You Need to Plot Faster

Complete Plottr Files

7 complete Plottr template files—import and start plotting immediately. No setup required.

Place Archetypes

Pre-built location profiles with sensory anchors, emotional charges, and intimacy factors to make every scene land.

Detailed Scene Beats

Every beat includes Goals, Key Points, Traps (common mistakes to avoid), and Pivots to keep your story moving.

Notes

World-building prompts, research guides, and series planning tools included for each template.

Character Archetypes

Genre-specific character profiles with fields for wounds, lies, masks, motivations, and more, so you know why your characters act the way they do.

Lifetime Access

Pay once and access all 7 Romance Roadmap templates forever.

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Series Planning

Planning a large series or writing project doesn't have to be a chore. These tools take the headache out of outlining.

Unlimited Books

Add as many books to your series / project as you want, along with book covers and additional details.

Series View

Writing a whole series? Create a Timeline for the series as well as each individual book within it.

Automated Outlines

Plottr auto-generates an outline from your timelines that you can view, edit and export, for each book and the Series View.

Software Integrations

Plottr integrates with a number of existing popular writing tools to make your experience as seamless as possible.

Export to Microsoft Word & Scrivener

Export your outline, characters, places, and note details so you can start writing your book.

Import Projects from Scrivener

Import an existing Scrivener file into Plottr to create a new project and work through the kinks in the story.

Import Projects from Snowflake Pro

Import an existing Snowflake Pro file into Plottr to create a new project and continue outlining your book.

Stop Rebuilding Your Plot Structure From Scratch

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