I am a notebook and pens kind of person. However, in today’s tech world, I find it hard to find all the notes on my stories that I need. My other fatal flaw is the need to keep things organized, which is hard to do without redoing each notebook. For the Bischoff Black series, I have gone through three different rounds of transferring everything over to a new notebook. I got better with each transfer, but I still found I missed something or needed information moved around again.
Last month, I decided to move all my notes into Scrivener, so I can have all notes a simple click away, and on the same screen. I opened a new document on Scrivener and started the painful process to organize it the way I wanted. When I put the last folder in place, I wondered if there was a better template for this process. I came across Milanote and fell in love with the set up. But after 10 minutes I realized I had used over half the notes and not finished with one book. Another downside for me was it was cloud-based and required a subscription in order to have the access I needed for my work. If I could add another bill to our budget, I would use it.
I thought there had to be someone who had structured their scrivener in a better fashion than I had. A few google searches later I came across Belinda Crawford’s website where she listed a link to free templates you can add to scrivener for world building. I was elated. A few quick clicks later, and I had it added to scrivener and opened a new file.
IT. WAS. PERFECT.
It had so much more than I could create by myself. Take a look at some of my favorite sections of this particular template:
Here are all the folders when you open the template.
I love the location template. It added questions I never thought to answer about my world.
The character work sheets are amazing. I love how it is structured. There are so many questions to answer that it helps get to the depth of your character.
The best part was is they have included the Leviathan method of world-building. If you get stuck on something, you can simple click on the file and read what to do next.
If you would like to add this free template to your scrivener click here! I hope you find it as helpful as I have.
Happy writing!
