Dashboards, Planning

3 Notion Templates For Writers: Outline And Organize Drafts

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📝 Drafting Pipeline

I’ve found that writing inside Notion is quite pleasing due to the clean interface. The ability to organize narrative elements inside a database is one of many advantages for writers. In this template bundle I created a jumping off point for bloggers, freelancers, and book writers to start drafting with Notion’s boardview (a.k.a kanban).

1. Template For The Blogger

Pipeline status selections a user can drag and drop cards into from left to right

  • Ideas

  • Outlining

  • Drafting

  • Reviewing

  • Published

  • To Socials

  • Archive (transfers to another database view called “Archive”)

View inside Notion

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2. Template For The FReelancer

Pipeline status selections a user can drag and drop cards into from left to right

  • Pitch Ideas

  • Pitch Drafting

  • Pitch Sent/Waiting

  • Outlining

  • Writing

  • Out For Review

  • Published (transfers to another database view called “Published”)

View inside Notion

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3. Template For The Book Writer

Pipeline status selections a user can drag and drop cards into from left to right

  • Chapter Outlining

  • Receiving Feedback

  • Draft 1

  • Draft 1 Review

  • Draft 2

  • Draft 2 Review

  • Draft 3

View inside Notion

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The Character Profile Database Included

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