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Author HQ - Notion Template For Authors

$57.00

The Ultimate Notion Template for Authors 

A clear and definitive framework to help you organize and build out your story from beginning to end.

Imagine if you had a second brain dedicated to keeping track of all your:

  • tasks & to-do lists
  • books
  • characters
  • locations
  • research
  • ideas
  • notes
  • query documents
  • literary agents
  • and more

How much easier and more efficient would your writing be? That’s precisely what AuthorHQ is–your second brain.

Perfect for you if you:

  • struggle with organization
  • are overwhelmed or intimidated by the idea of planning a novel
  • struggle with discipline & focus
  • are tired of juggling multiple apps & endless files and folders on your computer
  • have trouble keeping track of all the details & story elements in an efficient way

WHO IT'S FOR

Ideal for pantsersplotters, and everyone in between. Author HQ is there for you before, during, and after you’ve finished your story.

Use it to plan ahead, or keep track of details you’ve already written. No matter how you craft your stories, you’ll always stay organized, consistent, and plot hole free.

Works great for all authors: whether aspiring, indie, and/or traditionally published, AuthorHQ has always got your back.

For a detailed breakdown open the "What You'll Get" tab. 👇

WHAT YOU'LL GET

OVERVIEW

  • 10 interconnected main databases
  • Task management –overall and book-specific 
  • Robust Book & Series management 
  • Query & Agent tracking
  • 8 Hubs for organization


TASK TRACKER

  • create & to-do lists and organize them based on importance & urgency
  • automatically sends book-specific tasks to book dashboards
  • journaling, weekly, and monthly reviews help you discover which tasks provide a return on investment and which seem like time-well spent but are actually time thieves
  • daily, weekly, and monthly calendar overview


BOOK MANAGEMENT

  • Organized by works-in-progress, standalones, series, published, and all books tabs
  • 8 book templates based on Story Structures:
    -Save The Cat
    -The Hero’s Journey
    -Freytag’s Pyramid
    -7-Point Structure
    -5 ACT Structure
    -3 ACT Structure
    -Fichtean Curve
    -and a No Assigned Story Structure template which you can customize yourself
  • Each book template comes with 50 pre-made Chapters that are pre-loaded with 3 scenes each
BOOK TEMPLATES

Each book template comes with its own dashboard that contains

  • book details & overview
  • book-specific tasks
  • quick links for notes, ideas, resources, query documents, and the agent tracker for quick navigation & time efficiency
BOOK DETAILS BASED ON A HIERARCHY

📄 CHAPTERS

  • Chapter overview & details
  • related scenes
  • track unresolved Story Questions
  • word count tracking (target & actual)

🎬 SCENES

  • detailed scene elements (overview, characters, locations, setting details, scene set up, continuity elements)
  • track unresolved Story Questions

👩 CHARACTERS

  • overview with over 100 character details
  • character rating system for: traits, skills, beliefs tracking, and a personality slider
  • character moodboard
  • scenes they appear in
  • locations they appear in
  • track relationships across the book

📍 LOCATIONS

  • track location details, which scenes & characters appear at the location
  • sensory details to help bring your world to life
  • location moodboard for inspiration

🔍 RESEARCH DATABASE

  • filtered by subject
  • can be related to (and appears on) character, location, and scene pages
  • attach documents & files for quick reference
  • keep track of images & artwork

📑 NON CHAPTER PAGES

  • pre story pages (dedication, authors note, prologue)
  • post story pages (epilogue, acknowledgment)

❓ STORY QUESTIONS

As you build out your scenes, you can keep track of Story Questions as they arise. That way, you can ensure all open loops care closed and all plot lines are resolved by the time you finish your novel.

Story questions appear on the Book, Chapter, and Scene level so you're always in the know and don't miss a single thread of your story.

💡 IDEAS

Add and keep track of your ideas, whether for your book, marketing, social media, or life in general. You can access your main Ideas page through the main dashboard, HUBS, or book-specific ideas within the book dashboard.

📝 NOTES

As with Ideas, you can take and keep track of Notes (book, writing, or life related) via the main dashboard, through the HUBS, or at the book-level.


HUBS

Hubs are compartments with their own mini dashboard for organization and dedicated workspaces. Those include:

  • NOTES
    -note taking, tracking, and a notes archive
  • IDEAS
    -categorized by books & story elements
  • RESOURCES
    -an information hub dedicated to resources and explainers used within the template such as the Story Structures, character types, Archetypes, and more
  • SOCIAL MEDIA
    -keep track of all your social media accounts & assets like social media biographies
  • BRANDING
    -a hub to keep all your branding details and assets in place for easy reference
  • BOTTLENECKS
    -identify problems in and outside of your writing & create solutions to over come them
  • QUERY PACKAGES
    -a break down of a query by section, and a compilation page to keep track of your query for easy copy and paste for when you send out your query letters
  • AGENT TRACKER
    -a robust literary agent tracker that keeps track of your agent preferences, query status, agency information, links to forms & more
    -a date calculator for easy query expiry tracking

AuthorHQ is the most robust author Notion template available.


UPDATES

Product Lifetime Updates:
If the template is updated with new features in the future, you'll be notified with a link to the updates for free. For more details on updates please read the Template Policies.

IMPORTANT NOTES
  • This is a DIGITAL PRODUCT. No physical item will be shipped.
  • Your Notion template will be delivered to you immediately via PDF link, from which you will duplicate the template into your Notion account.
  • You will need a Notion account (free or paid) in order to download this template.

RETURNS & REFUNDS

Due to the digital nature of the product, all sales are final.

LICENSING

Single Use License: Each purchase grants you a license for one user. For more details on licensing please read our Template Policies.

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♥️ REASONS YOU'LL LOVE AUTHOR HQ

💜 HIGH LEVEL ORGANIZATION

Author HQ utilizes a hierarchy for task, novel, and query tracking organization. From novel-level overview to detailed scene breakdowns and characters profiles that include the option to track over 100 character details, Author HQ enables you to keep as detailed or as a general track of your story as you’d like.

💙 FOCUS & CLARITY

Designed with psychology and productivity principles in mind, Author HQ’s minimalist design eliminates all distractions and pressure elements (like clocks) to help you laser in on your tasks, novel planning, and writing. Every detail the human mind has to process is energy and focus syphoned away from your creative well. AuthorHQ helps you focus only on the things that will advance your creativity and enhance your storytelling.

🩷 CONTINUITY

Track story questions across your novel at the Book, Chapter, and Scene level to prevent plot holes. Each Chapter has a Scenes overview where you can track all elements like: locations, characters, atmosphere, weather, time of day, and more to ensure consistency and continuity from scene-to-scene, chapter-to-chapter.

💚 TIME MANAGEMENT

Author HQ’s dashboard features “today’s” and “tomorrow’s” tasks front and centre to help you see your daily overview organized by your most pressing tasks. As well as, a weekly and monthly calendar view for easy task management. Each book has it’s own dedicated task dashboard where you will only see tasks related to that specific novel, helping you to manage, create, and complete the most book-relevant to-dos.

💛 ELIMINATE OBSTACLES

Author HQ comes with a journal and weekly and monthly review templates where you will be able to identify book and general life related bottlenecks that impede your creativity or productivity. Author HQ helps you identify and create tasks that will help resolve these problems. This way, you can eliminate obstacles instead of letting them pile up which can be devastating to the writing process.

🖤 MOTIVATION & CONFIDENCE

Created with outmost respect for your time and craft, all 8 Author HQ BOOK templates come with 50 Chapters that are pre-loaded with 3 scenes each. That’s over 200 pre-made pages. This way, you can spend all your time on creating captivating stories, characters, and locations, and less time on admin and template management. Should you need more than 50 Chapters, or more than 3 Scenes per Chapter, you can easily add more of either by simply clicking “+ New Page.”

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

What platform is this template for?

This template is only for Notion.

Do I need a Notion ACCOUNT before purchasing?

Yes. You need a Notion account (free or paid.) Please set one up prior to purchasing as you will need it to download the template into your account. You can sign up for Notion for free HERE.

Do I need a PAID NOTION account before purchasing?

No. This Notion template works with the free and paid Notion accounts. But you will need an account in order to download the template. You can sign up for Notion for free HERE.

Is this Notion template for one book or multiple books?

You can use this template is for an unlimited amount of books and series.

Do you offer customer support?

Notion templates come with minimal 30-day post purchase e-mail based support. This only covers critical, core template-related issues.

If you have any questions, feel free to use the contact form. I'll do my best to respond within 48 hours. Please read the Template Policies for a comprehensive overview of what's included in the post-purchase support.

Disclaimer

While I've made every effort to ensure this template is bug-free, I cannot guarantee it 100%. If there are any glitches please reach out via the contact page and I'll do my best to help you resolve it.

Our products are not affiliated with, endorsed by, or connected to Notion Labs, Inc.

The term "second brain" is used as a descriptive term for a personal knowledge system. This product is not affiliated with or endorsed by any trademark holder or third party.

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