• Novel Format
    NOVEL FORMAT

    About This Template
    By default, when compiled (File > Compile), this project will generate a document in the standard manuscript format for novels. The necessary settings are also provided to make it easy to compile to a paperback-style PDF for self-publishing or an EPUB or Kindle e-book.

    How To Use This Template
    • Create a new folder for each chapter and title each folder with the name of the chapter. If you don’t intend to use chapter names, just use something descriptive that ...

  • Manuscript

    • Chapter

      • How to install the Template into your own Scrivener
        How to install the Template into your own Scrivener project

        Open Binder (Upper left)

        See that Template Folder down there at the bottom?
        Expand it.

        Drag the document called “Character Sheet” from that template folder to the like template folder in your Scrivener project.
        Viola!
        Use it by going to “Project” menu item, choose “New from Template” and choose “Character Sheet” front the list.
        Viola again!

      • Character Sheet
        Character Name

        Full Name:
        Meaning:
        Model:
        Role in Story:
         
        History/Backstory:

         
        Age:
        Origin:
        Race:

        Gender
        Height
        Weight
        Eyes
        Hair
        Skin
        Handed








        Occupation:
        Allegiances:
        Family:
         
        Fashion:
        Mannerisms:
        Speech:
         
        Personality:
        Beliefs:
        Strengths:
        Weaknesses:
         
        Internal Conflict:
        Internal Arc:
        External Conflict:
        External Arc:
         
        First Appearance:
        Actual Text:

         

        Notes:

  • Characters

  • Places

  • Front Matter

    • Manuscript Format

      • Title Page
        Title page to the manuscript.

    • Paperback Novel

      • Title Page








        <$PROJECTTITLE>

        <$author>

      • Copyright














        Copyright © <$year> <$author>
        All rights reserved.
        ISBN:
        ISBN-13:

      • Dedication











        Insert dedication here.

      • Blank Page
        <$BLANK_PAGE>

    • E-Book

      • Cover

      • Dedication





        Your dedication here.

  • Research

    • Sample Output

      • Standard Manuscript
        Andrew Nonymous
        Your manuscript should
        have your address
        and contact details
        on the title page only.
        If you have an agent, your
        agent's address can be
        included beneath.
        700 words.
        NOVEL STANDARD MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
        by A. Nonymous
        CHAPTER ONE
        Folder Names Become Subtitles
        Standard manuscript format is often required for novels
        so that work can easily be read by editors. It allows editors
        to estimate word count and determine roughly how many p...

      • Paperback Novel
        MY GREAT NOVEL
        Anton Mouse
        Copyright © 2011 Anton Mouse All rights reserved.
        ISBN: ISBN-13:
        Insert dedication here.

        CHAPTER ONE
        The Mayor of Castanets
        Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consectetur adipiscing elit. Morbi rhoncus adipiscing velit, sit amet cursus libero vehicula sed. Nulla sed urna tellus. Proin non ligula at ligula mollis tempor nec non ipsum. Maecenas non ultricies elit. Ut ac eros ac eros scelerisque commodo. Suspendisse accumsan risus nec leo sagittis dignissim.
        Aenean mollis iacul...

      • iBooks E-book

  • Template Sheets

    • Character Sheet
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Occupation:
      Allegiances:
       
      Age (DOB):
      Family:
      Origin/Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
      Appearance:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Objective:
      Motivation:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sketch
      Character Name

      Role in Story:
      Occupation:
       

      Physical Description:

      Personality:

      Habits/Mannerisms:
       

      Background:

      Internal Conflicts:

      External Conflicts:
       

      Notes:

    • Setting Sketch
      Name of Setting

      Role in Story:

      Related Characters:

      Season:

      Unique Features:

      Description:

      Sights:
      Sounds:
      Smells:

      Notes:

  • Trash

    • Character Sheet
      Character Name
      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Allegiances:
      Family:
      Occupation:
       
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sheet
      Character Name
      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Allegiances:
      Family:
      Occupation:
       
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handedness







      Fashio
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Scene
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Allegiances:
      Family:
      Occupation:
       
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:

       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sheet
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Age:
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed








      Occupation:
      Allegiances:
      Family:
       
      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sheet2
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Age:
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Occupation:
      Allegiances:
      Family:
       
      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sheet1
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Age:
      Origin:
      Race:
       
      Allegiances:
      Family:
      Occupation:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes:

    • Character Sheet old
      Character Name

      Full Name:
      Meaning:
      Model:
      Role in Story:
       
      History/Backstory:

       
      Allegiances:
      Family:
      Occupation:
       
      Age:
      Origin:
      Race:

      Gender
      Height
      Weight
      Eyes
      Hair
      Skin
      Handed







      Fashion:
      Mannerisms:
      Speech:
       
      Personality:
      Beliefs:
      Strengths:
      Weaknesses:
       
      Internal Conflict:
      Internal Arc:
      External Conflict:
      External Arc:
       
      First Appearance:
      Actual Text:

       

      Notes: